diff --git a/gateway/run.py b/gateway/run.py
index 94381d8be..f0320ef61 100644
--- a/gateway/run.py
+++ b/gateway/run.py
@@ -6586,6 +6586,11 @@ class GatewayRunner:
         import asyncio as _asyncio
 
         args = event.get_command_args().strip()
+
+        # Normalize Unicode dashes (Telegram/iOS auto-converts -- to em/en dash)
+        import re as _re
+        args = _re.sub(r'[\u2012\u2013\u2014\u2015](days|source)', r'--\1', args)
+
         days = 30
         source = None
 
diff --git a/hermes_cli/model_switch.py b/hermes_cli/model_switch.py
index dee0cb23d..11c2fa06a 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/model_switch.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/model_switch.py
@@ -274,6 +274,11 @@ def parse_model_flags(raw_args: str) -> tuple[str, str, bool]:
     is_global = False
     explicit_provider = ""
 
+    # Normalize Unicode dashes (Telegram/iOS auto-converts -- to em/en dash)
+    # A single Unicode dash before a flag keyword becomes "--"
+    import re as _re
+    raw_args = _re.sub(r'[\u2012\u2013\u2014\u2015](provider|global)', r'--\1', raw_args)
+
     # Extract --global
     if "--global" in raw_args:
         is_global = True
diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_insights_unicode_flags.py b/tests/gateway/test_insights_unicode_flags.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28e9a2378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_insights_unicode_flags.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+"""Tests for Unicode dash normalization in /insights command flag parsing.
+
+Telegram on iOS auto-converts -- to em/en dashes. The /insights handler
+normalizes these before parsing --days and --source flags.
+"""
+import re
+import pytest
+
+
+# The regex from gateway/run.py insights handler
+_UNICODE_DASH_RE = re.compile(r'[\u2012\u2013\u2014\u2015](days|source)')
+
+
+def _normalize_insights_args(raw: str) -> str:
+    """Apply the same normalization as the /insights handler."""
+    return _UNICODE_DASH_RE.sub(r'--\1', raw)
+
+
+class TestInsightsUnicodeDashFlags:
+    """--days and --source must survive iOS Unicode dash conversion."""
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("input_str,expected", [
+        # Standard double hyphen (baseline)
+        ("--days 7", "--days 7"),
+        ("--source telegram", "--source telegram"),
+        # Em dash (U+2014)
+        ("\u2014days 7", "--days 7"),
+        ("\u2014source telegram", "--source telegram"),
+        # En dash (U+2013)
+        ("\u2013days 7", "--days 7"),
+        ("\u2013source telegram", "--source telegram"),
+        # Figure dash (U+2012)
+        ("\u2012days 7", "--days 7"),
+        # Horizontal bar (U+2015)
+        ("\u2015days 7", "--days 7"),
+        # Combined flags with em dashes
+        ("\u2014days 30 \u2014source cli", "--days 30 --source cli"),
+    ])
+    def test_unicode_dash_normalized(self, input_str, expected):
+        result = _normalize_insights_args(input_str)
+        assert result == expected
+
+    def test_regular_hyphens_unaffected(self):
+        """Normal --days/--source must pass through unchanged."""
+        assert _normalize_insights_args("--days 7 --source discord") == "--days 7 --source discord"
+
+    def test_bare_number_still_works(self):
+        """Shorthand /insights 7 (no flag) must not be mangled."""
+        assert _normalize_insights_args("7") == "7"
+
+    def test_no_flags_unchanged(self):
+        """Input with no flags passes through as-is."""
+        assert _normalize_insights_args("") == ""
+        assert _normalize_insights_args("30") == "30"