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Iran funds gender-affirming surgeries. While that may seem progressive, BI's investigation reveals a darker reality behind its transgender policy.
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The frigate Sahand's sinking marks the third warship the Iranian Navy's lost since 2018 in incidents suggesting training issues and ship design flaws.
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The Iranian frigate Sahand was photographed floating on its side as merchant vessels were docked nearby. State media said it was undergoing repairs.
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) added missile corvettes and a mothership for special forces to its fleet, enabling new capabilities.
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Nearly 50 entities and individuals were sanctioned on Tuesday for funding an illicit network in Iran, that's helping fuel Russia's war effort.
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Yemen's Houthis aren't known to have advanced arms manufacturing capabilities, and are often armed by Iran, which has hypersonic missiles of its own.
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Israel has been weighing an all-out war with Hezbollah. Israel's defense minister said this week that a decision on such a move was near.