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A woman looks on as residents and emergency workers sift through rubble of a residential building that was hit in an airstrike in the early hours of March 27, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. © Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Iran War Threatens Syria’s Fragile Recovery

Regional escalations strain already acute economic, social and political tensions.

A woman looks out from her destroyed apartment in the remains of a residential and commercial building on March 21, 2026 in the Shahrak-e Gharb neighbourhood of Tehran, Iran. © Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

IRAN WAR/FIRST PERSON

Iran: “Even Hope Is Uncertain”

A writer returns to find his home town shaken by explosions, fear and dissent.

An injured man is helped away from the scene of a strike on a residential building on March 16, 2026 in central Tehran, Iran. © Getty Images

FRONTLINE UPDATE

Iran Shockwaves Spread

In this week’s update, read about the global impact of the Iran war as hostilities continue.

People inspect damage and remove items from their homes following Israeli airstrikes on April 13, 2024 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. © Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images

Iran War

Iran War Deepens Gaza Crisis

The ongoing conflict has made a dire humanitarian situation even worse, amid sharp restrictions on aid and repeated supply disruptions.

Passersby stop to observe a memorial outside the Iranian Consulate in Istanbul, commemorating the victims of an airstrike on an elementary school in Minab, Iran. © Ingrid Woudwijk

Iran War

Hope and Fear Among Iranians in Turkey

For many, the crisis is shaped by bitter arguments over what kind of change - if any - should come next.

F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft lands on the flight deck of aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, while operating in support of Operation Epic Fury on March 2, 2026 in the Mediterranean Sea. © U.S. Navy via Getty Images

IRAN WAR/COMMENT

Weaponising Digital Space in War

The Iran conflict shows how easily state actors and armed groups alike exploit violence to attack critical voices.

Smoke rises from a building hit in a bombing on March 11, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon. Israel has continued its aerial and ground assault in Lebanon. © Adri Salido/Getty Images

IRAN WAR/FIRST PERSON

Lebanon: Dancing with the Coffins

“We Lebanese are often praised for our resilience. But that should not mean accepting endless suffering.”

Smoke from a building in the centre of the city which has been hit by the IDF after an evacuation order on March 12, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon. © Adri Salido/Getty Images

FRONTLINE UPDATE

Iran: Regional Chaos Spreads

In this week’s update, hear from IWPR staff in the Middle East on the impact of the Iran war across the region.

Demonstrators pose with pictures of Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei (R), and his late father Ali Khamenei (L) during a rally in support of the new Supreme Leader at Enghelab Square on March 9, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. © Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

IRAN WAR/ANALYSIS

After Khamenei: Iran’s Uncertain Future

We are witnessing a political system confronting unprecedented shock while leaning on long-standing survival mechanisms.

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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