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News Articles: Iran

Smoke billows from an explosion at the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) building in Tehran after an Israeli strike hit the building, cutting off live coverage, on June 16.

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  • Middle East

Alone in Tehran, a young Iranian turns to ChatGPT and video games for comfort

A young shop manager living alone in Iran's capital was panicking during the war with Israel. Her family wasn't nearby. Her therapist had fled. So she turned to an AI chat bot.

June 30, 2025
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By:
  • Jane Arraf
Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, arrives for an IAEA meeting in Vienna, Austria, on June 23.

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  • World

U.N. nuclear watchdog says Iran could enrich uranium again in 'a matter of months'

Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told CBS that Iran had a "a very vast ambitious" nuclear program.

June 30, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
A satellite photo of Iran's Fordo fuel enrichment facility taken on June 24 shows debris (grey) from a U.S. strike employing several bunker-busting weapons. The Israeli Air Force destroyed additional roads and surface facilities in a subsequent strike.

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  • National Security

Obliterated? Damaged? Inoperable? What's known about Iran's nuclear facilities

Iran's nuclear program has been dealt a blow, here's an overview of the current state of its facilities.

June 29, 2025
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel,
  • Brent Jones,
  • and 1 more
An AI-generated image of a fighter plane shot down in Iran that was published on a parody account on X. Users repeatedly asked the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, if the image was real.

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  • Technology

As Iran and Israel fought, people turned to AI for facts. They didn't find many

AI-generated videos of fighting between Iran and Israel went viral, and people asked chatbots if they were real. "What we're seeing is AI mediating the experience of warfare," said one researcher.

June 29, 2025
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan and
  • Lisa Hagen
Afghan refugees who had been living in Pakistan return to their homeland in Kandahar Province on May 7. Tens of thousands of refugees in Pakistan and Iran as well are being forced to return to Afghanistan.

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  • Global Health

Hard to imagine a worse time to deport Afghan refugees, human rights advocates say

There were 71,000 deportations in the first half of June alone, according to U.N. estimates. These Afghan refugees are returning to a country in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.

June 29, 2025
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By:
  • Ruchi Kumar
In this screenshot from a video, missiles and air defense interceptors illuminate the night sky over Doha after Iran launched an attack on U.S. forces at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Monday.

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  • World

Iran attacks a U.S. base in Qatar

A U.S. defense official confirmed that the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar "was attacked by short-range and medium-range ballistic missiles originating from Iran" and said there were no casualties.

June 23, 2025
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By:
  • NPR Staff
Iran protest

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  • News

Atlanta demonstrators protest, Georgia officials react to U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites

Dozens of protestors gathered in downtown Atlanta on Sunday to voice their opposition to U.S. airstrikes that severely damaged key Iranian nuclear sites.

June 23, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Iranian protesters chant slogans and one holds a poster with a vampire-like illustration of President Trump in Tehran's Revolution Square on Sunday to protest the U.S. attacks on nuclear sites in Iran.

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  • World

4 things to know about the U.S. airstrikes on Iran

The Trump administration said its strikes were intended to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Now, Iran weighs a response against what it called an "outrageous" military operation.

June 23, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) greets Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi prior to their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Monday.

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  • Middle East

Israel strikes Tehran and Fordo site, as Russia backs Iran in deepening conflict

Israel says it struck multiple sites across Tehran, including the Fordo nuclear site hit by the U.S. days earlier and a prison known for jailing regime opponents.

June 23, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
The three sites hit by U.S. bombs contained nuclear material in the form of uranium enriched to different levels.

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  • Science

U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites show no sign of widespread environmental impact

So far, any chemical and radioactive contamination seems confined to the nuclear sites hit by U.S. bombs

June 22, 2025
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a press conference in Istanbul on Sunday.

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  • World

Iran's top officials condemn U.S. strikes and assert their right to self-defense

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called the American operation an "outrageous, grave and unprecedented violation" of the United Nations Charter and international law.

June 22, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
This satellite picture by Planet Labs PBC shows Iran's underground nuclear enrichment site at Fordo after a U.S. airstrike targeted the facility Sunday.

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  • World

World reacts to U.S. strikes on Iran with alarm, caution — and some praise

As the world reacted to news of U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, international officials largely responded with alarm and calls for restraint.

June 22, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
Iranian missiles aimed at targets in Israel pass through the sky of Hebron, West Bank on June 18 as Israeli air defense system tries to intercept them.

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  • National Security

The math behind the war: Can Israel's air defense keep up against Iranian attacks?

There's a specific kind of math that could determine just how much longer the war can go — how many long-range missiles Iran has versus how many missile interceptors Israel has to shoot them down.

June 21, 2025
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf
Israeli air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday.

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  • Middle East

Israel and Iran's war enters its ninth day as talks fail to reach a breakthrough

With the war between Israel and Iran now in its second week, the two countries continued to trade missile attacks on Saturday, and Iran's foreign minister warned against a U.S. strike on Iran.

June 21, 2025
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By:
  • Kate Bartlett
Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, during a news conference at the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday. Iran maintained Friday it won't negotiate with the U.S. while an Israeli assault continues.

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  • Middle East

At war with Israel, Iran urges new diplomacy in Geneva and the U.N. Security Council

Iran is engaging in diplomatic efforts on multiple fronts as its battle with Israel enters a second week.

June 20, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman and
  • Alex Leff
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