Iran : la prix Nobel de la paix Narges Mohammadi « entre la vie et la mort », selon ses soutiens

LE FIGARO : La lauréate du prestigieux prix en 2023, détenue en Iran depuis décembre, a été hospitalisée en urgence le week-end dernier. « Elle risque à tout moment de nous quitter », alerte son avocate Ardakani.

L’Iranienne Narges Mohammadi, lauréate du prix Nobel de la paix détenue en Iran depuis décembre, se trouve « entre la vie et la mort » après son hospitalisation en urgence le week-end dernier, selon son avocate. « Nous n’avons jamais eu aussi peur pour la vie de Narges, elle risque à tout moment de nous quitter », a déclaré mardi Me Chirinne Ardakani lors d’un point presse de son comité de soutien à Paris. « On ne se bat pas que pour sa liberté, on se bat pour que son cœur continue de battre », a-t-elle ajouté.

La militante de 54 ans a été transférée début mai de la prison de Zanjan (nord) à un hôpital de la région « à la suite d’une dramatique détérioration de son état de santé, marquée notamment par deux épisodes de perte totale de conscience et une crise cardiaque », selon un communiqué de sa fondation publié vendredi. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 5 mai 2026

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Iranian Official Warns of Escalation in Strait of Hormuz Standoff

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s top negotiator, accused the United States of violating the shaky cease-fire, after Iranian forces fired at vessels that the U.S. Navy was guiding through the strait.

A top Iranian official warned on Tuesday of an escalation in the Strait of Hormuz and accused the United States of violating the fragile cease-fire, a day after the U.S. Navy began an initiative to escort commercial ships through the strait, a vital oil shipping waterway.

As the truce appeared to falter, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s top negotiator in the stumbling peace negotiations, said in a social media post that “a new equation” was emerging in the waterway. He said that American actions had endangered shipping through the strait, which Iran has effectively blockaded since the war began in late February.

“We know well that the continuation of the current situation is unbearable for the United States, while we have not even started yet,” Mr. Ghalibaf said.

The U.S. Navy began escorting commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. Reports of attacks from Iran in and around the Persian Gulf quickly tested the American actions and the Pakistani-brokered cease-fire that paused the war last month.

The United Arab Emirates said Iran had fired missiles and drones at its territory on Monday, the first time since the cease-fire had come into effect. The U.A.E.’s foreign ministry said in a statement that the country “reserves its full and legitimate right to respond” to the attacks.

American forces shot down cruise missiles and drones and destroyed six Iranian speedboats that had threatened the vessels, according to U.S. Central Command. The U.S. military said two commercial ships operating under the U.S. flag had passed through the waterway.

Iran did not officially confirm or deny whether it had resumed attacks. IRIB, Iran’s state-run broadcaster, said that a senior Iranian military official denied the American claim that several Iranian boats had been sunk.

In an interview with the conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that aired Monday, President Trump declined to say whether the cease-fire was over. “Well, I can’t tell you that,” Mr. Trump said. » | John Yoon | Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Some Iranians Fear the Regime Is Now More Entrenched - and Ready for Revenge

BBC: They are still there. There is no evading the simple fact. Everywhere the people walk. Wherever they drive. Whenever they switch on the television. The faces of assassinated leaders, and those of new rulers, dominate the public space.

Protests have come and gone. A war. Then a ceasefire. But the regime of the Islamic Republic has endured.

In fact, according to Iranians the BBC has spoken to inside the country, far from being weakened the regime is more deeply embedded. And it is in a vengeful mood. » | Fergal Keane | Special correspondent | Monday, May 4, 2026

Iran : trois hommes pendus en lien avec des manifestations de janvier

LE FIGARO : Les arrestations et exécutions, notamment liées aux manifestations qui ont secoué le pays l’hiver dernier, se multiplient en Iran depuis le début du conflit régional déclenché par une attaque américano-israélienne le 28 février.

Trois hommes ont été pendus dans le nord-est de l'Iran après avoir été reconnus coupables d'avoir contribué aux décès de membres des forces de sécurité lors des manifestations qui ont secoué le pays en décembre et janvier, a annoncé lundi la justice iranienne. Les arrestations et exécutions, notamment liées aux manifestations qui ont secoué le pays l'hiver dernier, se multiplient en Iran depuis le début du conflit régional déclenché par une attaque américano-israélienne le 28 février. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | lundi 4 mai 2026

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Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Hospitalized in Critical Condition

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist, was taken to a hospital after collapsing following a heart problem in prison.

Screenshot taken from this NYT article. | Narges Mohammadi poses in an undated photo provided by her family. The Nobel laureate has suffered from heart ailments for years, according to her family. | Credit: Mohammadi family
Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate and prominent human rights activist, was transferred to a hospital in the city of Zanjan, where she was in prison, after collapsing and losing consciousness on Friday, according to a statement by her family.

Ms. Mohammadi is currently in the hospital’s intensive care unit. But the judicial authorities have refused requests from her family and her lawyer to transfer her to a better-equipped hospital in the country’s capital, Tehran, where she could be cared for by her longtime cardiologist, according to a statement by her foundation, the Narges Foundation, and her husband, Taghi Rahmani.

Mr. Rahmani said the family fears for her life and has pleaded for mercy from the Iranian authorities. Iran’s mission to the United Nations said it had no comment on Ms. Mohammadi’s health situation.

“We are extremely worried about her; she has collapsed and lost consciousness several times, and her life is in danger,” Mr. Rahmani said in an interview from Paris, where he lives in exile with the couple’s children. “Our request is basic and urgent: send her to a hospital in Tehran immediately.” » | Farnaz Fassihi | Farnaz Fassihi has covered Iran for more than three decades living and traveling through the country. She was a war correspondent based in the Middle East for 15 years. | Friday, May 1, 2026

Supreme Leader Says Iran Is Planning for Ongoing Control of Strait

The NEW YORK TIMES: Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said in a statement that Iran would establish “new legal frameworks” for the Strait of Hormuz. He also said his country would retain its nuclear capabilities.

Screenshot from this NYT article. | Iranians held photos of the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, at a government-organized march in Tehran on Wednesday. | Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times
Iran’s supreme leader issued a rare statement on Thursday saying that the United States had no place in the future of the Persian Gulf region and making clear that his country planned to manage the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway going forward.

In the defiant message, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei also vowed that Iran would retain its nuclear capabilities. The lengthy statement from the Iranian leader, who has not been seen in public since he was named to the top post nearly two months ago, was shared by his office.

It touched on two of the thorniest issues stalling talks on permanently ending the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, which began in late February and paused when a cease-fire was reached this month. Those positions put Iran at odds with the United States, which has sought to curtail Iran’s nuclear ambitions and insisted that it cannot restrict use of the Strait of Hormuz to vessels of its choosing.

“By the will and power of God, the bright future of the Persian Gulf region will be a future without America,” said the statement, which was released on Iran’s National Day of the Persian Gulf, an annual commemoration of a 1622 military victory over Portugal in the Strait of Hormuz. » | Leo Sands | Thursday, April 30, 2026

Guerre au Moyen-Orient : les États-Unis ont subi une «défaite honteuse», tacle le guide suprême iranien

LE FIGARO : « Un nouveau chapitre s’ouvre » pour le Golfe et le détroit d’Ormuz, a déclaré dans un message retransmis jeudi Mojtaba Khamenei, qui a été blessé dans des frappes et n’a pas été vu en public depuis sa nomination. EN DIRECT » | Par Ségolène Forgar et Aldric Meeschaert | jeudi 30 avril 2026

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Says US Is Being Humiliated by Iran

Apr 27, 2026 | Merz says he doesn't see what exit strategy the US has in the war with Iran, warning 'an entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, especially by these so-called Revolutionary Guards'

King Charles Agrees with Me on Iran Nuclear Weapon Ban, Claims Trump

THE GUARDIAN: Remarks by US president likely to cause embarrassment for aides of UK monarch, who usually remains neutral

Donald Trump has claimed King Charles agrees with him that Iran should never be allowed nuclear weapons.

Trump made the remarks at a White House state dinner on Tuesday in honour of the visiting Charles and Camilla, after the two men sat down to bilateral talks earlier that day.

As head of state, the king is above party politics and remains neutral. Trump’s comments are likely to cause some embarrassment to royal aides that the king’s views – or, at least, what Trump claims his views to be – have been made public.

The US president said in his speech at the white-tie event on Tuesday evening: “We’re doing a little Middle East work right now … and we’re doing very well. We have militarily defeated that particular opponent, and we’re never going to let that opponent ever, Charles agrees with me even more than I do, we’re never going to let that opponent have a nuclear weapon. » | Guardian staff and agencies | Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Guerre au Moyen-Orient : « Il ne sait pas de quoi il parle », Donald Trump s’en prend au chancelier allemand sur l’Iran

LE FIGARO : « Les Américains n’ont visiblement aucune stratégie. Et le problème avec ce genre de conflits, c’est toujours que non seulement il faut y entrer, mais il faut aussi en ressortir », avait déclaré Friedrich Merz.

Donald Trump s'en est pris violemment mardi au chancelier allemand, Friedrich Merz, l'accusant sur son Truth Social de « ne pas savoir de quoi il parlait » sur l'Iran. Le dirigeant allemand avait asséné lundi que « les Américains (n'avaient) visiblement aucune stratégie » en Iran et jugé que Téhéran « humiliait » la première puissance mondiale. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mercredi 29 avril 2026

Friedrich Merz a raison, bien sûr. Trump est sans cap. Il est dans le pétrin. — © Mark Alexander

Britain Summons Iran’s Ambassador Over Message to Iranians in U.K.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Iran’s embassy in London posted a message on social media inviting Iranians living in Britain to register for a ‘Sacrifice for the Homeland’ campaign.

Screenshot from this NYT article. | The Iranian ambassador to Britain, Seyed Ali Mousavi, presenting his credentials to King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in June. | Pool photo by Aaron Chown
The British government said Tuesday that it had summoned the Iranian ambassador in response to what it called “unacceptable and inflammatory comments” posted by the Iranian Embassy on social media.

The summons, a formal diplomatic tool, comes as the relationship between Britain and Iran has grown particularly fraught amid the war in the Middle East. The British authorities have increasingly been warning of a rise in threats from hostile states, including Iran and Russia.

Earlier this week, Iran’s embassy in London posted a statement on its Telegram channel that invited Iranians living in Britain to register for what it described as “Sacrifice for the Homeland” campaign.

The embassy encouraged “all proud sons and daughters of Iran” to “demonstrate unity, loyalty, and national pride in a unified framework,” and ended: “Let us all stand together, ready to sacrifice our lives, for it is better than surrendering our country to the enemy.”

The embassy statement was unclear about what might be asked of Iranians who volunteered.

Britain’s foreign office said in a statement on Tuesday that Hamish Falconer, the minister for the Middle East, had made clear to the Iranian ambassador “that these actions and comments were completely unacceptable, and that the embassy must cease any form of communications that could be interpreted as encouraging violence in the U.K. or internationally.” » | Megan Specia | Reporting from London | Tuesday, April 28, 2026

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Guerre au Moyen-Orient : l’Iran affirme que les États-Unis ne sont plus en position de «dicter leur politique» aux autres pays

LE FIGARO : Le premier ministre israélien, Benyamin Netanyahou, a affirmé lundi que la double menace des roquettes et drones du Hezbollah pro-iranien imposait la poursuite de l’action militaire au Liban. EN DIRECT » | Par Ségolène Forgar et Aldric Meeschaert | mardi 28 avril 2026

US Is Being ‘Humiliated’ by Iran’s Leadership, Says Friedrich Merz

THE GUARDIAN: German chancellor suggests Trump administration is being outwitted at negotiating table by Tehran

The US is being “humiliated” by Iran’s leadership, according to Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor, who suggested the Trump administration was being outwitted at the negotiating table by Tehran.

Two days ago Donald Trump cancelled a trip by US negotiators to Islamabad for indirect talks with an Iranian delegation. A previous round in the Pakistani capital two weeks earlier, when JD Vance, the American vice-president, led the US delegation, broke up without progress.

Merz’s trenchant assessment of the stalled US-Iranian talks, which appeared certain to deepen the severe transatlantic rift between the US and its Nato allies, directly contradicts Trump’s effort to cast the limbo in a positive light.

A day earlier, the US president told Fox News: “We have all the cards,” adding that if Tehran wanted to talk, “they can come to us, or they can call us”.

Speaking to students in Marsberg, Merz suggested it was Trump’s team that was being outplayed. “The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skilful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result,” he said.

“An entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, especially by these so-called Revolutionary Guards. And so I hope that this ends as quickly as possible.” » | Julian Borger | Senior international correspondent | Monday, April 27, 2026

Hanged Under the Cover of War: Letters and Videos Tell Stories of Iran’s Death Row Victims

THE GUARDIAN: Testimony emerges from Babak Alipour, who spent three years on death row before being taken to gallows in March

Screenshot taken from this Duardian article. | Clockwise from top left: Amirhossein Hatami, Babak Alipour, Pouya Ghobadi and Amirali Mirjafari. All have been hanged.
Writing from his cell in the Rajai Shahr prison in the northern Iranian city of Karaj, Babak Alipour wanted to tell his friends about those who had already gone to their execution.

There was Behrouz Ehsani, 69, the elder statesman of the group, who was “never angry” about their predicament. Then there was Mehdi Hassani, a 48-year-old father of three who he saw a couple of times in the prison hospital and who would ask him to pass on to the children the message that he was “fine”.

Despite the killings, Alipour, a 34-year-old law graduate with a passion for mountaineering who had been on death row for three years, recorded in his neat, tight, handwriting that he was not intimidated.

On 12 March he made a short video on a phone smuggled into his jail. “Dictators have come, been overthrown, died, and been killed, and now it is the turn of Khamenei-the-son’s dictatorship,” Alipour said of the accession of Mojtaba Khamenei to supreme leader after the death of Ali Khamenei in airstrikes by the US and Israel. By this time, Alipour’s brother Roozbeh, his sister Maryam, and mother Ommolbanin Dehghan had been arrested as they returned home from a vigil outside the prison in which he was being held. » | Daniel Boffey | Chief reporter | Saturday, April 25, 2026

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Iran : un homme, condamné pour collaboration avec Israël, a été pendu

LE FIGARO : Les exécutions se multiplient dans le pays depuis le début de la guerre déclenchée par une attaque américano-israélienne le 28 février.

Un homme, condamné pour avoir collaboré avec les services secrets israéliens au cours des importantes manifestations en Iran en janvier, a été exécuté samedi, a annoncé le pouvoir judiciaire iranien.

Erfan Kiani a été pendu à l'issue d'une procédure validée par la cour suprême, a indiqué le site Mizan Online du pouvoir judiciaire. Il le décrit comme l'un des « principaux protagonistes » impliqués dans une « mission confiée par le Mossad » au cours des manifestations qui ont secoué la province d'Ispahan, dans le centre du pays. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | samedi 25 avril 2026

A Watershed Moment? | John Mearsheimer and Sir Max Hastings

Apr 24 2026 | Historians reserve the term “watershed” for those rare moments when events do not merely shock the established order but upend it. Think of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, which hastened the end of the Cold War and ushered in an era of American unipolarity. Or the September 11, 2001, attacks in the US, which ignited the global war on terror and culminated in the long, costly entanglements of the so-called forever wars.

In each case, those living through the moment could sense they were witnessing events whose consequences would extend far beyond the immediate crisis. The question now is whether the Iran war belongs in that category. On the world stage, many allies and partners increasingly worry that the United States as a friend is shrinking with extraordinary rapidity. If this is true, what does this mean for international affairs after the Iran war?

Guests are Sir Max Hastings, the British military historian, columnist and former newspaper editor, and John Mearsheimer, professor of political science from the University of Chicago.


To put it succinctly, Trump is a chump who is also off his chump! — © Mark Alexander

Trump’s War Has Backfired Spectacularly: Iran Is Now More Influential Than Ever

THE GUARDIAN: Tehran has shown that its grip over the strait of Hormuz is its most potent deterrent – arguably more consequential than its now defunct nuclear programme

Donald Trump’s decision to go to war against Iran will be remembered as a grave strategic miscalculation – one that has reshaped the region in unintended and destabilising ways. With the ceasefire now extended indefinitely, we can see more clearly how the war has undermined the US’s standing in the world and failed to achieve its core objectives: it has neither brought about regime change in Tehran, nor forced Iran to submit to American demands. Far from it.

By inflicting economic pain far beyond the region and slowing the global economy, Iran has demonstrated that its grip over the strait of Hormuz constitutes its most potent deterrent – arguably more consequential than its now defunct nuclear programme. Control of the strait will be Tehran’s most powerful source of leverage in the years ahead.

And this strategy is not confined to Hormuz. Relying on its Houthi allies in Yemen, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) also signalled its ability to threaten the Bab al-Mandab strait at the southern tip of the Red Sea – a choke point through which roughly 8% of global trade and a significant share of the world’s energy and chemical shipments pass. The prospect of disruption at both Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab would amount to a double shock to the global economy. » | Fawaz Gerges * | Thursday, April 23, 2026

* Fawaz Gerges is professor of international relations at the London School of Economics

« Gravement blesse », le nouveau guide suprême iranien serait notamment soigné par le président iranien en personne, selon le New York Times

LE FIGARO : Selon le quotidien américain, Mojtaba Khamenei serait entouré d’une cellule médicale d’élite à laquelle participe directement le président iranien Masoud Pezeshkian. En retrait, le guide suprême gouvernerait pour l’heure à distance, via des communications écrites.

Le nouveau guide suprême iranien Mojtaba Khamenei, grièvement blessé lors d’une frappe israélienne ayant coûté la vie à son père Ali Khamenei au premier jour de la guerre, est aujourd’hui pris en charge dans des conditions particulièrement encadrées, mais est « vif d’esprit et actif », rapporte jeudi le New York Times. Selon le quotidien américain, qui cite plusieurs responsables iraniens sous couvert d’anonymat, le dirigeant vit reclus dans un lieu tenu secret, entouré d’une équipe médicale de haut niveau incluant le président iranien Masoud Pezeshkian lui-même, chirurgien du cœur, ainsi que le ministre de la Santé.

Mojtaba Khamenei n’a pas été vu en public depuis sa nomination et ne communique que par déclarations écrites, transmises selon un protocole strict. Le dirigeant ne reçoit pas de visites pour des raisons de sécurité et reçoit des messages écrits à la main, « glissés dans des enveloppes scellées puis transmis par voie de coursiers qui empruntent autoroutes et routes secondaires, en voiture ou à moto, jusqu’à ce qu’ils atteignent sa cachette », ajoute le quotidien. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | jeudi 23 avril 2026