Issuing motorcycle licenses to women requires changes to regulations and law, Iran’s traffic police chief said on Sunday, adding the force is waiting for a formal government order before taking action.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Venezuelan counterpart YvánGil Pinto discussed bilateral ties and recent US military activity in the Caribbean in a phone call, Iranian state media reported on Sunday.
Israel’s former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen said he had drawn up plans to assassinate Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, but the idea was abandoned over fears it would trigger a war with Tehran. Soleimani was later killed in a US drone strike in Iraq in 2020.
Britain, France and Germany made a big mistake by triggering the snapback to reimpose UN sanctions on Tehran, but Iran would be ready for an agreement if the Europeans reverse course, the Iranian foreign minister wrote in an opinion piece for The Guardian.
Gunmen shot dead a local Revolutionary Guards intelligence commander in the town of Pishin, Rask county, in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province on Saturday night, a rights group reported.
Iran’s parliament will on Sunday debate an emergency three-priority bill on withdrawing from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and ending cooperation with the UN atomic watchdog, a senior lawmaker said, as Tehran faces renewed pressure over its nuclear program.
Iran’s AnzaliLagoon, a wetland on the Caspian coast, is facing “serious challenges and human-inflicted wounds” and could disappear without urgent action, provincial governor Hadi Haghshenas said, according to state media.
Iraq’s prime minister has ordered the formation of a high-level committee to investigate allegations of corruption and smuggling of Iran's oil after the US Treasury sanctioned a network accused of exporting Iranian crude under falsified Iraqi origin.
Tehran will not return to the negotiating table under the same conditions that existed before the June war with Israel, Iran’s foreign minister said Saturday, days after Europe triggered the snapback leaving Iran to engage with the US or face UN sanctions.
Tehran risks sliding back into comprehensive multilateral isolation by the end of September, with the deadline for the return of UN sanctions fast approaching and Washington mulling restrictions on Iranian officials at this month’s General Assembly
At least five people have died in recent months in incidents linked to electricity outages across Iran, the reformist daily Etemad reported on Saturday.
Dozens of Iranians seeking German visas have staged weekly protests outside Berlin’s consulate in Tehran, Shargh reported on Saturday, saying their applications have been frozen since June’s 12-day war with Israel.
Billions of dollars belonging to South Africa’s MTN Group, the founding investor of Irancell, Iran’s second-largest mobile operator, remain blocked in Iran under US sanctions, the company confirmed in a recent financial update.
A café in northern Tehran was sealed off late Thursday after announcing an event for female motorcyclists scheduled the next day.
Several newspapers in Iran have warned that the return of UN sanctions and threats of renewed conflict with Israel could plunge the country into crisis, while also noting that some officials downplay the risks.
Iran’s judiciary said early Saturday it executed Mehran Bahramian, a protester detained during the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom uprising in central Iran, despite torture allegations and pleas from rights groups to stop the sentence.
US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an Executive Order that imposes sanctions, visa bans, and travel restrictions against nations or groups that use Americans as bargaining chips, the State Secretary announced in a statement.
The vicious debate over a free concert at Tehran’s most iconic square—and its eventual cancellation—has laid bare not only the rulers’ fear of spontaneous crowds but also deep rifts among Iranians themselves.
A fresh hike in bread prices has deepened the strain on many Iranians, prompting warnings from a prominent economist that unchecked inflation could spark unrest.
A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader has compared US President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, accusing him of repeating Nazi Germany’s belligerent path and warning it will not end well for Washington.
Firsthand accounts reveal how severe water and electricity shortages are disrupting daily life across Iran, with blackouts causing life-threatening accidents and hardship for vulnerable families.