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A young woman in a loosely draped hijab, strands of hair framing her face, flashes a peace sign while holding a photo of a slain Revolutionary Guard commander.

Ali Larijani’s reappointment as secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) may appear to mark a return to moderation, but it is better understood as a tactical facelift.

Hezbollah on Wednesday lambasted a push by the Lebanese government to disarm the Iran-backed group and vowed to ignore the US-backed effort, saying it leaves the country defenseless against Israel.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards intervened this spring to block a leading tech firm’s stock market debut, The Washington Post on Wednesday, in a sign of the sprawling military organization's grip over the ailing economy.

Iran’s gold reserves are at their strongest level in decades and would help cushion the economy even if Western powers trigger the so-called snapback of UN sanctions, a former senior banker said on Wednesday.

Two senior Iranian lawmakers have welcomed the creation of a new Defense Council under the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), calling it a timely move to streamline military decision-making in what they described as wartime conditions.

Iran’s judiciary said on Wednesday it had executed a man convicted of membership in the Islamic State militant group and plotting attacks inside the country, the judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported.

Iran has resumed four-hour daily power outages in Tehran and other cities as a severe energy crisis grips the country, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday, sparking public complaints over unannounced cuts and unequal distribution.

Iran’s judiciary announced on Wednesday that Rouzbeh Vadi, a nuclear scientist and member of the Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute under the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, had been executed for allegedly spying for Israel.

Iran has established a new Defense Council under the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), aiming to centralize military decision-making and prepare for crises ranging from war to potential leadership transition.

A recent study cited by the Shargh newspaper on Tuesday found increasing levels of malnutrition and poor regular access to healthy food in Iran as the country grapples with deepening economic challenges.

Veteran powerbroker Ali Larijani has been reappointed as Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SCNS), returning to a role from which he resigned two decades ago after clashes with ultra-hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The lawyer of man on death row over a high-profile protest case said on Monday that Iran’s Supreme Court has yet to respond to six defendants' appeal and the court has declined to meet with families or attorneys.

A high-profile conservative seen as close to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been appointed to lead Iran’s newly revamped Supreme National Security Council, Tasnim News reported on Tuesday.

Iran International on Tuesday filed an urgent appeal with United Nations experts urging them to take action against Iran over serious risks to the lives and safety of their journalists worldwide and relatives inside Iran.

A son of a former Iranian intelligence chief has been charged with supporting Israel and was banned from using social media for three months, Hassan Younesi announced on his X account, amid a sweeping postwar crackdown by Iranian authorities.

An Iranian delegation including nuclear scientists with ties to a sanctioned military research unit travelled to Russia last year to visit institutes producing dual-use technologies, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

Steep increases in the price of dairy products are putting unprecedented pressure on Iranian households, with many consumers saying they have stopped buying milk, yogurt and cheese altogether, according to accounts gathered by Iran International from across the country.

China’s imports of Iranian crude fell by nearly a third in July from the previous month as demand from private refiners eased, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday citing data from intelligence firm Kpler.

Tehran has requested the Taliban share a leaked list of Afghans who assisted British forces, including those linked to MI6, as part of a bid to identify and potentially detain some now in Iran for possible diplomatic leverage ahead of nuclear talks, The Telegraph reported.

Iran has announced sweeping closures across multiple provinces including the capital this week due to soaring temperatures amid severe electricity and water shortages.