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Google says Iranian state-backed actors online are using the tech giant’s AI chatbot Gemini to research defense organizations, foreign governments, and dissidents abroad.

A former representative of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei revealed on Thursday that regional setbacks have stoked high-level criticism of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and the leader of its foreign operations Esmail Qaani.

Canadian authorities have launched deportation proceedings against an Iranian woman they say was a senior member of the Iranian government, Global News reported on Thursday.

Economist Ali Ghanbari has criticized opponents of Iran joining the money laundering watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), accusing them of benefiting from the country's isolation.

Hezbollah's war damage compensation for citizens displaced by the group's conflict with Israel, funded by Iran, are being postponed, according to a letter from a Lebanese micro-finance institution.

Public participation in the ancient Zoroastrian Sadeh festival, once nearly forgotten but now surging in popularity among Iranians, is being banned anew by authorities in the Islamic Republic.

Two Achaemenid era artefacts that were smuggled out of Iran have been sold on the black market in Dubai for a fraction of their true value.

Prices of essential goods in Iran have increased sharply in recent months, with some food items more than doubling, while official government statistics report only a 2% rise.

Iran is in a state of limbo as no one can know whether the country is moving toward negotiations or war - a choice which rests with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has hinted at and cautioned about potential negotiations with the United States, maintaining his long-held strategy of calculated ambiguity.

The director of the Swedish Institute for International Policy has been linked to a Tehran-directed influence network, according to a Swedish TV investigation relying on emails provided by Iran International.

President Donald Trump’s executive order last Monday to freeze all foreign aid funding has split US senators, some of whom see a welcome return to fiscal discipline and others see a threat to critical foreign policy priorities.

Mauritius urged the United States to finalize a deal ceding sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, vowing not to let any third party overrun the Indian Ocean territory - in a likely reference to Western adversaries Iran and China.

An Iranian court of appeals has upheld the 10-year prison sentence for Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh, a former employee of a US government-funded broadcaster, his lawyer announced on X.

Iran plans to use artificial intelligence to develop smart governance to secure a place among the world's top ten nations in the field, according to an IRGC commander.

The use of poorly refined gasoline, a major source of air pollution in Iran, is driving the country's cancer crisis, a Mashhad University of Medical Sciences professor has warned.

Iran's Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Javad Zarif criticized US influence on the country's foreign policy, calling it an obstacle that must be removed.

To stabilize soaring potato prices, Iran is importing 50,000 tons of the staple vegetable, according to Iran’s deputy agricultural minister.

US President Donald Trump's latest remarks on Iran, which downplayed the likelihood of military conflict and suggested possible dialogue, have prompted some Tehran insiders to favor direct talks and a potential agreement with his administration.

Iran's political establishment continues to send mixed signals on its openness to talks with Washington, as the deputy speaker of parliament said Wednesday that Tehran supports negotiations, while a leading hardline newspaper doubled-down on its opposition.

Iran's president says the Islamic Republic has not received any messages from US President Donald Trump yet.