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Amid the worsening economic crisis and deteriorating living conditions, the economic institutions of the Islamic Republic are attempting to present a picture of economic growth.

More than 1,300 Voice of America (VOA) employees were placed on leave Saturday, and funding for two US news services broadcasting to foreign countries was terminated after President Donald Trump ordered major cuts to VOA’s parent agency and six other federal entities.

US President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered large-scale military strikes against dozens of targets in Yemen controlled by Tehran-backed Houthi militants, warning Iran about the consequences of its continued support for the rebels.

The Islamic Republic will give the most severe response should the US president carries out his threat to use the military option against Tehran, the chief-commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned on Saturday.

Iran has unveiled a prototype of its national artificial intelligence (AI) platform, developed in collaboration with Sharif University of Technology.

The Islamic Republic is very close to developing a nuclear weapon, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog warned on Saturday, as the world awaits Tehran's response to Donald Trump's offer of either nuclear talks or the possibility of airstrikes on its atomic sites.

Former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani suggested that Supreme Leader’s opposition to negotiations with the United States could change depending on circumstances.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued a stark warning about Tehran's critical water shortage and land subsidence, calling it God's wrath and urging immediate, collaborative action from officials and experts.

President Masoud Pezeshkian should commit harakiri, a form of Japanese ritual suicide, rather than seek scapegoats for the country's soaring inflation, suggested a prominent Iranian commentator.

The Trump administration is considering sweeping travel restrictions that could fully suspend visa issuance for citizens of ten countries, including Iran, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.

The fast improving relationship between the United States under President Donald Trump and Russia may mean Moscow will seek more distance from Washington's Mideast nemesis Iran, Russian-born journalist and filmmaker Tanya Lukyanova said.

The mother of Khalid Mehdiyev, the gunman who tried to kill Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad, delivered emotional testimony in court Friday identifying her son's alleged co-conspirator Polad Omarov as the man who ordered the hit job.

The UN rights body has ruled the detention of a top Iranian rapper and activist arbitrary and contrary to international law in a response to a petition submitted by rights groups and international lawyers on his behalf.

Turkish security forces arrested five people accused of spying for Iranian intelligence in a coordinated operation across Istanbul, Antalya, and Mersin, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said on Friday.

A top Iranian diplomat said on Friday that the Islamic Republic had agreed with China and Russia that any future talks over Iran's nuclear program must not stray into other issues.

Conservatives farther to the right even of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei have become more assertive in their demands to implement a new restrictive hijab law which has been stalled for months.

The United States is undermining its diplomatic overtures to Iran by making threats, a senior Iranian cleric said on Friday, a week after US President Donald Trump's demanded Iran strike a nuclear deal or face military attack.

Foreign ministers from the G7 grouping of wealthy democracies criticized Iran for destabilizing the Middle East and urged it to resume negotiations over its nuclear program, according to a draft statement cited by Reuters.

Iran is intensifying its crackdown on women, minorities, and activists using drones, facial recognition, and tracking apps to monitor and suppress dissent, a new UN report reveals.

Iranian oil exports are buoyant and cannot be halted by stepped-up US sanctions, Iran's Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said as Washington sanctioned him personally and expanded curbs on Tehran's crude trade.

Iran's Foreign Ministry has condemned the United States' latest round of sanctions, which targeted Iran's Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad, several oil tankers, and commercial entities.