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Iran’s economy has slipped into its first contraction in more than four years and now faces mounting debt and record capital flight, official data show, days before UN sanctions are due to return.

An outlet tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards acknowledged that a recent documentary from the Ministry of Intelligence relied on archival images from the internet, despite presenting them as exclusive material obtained from Israel.

Russia and China have asked the UN Security Council to vote on a draft resolution on Friday that would delay the reinstatement of international sanctions on Iran by six months, Reuters reported citing diplomats.

Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani said on Thursday US demands that Tehran curb its missile program were a non-starter and that looming UN sanctions ought not to pinch Iran as much as current US measures.

France withdrew its case against Iran at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the detention of two French citizens arrested in May 2022 on espionage charges, the court announced on Thursday without elaborating.

The death of a female Iranian political prisoner in hospital following a series of seizures has sparked outrage from Iran's two Nobel laureates and right groups who have labeled her death a state-sponsored murder.

President Masoud Pezeshkian’s speech at the United Nations drew an unusual split in Tehran: while conservatives and hardliners rallied behind him, many of his moderate supporters voiced sharp disappointment.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said in a message marking the anniversary of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war that martyrdom is the reward of struggle, whether in that conflict or in more recent battles.

Indian officials have told the Trump administration that any significant reduction in Russian oil imports would require Washington to allow purchases from sanctioned suppliers Iran and Venezuela, Bloomberg reported.

Western militaries and defense firms are racing to develop low-cost attack drones modelled on Iran’s Shahed after the weapon’s use in Ukraine showed how mass-produced unmanned aerial vehicles can overwhelm air defenses, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

The US dollar rose to a record 1,084,000 rials on Thursday, deepening pressure on Iran’s currency as the deadline for the UN snapback sanctions mechanism approaches.

China has sharply increased crude imports declared from Indonesia in recent months, an unusual surge that points to possible new workarounds for Iranian oil exports, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.

Iranian political prisoner Somayeh Rashidi died after several days in hospital following her transfer from Qarchak prison, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Thursday.

Iran’s centuries-old carpet industry, once a symbol of cultural prestige and a $2 billion export powerhouse, is unraveling under US sanctions, shifting consumer tastes and rising competition, industry officials and traders say.

Seven years after Donald Trump quit the nuclear deal, his duel with Ali Khamenei looks lopsided: the US president spoke from New York with renewed leverage, while Iran’s leader replied in taped defiance that evinced more strain than authority.

A clash over Iran’s nuclear path has intensified in Tehran, with hardliners demanding weaponization while others warn such moves invite disaster just three days before the automatic return of UN sanctions.

Republican Senator John Cornyn called on European allies to support and intensify sanctions against Iran, calling it a leading state sponsor of terrorism and an aggressor.

Iran’s intelligence ministry aired a segment on national TV displaying information and documents that it says it obtained from Israel’s intelligence apparatus on the Jewish state's nuclear program

Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a poet from northern Iran whose works focused on social justice and civil rights, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

Senior Iranian officials highlighted what they called intelligence successes and the urgency of backing armed groups against their arch-foe Israel on Wednesday, a day after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei delivered a defiant speech.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian denounced Israeli raids on Iran’s nuclear facilities in June as illegal and blasted European powers for triggering the return of UN sanctions in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.