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One thing unchanged by the return of UN sanctions is Tehran’s internal discord, with hardliners and moderates battling it out over decisions ultimately taken elsewhere.

The United States deported a planeload of over 100 Iranians to Tehran in one of the Trump administration’s starkest migrant returns to a country with severe rights concerns, marking a rare act of cooperation with Iran after months of talks, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.

Iranian operatives posing as the manager of an Israeli rapper attempted to lure the 17-year-old daughter of firebrand National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir into an online meeting, Israel's security agency said.

A relative of Shiri Bibas and her two young sons - Israelis abducted by Tehran-backed Hamas militants on October 7 2023 and eventually killed - filed a complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing Iran of genocide for its alleged role.

A Canadian move to deport a former Iranian roads official working as an Uber driver over his previous work has been rejected an immigration review body for his lack of seniority in Tehran's ruling apparatus.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian departed Tehran for the United Nations in New York last week buoyed by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's quiet blessing to start secret talks with Washington to ward off looming sanctions.

Pop concerts and late summer parties are spreading across Iran as music, as dance and fashion become battlegrounds testing the limits of state control.

UN experts expressed alarm on Monday at what they called an “unprecedented” surge in executions after over 1,000 people were put to death so far this year, warning they likely violated international law.

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has awarded its highest honor, the William Bowie Medal, to Iranian-American scientist Soroosh Sorooshian for 2025.

Iran’s anti-narcotics authority warned on Monday that poppy cultivation would face severe punishment, including fines, prison and land confiscation for repeat offenders.

Iran’s judiciary chief warned on Monday that those undermining public morale amid renewed international sanctions would face legal action, accusing them of aiding hostile powers.

The European Union on Monday reimposed sweeping sanctions on Iran’s nuclear and ballistic programs after the return of United Nations restrictions under the snapback mechanism, reinstating bans on trade, finance, transport and energy first lifted in 2015.

Canada’s food safety watchdog has temporarily banned imports of pistachios and pistachio products from Iran after more than 100 confirmed salmonella cases and several recalls linked to contaminated shipments.

Iran executed a man identified as Bahman Choubi-asl on Monday after convicting him of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, the judiciary’s news outlet Mizan reported, describing him as "one of the most important spies for Israel in Iran".

Iran will enter a war with the United States if Israel launches a new attack on the Islamic Republic, a senior Iranian official and former chief commander of the Revolutionary Guard said on Sunday.

President Masoud Pezeshkian’s reference at the UN to Iranian children killed by Israeli strikes triggered a backlash at home, where many asked why he did not also acknowledge the dozens of children slain by Iranian security forces during the 2022 uprising.

The reimposition of UN sanctions on Iran, atop the US sanctions President Masoud Pezeshkian had pledged to lift during his election campaign, has disillusioned many of his moderate supporters and prompted hardliners to call for his resignation.

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen called Iranian state television’s decision to blur her legs during a broadcast of her UN meeting with Iran’s foreign minister a “sad” reflection of women’s treatment in the country.

A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader said Tehran should consider joining a new Saudi-Pakistani defense pact while vowing to strengthen its offensive military power after the recent 12-day war with Israel and the United States.

Iran’s central bank said it will inject $500 million into the currency market from Monday to ease pressure on the rial after weeks of sharp volatility, state media reported.

Iran’s clerical leaders are facing one of their deepest crises since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, caught between a worsening economic squeeze and renewed international pressure after the United Nations reimposed sanctions, Reuters reported.