diff --git a/src/lib/iam/iam-policy.logic.ts b/src/lib/iam/iam-policy.logic.ts
index 5e234ad..06d07d5 100644
--- a/src/lib/iam/iam-policy.logic.ts
+++ b/src/lib/iam/iam-policy.logic.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export async function enrichWithResourceData(
         return log.iamAction === denial.iamAction && timeDiff <= 5000;
       });
 
-      if (nearbyResourceLogs.length > 0) {
+      if (!enrichedDenial.iamResource && nearbyResourceLogs.length > 0) {
         enrichedDenial.iamResource = nearbyResourceLogs[0].iamResource;
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/lib/logs/log-retriever.iam.test.ts b/src/lib/logs/log-retriever.iam.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad2c624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/logs/log-retriever.iam.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { LocalStackLogRetriever } from "./log-retriever";
+
+describe("LocalStackLogRetriever IAM denial parsing", () => {
+  const parse = (line: string) => (new LocalStackLogRetriever() as any).parseLogLine(line);
+
+  it("parses the legacy 'Request for service ... denied.' format", () => {
+    const entry = parse(
+      "2025-07-23T10:58:58.710  INFO --- [asgi_gw_1] l.p.c.s.i.p.handler : Request for service 's3' by principal 'arn:aws:iam::000000000000:user/test' for operation 'CreateBucket' denied."
+    );
+    expect(entry.isIamDenial).toBe(true);
+    expect(entry.iamPrincipal).toBe("arn:aws:iam::000000000000:user/test");
+    expect(entry.iamAction).toBe("s3:CreateBucket");
+  });
+
+  it("parses the Explainable IAM 'is not authorized to perform' format (ENFORCED and SOFT_MODE)", () => {
+    const entry = parse(
+      "2026-10-05T15:16:27.431  INFO --- [et.reactor-2] l.p.c.s.i.p.handler        : User: arn:aws:iam::000000000000:user/probe-user is not authorized to perform: dynamodb:Scan on resource: arn:aws:dynamodb:us-east-1:000000000000:table/probe-table because no identity-based policy allows the dynamodb:Scan action"
+    );
+    expect(entry.isIamDenial).toBe(true);
+    expect(entry.isError).toBe(true);
+    expect(entry.service).toBe("dynamodb");
+    expect(entry.iamPrincipal).toBe("arn:aws:iam::000000000000:user/probe-user");
+    expect(entry.iamAction).toBe("dynamodb:Scan");
+    expect(entry.iamResource).toBe("arn:aws:dynamodb:us-east-1:000000000000:table/probe-table");
+  });
+
+  it("parses assumed-role principals and object-level S3 resources", () => {
+    const entry = parse(
+      "2026-10-05T15:16:27.039  INFO --- [et.reactor-1] l.p.c.s.i.p.handler        : User: arn:aws:sts::000000000000:assumed-role/my-fn-role/my-fn is not authorized to perform: s3:PutObject on resource: arn:aws:s3:::probe-bucket/hello.txt because no identity-based policy allows the s3:PutObject action"
+    );
+    expect(entry.isIamDenial).toBe(true);
+    expect(entry.iamPrincipal).toBe("arn:aws:sts::000000000000:assumed-role/my-fn-role/my-fn");
+    expect(entry.iamAction).toBe("s3:PutObject");
+    expect(entry.iamResource).toBe("arn:aws:s3:::probe-bucket/hello.txt");
+  });
+
+  it("parses denials for actions that have no resource ARN", () => {
+    const entry = parse(
+      "2026-10-06T08:33:16.832  INFO --- [et.reactor-1] l.p.c.s.i.p.handler        : User: arn:aws:sts::000000000000:assumed-role/nd-role/nd is not authorized to perform: dynamodb:ListTables because no identity-based policy allows the dynamodb:ListTables action"
+    );
+    expect(entry.isIamDenial).toBe(true);
+    expect(entry.iamPrincipal).toBe("arn:aws:sts::000000000000:assumed-role/nd-role/nd");
+    expect(entry.iamAction).toBe("dynamodb:ListTables");
+    expect(entry.iamResource).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("does not flag the DEBUG 'Necessary permissions' lines as denials but still extracts the resource", () => {
+    const entry = parse(
+      "2026-10-05T15:16:27.431 DEBUG --- [et.reactor-2] l.p.c.s.i.p.handler        : Necessary permissions for this action: [\"Action 'dynamodb:Scan' for 'arn:aws:dynamodb:us-east-1:000000000000:table/probe-table'\"]"
+    );
+    expect(entry.isIamDenial).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(entry.iamAction).toBe("dynamodb:Scan");
+    expect(entry.iamResource).toBe("arn:aws:dynamodb:us-east-1:000000000000:table/probe-table");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/logs/log-retriever.ts b/src/lib/logs/log-retriever.ts
index 232d316..c0086d5 100644
--- a/src/lib/logs/log-retriever.ts
+++ b/src/lib/logs/log-retriever.ts
@@ -228,6 +228,23 @@ export class LocalStackLogRetriever {
       entry.isError = true;
     }
 
+    // Detect the newer Explainable IAM denial format
+    if (!entry.isIamDenial) {
+      const explainableDenialPattern =
+        /User: (\S+) is not authorized to perform: ([A-Za-z0-9-]+:[A-Za-z0-9*]+)(?: on resource: "?([^"\s]+)"?)? because/;
+      const explainableMatch = line.match(explainableDenialPattern);
+      if (explainableMatch) {
+        entry.isIamDenial = true;
+        entry.iamPrincipal = explainableMatch[1];
+        entry.iamAction = explainableMatch[2];
+        if (explainableMatch[3]) {
+          entry.iamResource = explainableMatch[3];
+        }
+        entry.service = explainableMatch[2].split(":")[0].toLowerCase();
+        entry.isError = true;
+      }
+    }
+
     const iamResourcePattern = /Action '([^']*)' for '([^']*)'/g;
     let resourceMatch;
     while ((resourceMatch = iamResourcePattern.exec(line)) !== null) {