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Iran's army plans to train 3,000 snipers annually in its shooting schools and training facilities, the army's ground forces commander announced on Monday.

The US has canceled 83% of its foreign aid programs under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) worth billions of dollars as President Donald Trump focuses on the domestic economy.

Iran’s foreign ministry on Monday reiterated that Tehran has not received a letter from US President Donald Trump, who said it was sent last week requesting talks on Iran’s nuclear program.

Warships from Russia and China entered Iran's territorial waters ahead of joint naval exercises set to begin Tuesday, a move dismissed by US President Donald Trump as inconsequential.

Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned Sweden’s ambassador in Tehran to protest comments by Sweden’s education minister, who criticized Iran following a Swedish media report alleging that an Iranian student at Lund University had ties to Iran’s intelligence services.

Iran’s electricity supply is expected to fall drastically short in 2025-2026, with the country unable to generate even a third of the additional power needed to meet demand, a senior industry official has warned.

Brooklyn-based Iranian dissident activist Masih Alinejad says she will testify in a Manhattan federal court trial starting Monday against three men accused of plotting to assassinate her on behalf of the Islamic Republic.

Moscow does not rule out the possibility that its staunch allies in Tehran may consent to restricting their nuclear program and enhancing transparency in return for the lifting of Western sanctions, Haaretz reported citing the Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman.

Tributes poured in for Abol Korkor, an Iranian protester who took his own life on Saturday during a live Instagram broadcast as security forces stormed his hideout in the southwestern city of Izeh.

The Islamic Republic will never participate in talks intended to dismantle its nuclear program, Iran's mission to the United Nations said on Sunday, a day after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei rejected nuclear talks with world powers.

Qatar's prime minister has warned that an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities would contaminate the waters of the Persian Gulf, threatening life in Qatar, the UAE and Kuwait.

Iranian authorities have seized over 240,000 cryptocurrency mining devices in the past three years, the state electricity company Tavanir said on Sunday, as the country grapples with power shortages and network instability.

Iran’s water reserves have fallen to critical levels, accelerating the risk of shortages and forcing officials to consider rationing months before peak summer demand.

Iran's foreign minister says the country’s nuclear program cannot be destroyed by military means, citing the program's widespread dispersion and robust protection.

Iran’s media regulator (SATRA) has joined Iraq and scholars from Egypt’s Al-Azhar in banning Muawiya, a Ramadan TV series aired by Saudi Arabia’s MBC channel.

Successive rounds of US sanctions on tankers and companies involved in Iran's oil trade are slowing shipments to China but trade with one of Iran's most important allies continues in 'dark mode' in spite of maximum pressure, according to Bloomberg.

Iran’s first minister of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) admitted to overseeing assassinations of opposition figures abroad, revealing new details about Tehran's decades-long campaign of targeted killings.

The US will maintain its maximum pressure campaign on Iran if Tehran refuses to reach an agreement, a State Department spokesperson told Iran International, after Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ruled out the possibility of negotiations with Washington.

The expiration of a US sanctions waiver permitting Iraq to purchase Iranian energy poses short-term operational difficulties, the Iraqi prime minister's foreign affairs adviser told Reuters on Sunday.

Tehran will not wait for any letter from Washington and will instead rely on its own capabilities to reach a position where the US is forced to lift all sanctions, Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf told lawmakers in parliament on Sunday.

An Iranian protester who was carrying a gun took his own life during a live Instagram broadcast on Saturday after security forces raided his residence in Izeh, southwestern Iran, activists confirmed.