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The Cenozoic deformation history of Central Iran has been dominantly accommodated by the activation of major intracontinental strike‐slip fault zones, developed in the hinterland domain of the Arabia‐Eurasia convergent margin. Few quantitative temporal and kinematic constraints are available from these strike‐slip deformation zones, hampering a full assessment of the style and timing of intraplate deformation in Iran and the understanding of the possible linkage to the tectonic reorganization of the Zagros collisional zone. This study focuses on the region to the north of the active trace of the sinistral Doruneh Fault. By combing structural and low‐temperature apatite fission track (AFT) and (U‐Th)/He (AHe) thermochronology investigations, we provide new kinematic and temporal constraints to the deformation history of Central Iran. Our results document a post‐Eocene polyphase tectonic evolution dominated by dextral strike‐slip tectonics, whose activity is constrained since the early Miocene in response to an early, NW‐SE oriented paleo‐σ1 direction. A major phase of enhanced cooling/exhumation is constrained at the Miocene/Pliocene boundary, caused by a switch of the maximum paleo‐σ1 direction to N‐S. When integrated into the regional scenario, these data are framed into a new tectonic reconstruction for the Miocene‐Quaternary time lapse, where strike‐slip deformation in the intracontinental domain of Central Iran is interpreted as guided by the reorganization of the Zagros collisional zone in the transition from an immature to a mature stage of continental collision. A post‐Eocene polyphase tectonic evolution dominated by dextral wrench tectonics is documented for the Doruneh Fault regionA switch of the paleo‐σ1 direction from NW‐SE to N‐S is documented across the Doruneh Fault region at the Miocene‐Pliocene boundaryCorrelation at regional scale suggests a post‐Miocene transition from NE escape to NS indentation tectonics in Central Iran

The South Polar Terrain (SPT) of Enceladus is a site with eruptions of gas and water ice particle plumes, which indicate internal geodynamic activity. These eruptions are located along a series of tectonic structures, that is, the Tiger Stripe Fractures (TSF), which are composed of regularly spaced, linear depressions. The SPT is surrounded by sinuous chains of ridges and troughs (the Marginal Zone). To unravel the tectonics that affect the region and its evolution, we performed specific structural mapping and quantitative analyses of brittle features from remotely sensed images. The results are consistent with a block rotation model, in which several tectonic regimes coexist. The TSF are left‐lateral strike‐slip faults that bound rigid elongated blocks. The blocks rotate clockwise and are enclosed in a regional scale right‐lateral kinematic framework expressed in the Marginal Zone. These two opposite and complementary kinematic regimes induce transtensional and transpressional regimes within the SPT. An evolutionary tectonic model is proposed for the past and future evolution of the SPT. This model confirms the role of tectonic‐related kinematics in icy satellites and contributes to preparations for future missions. The South Pole of Enceladus is one of the most tectonically active regions in the outer solar system. It presents morphotectonic structures that play a key role in the investigation of the internal processes responsible for its crustal deformation and represent possible interaction with the subsurface ocean. In this contribution, we investigate the Enceladus South Polar Terrain (SPT) structures that are mainly represented by the Tiger Stripe Fractures. Their tectonic setting and kinematics are the object of the present study. The results obtained allow inference of block rotation tectonics induced by regional strike‐slip kinematics in the SPT. We propose an evolutionary tectonic model that presents past and future arrangements of the SPT. New findings have allowed identification of a significant compressional component within the study area, as well as the kinematics within this terrain. Tectonic activity at Enceladus’ south pole is consistent with clockwise block rotation tectonicsRegional right‐lateral strike‐slip kinematics induces transtensional and transpressional regimes in the south polar regionAn evolutionary tectonic model is proposed for the past, present and future settings of Enceladus’ south polar structures Tectonic activity at Enceladus’ south pole is consistent with clockwise block rotation tectonics Regional right‐lateral strike‐slip kinematics induces transtensional and transpressional regimes in the south polar region An evolutionary tectonic model is proposed for the past, present and future settings of Enceladus’ south polar structures