Pressure is building inside Iran’s political establishment for a fundamental change of course, with former president Hassan Rouhani joining a growing chorus warning that continued rigidity could lead to paralysis or trigger renewed unrest.
Israel’s June airstrike on Tehran’s Evin prison showed no regard for distinguishing between military and civilian targets and is a war crime, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
Iranian and Iraqi officials discussed ways to increase pressure on Iranian Kurdish opposition groups during a recent visit to Baghdad by Iran’s National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani, sources from Iranian Kurdish parties told Iran International.
Syria’s government barred a plane carrying Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani from using its airspace en route to Lebanon this week, forcing the aircraft to reroute over Iraq and Turkey, Israel’s Maariv newspaper reported on Thursday.
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has warned that the ball is in Iran’s court after Britain, France, and Germany signaled readiness to reimpose UN sanctions if Tehran fails to agree to a nuclear deal by the end of August.
Iran’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that Israeli attacks on its nuclear facilities pose a threat to regional stability, citing concerns raised by United Nations human rights rapporteurs.
A federal court in the United States has rejected multiple motions by Parviz Sabeti, a onetime security chief in pre-revolutionary Iran, to dismiss a landmark lawsuit accusing him of aiding and abetting the torture of dissidents in the 1970s.
Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani said on Wednesday that Israel, not Iran, was seeking to impose its will on Lebanon, after President Joseph Aoun warned against foreign interference in the country’s affairs.
Ali Larijani’s tour of Iraq and Lebanon a few weeks after his Russia visit underscores his re-emergence as a trusted envoy and crisis manager tasked with shoring up Tehran’s defences in the twilight of supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s rule.
US president Donald Trump has spotlighted whistleblower allegations that Standard Chartered Bank’s New York branch moved billions of dollars to entities linked to Iran and Hezbollah.
Iran’s judiciary dismissed or convicted 138 employees for corruption in the past year, the head of its Protection and Intelligence Center, Ali Abdollahi, said on Wednesday.
Iran’s foreign minister on Wednesday accused the United States and its allies of imposing sanctions that cause mass casualties, citing a study he said showed they may be as deadly as armed conflict.
Five Iranian pilgrims were killed and at least 57 injured when a bus carrying people traveling to the Arbaeen ceremony collided with a minibus on the Najaf–Basra road in Iraq, the Iranian Red Crescent said on Wednesday.
US ambassador to the United Nations, Dorothy Shea, condemned Iran for the Houthi rebels’ continued attacks on civilian cargo vessels in the Red Sea during the UN Security Council briefing on Yemen on Tuesday.
Two refinery workers in southern Iran died of suspected heatstroke while on the job amid soaring summer temperatures, Iranian media reported.
Lebanon’s president told visiting Iranian security chief Ali Larijani that no group may bear arms or rely on foreign backing, warning against interference while affirming openness to cooperation within national sovereignty and mutual respect.
France, Germany and the United Kingdom have told the United Nations they are prepared to reimpose international sanctions on Iran unless it resumes nuclear negotiations with the United States and other powers, according to a letter shared by the French foreign ministry.
Iran's ability to access fresh water is deteriorating, the government-run office of managing water supply said on Tuesday, adding that the capital Tehran faces a serious risk of land subsidence.
The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization has criticized Israeli claims about Tehran’s nuclear activities, saying the program is peaceful and the allegations are based on a distorted and inaccurate dossier.
Ontario’s top court has upheld a ruling that Ukraine International Airlines must pay full compensation to the families of passengers killed when Iran shot down Flight PS752 in 2020. But families say the ruling doesn’t diminish Iran’s responsibility.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a message addressing the Iranian people and their deepening water crisis on Tuesday to call for regime change and in a TV interview hinted that a war with Tehran is not over.