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Two Republican senators told Iran International on Thursday that Washington must deploy economic pressure to cripple it Mideast adversary the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Nearly fifty years later, Iran International can reveal the untold story of a critical US mission to Tehran ordered by President Jimmy Carter to determine whether Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shah could fend off a revolution.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran of leading what he called an “assault on civilization” during joint remarks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest on Thursday.

A high-ranking Iranian judge and member of the so-called Death Committee which oversaw the execution of thousands of dissidents in the late 1980s, has died.

Iran's newly published budget law reveals the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) major share of oil revenues and public funds—and opens the door for the IRGC and Supreme Leader–linked institutions to take control of state assets.

Small Chinese non-state refineries—known as “teapots”—appear to be holding off on new orders of Iranian crude following Washington’s recent sanctions on Shouguang Luqing Petrochemicals, a refinery based in Shandong.

Israel's foreign minister said the country is not ruling out a diplomatic path to prevent Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon, adding that there were signs that there could be indirect talks between Tehran and the United States.

A new bipartisan bill in the US is pushing for measures to empower Iranians to help overthrow the government in favour of a democratic alternative including facilitating greater internet access and funding for dissidents.

A former senior Iranian diplomat has warned that certain actors are actively working to prevent improved relations between Iran and the West, emphasizing the need for Tehran to maintain a balanced foreign policy with all global powers.

Remarks by a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader warning of Iran being pushed to produce nuclear weapons by US threats have sparked intense debate in Iran.

US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff reacted "great" on Wednesday to a spirited statement by Iran's foreign minister on X before swiftly deleting the post.

Soroush Salehi campaigned to have Canada label Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terrorist group but now the law for which he strived may eject him and others forced into the group as conscripts.

Moscow has rejected as illegal US threats against Iran's nuclear infrastructure, the Russian foreign ministry said on Wednesday, as tensions between Washington and Tehran have ramped up in recent weeks.

The US Treasury Department sanctioned an Iranian citizen based in Turkey accused of laundering millions of dollars in support of Yemen’s Houthi rebels, as Washington intensifies efforts to disrupt financial networks backing the Iran-aligned group.

The Iranian police intelligence agency has issued thousands of gun permits to senior state officials in what a hacktivist group described as an unprecedented response to fear of internal reprisals.

US lawmakers and expert witnesses called for a more aggressive US strategy to confront Iran's nuclear ambitions, proxy networks, and financial enablers at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Tuesday.

The White House is seriously considering an Iranian proposal for indirect nuclear talks, even as the US military significantly increases its presence in the Middle East, according to two US officials who spoke to Axios.

In his Eid al-Fitr sermon, Ali Khamenei once again voiced concern about the possible resurgence of anti-government protests in Iran, using his signature rhetoric to warn of a "new sedition."

Persecution of Christian converts in Iran has surged sixfold in the past year, with the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) reporting violent arrests, interrogations, lengthy prison terms, and mistreatment.

Republican lawmakers on Tuesday urged a tougher line on Washington's Mideast adversary Tehran and outlined plans for new legislation targeting the Islamic Republic as tensions have soared in recent days.

More than 700 people have been killed in road accidents across Iran since the start of the new year on March 20, according to the country’s traffic police.