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The Aerospace Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Friday unveiled what state TV called an underground missile city.

The French Foreign Ministry says it has summoned the Iranian ambassador over the issue of French nationals who were "hostages of the state of the Islamic republic of Iran."

Tehran's art scene is moving underground with exhibitions and performances that defy pervasive censorship, turning home venues into sanctuaries for creative self-expression.

Iran hit out at formal complaints by Ukraine, Canada, Britain and Sweden to a top aviation body and the International Court of Justice over Tehran's 2020 downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 which killed 176 people.

Iran's presidential administration has proposed the remote and underdeveloped Makran region in southeastern Iran as a potential site for the country’s new capital, igniting widespread debate and controversy.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Yemen's armed Houthi movement is advancing Iran's regional agenda and will face continued military action for their attacks on Israel.

A Swiss citizen Iran says died by suicide in prison was a 64-year-old tourist, a Swiss foreign ministry spokesman told Iran International, adding that Switzerland is seeking more details on his arrest and death from Tehran.

As Iran's relative moderate president Masoud Pezeshkian struggles to fend off an economic slump and a bid by hardline politicians to impeach senior ministers, media commentators have pulled no punches about his job performance.

Iran has more missiles than it can store, the Revolutionary Guards commander said, dismissing what he called enemy propaganda about the weakening of Iran's armed forces following consecutive attacks by Israel on Iran and its allies.

Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday tweeted that the widespread destruction caused by the ongoing California wildfires are reminiscent of the conditions in Gaza.

Prominent Baha’i poet Mahvash Sabet, 71, may soon be sent back to Evin Prison in Tehran following open-heart surgery, sparking alarm among human rights organizations and activists.

The ousted Shah and not the United States under Jimmy Carter was responsible for the the rise of the Islamic Republic, a senior aide delivering a eulogy at the late president's funeral said on Thursday.

A French mayor has cancelled an advertising campaign on sorting garbage which lampooned Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, citing safety concerns after Iran decried it as an insult.

At least 38 Baloch citizens, including several women, were arrested in raids by Iran's security forces in Nosratabad, located in southeastern Iran's Zahedan County, on Tuesday, according local rights group Haalvsh.

A senior official in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard appears to have acknowledged that a series of direct attacks on Israel did not achieve their intended strategic goals.

Iran's health ministry has introduced a hotline aimed at dissuading citizens from having abortions as the theocratic system attempts to confront slowing population growth.

Iran’s influence in Lebanon was dealt another blow with the election of US and Arab-backed General Joseph Aoun as the country's new president, months after Tehran's armed ally Hezbollah was mauled by Israel in a 14-month war.

A Swiss national facing espionage charges committed suicide in prison, a local judiciary official said on Thursday, without identifying the individual or elaborating on the case.

Amnesty International has condemned Iran's Supreme Court for upholding the conviction and death sentence of Kurdish activist Pakhshan Azizi, calling her trial and punishment unjust.

The leader of the Japanese crime syndicate Yakuza has pleaded guilty in a Manhattan federal court to conspiring to traffic uranium and weapons-grade plutonium to an informant posing as an Iranian general, according to US authorities.

Around 30,000 general practitioners in Iran are unwilling to practice due to low doctor's fees, according to Mohammad Raiszadeh, head of the Medical Council.