
President Pezeshkian says Iran wants peace with region
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called for regional and global peace as the country's armed allies around the region continue to weaken.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called for regional and global peace as the country's armed allies around the region continue to weaken.

At least 31 prisoners were hanged in various Iranian prisons in one week. Another prisoner on death row also committed suicide in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj this week, according to human rights reports.

Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei predicted a revival of Syrian resistance within a year, citing opposition to foreign occupation, external aggression, and internal authoritarianism.

Energy shortages have forced the shutdown of kilns at 22 cement factories across Iran, disrupting production and threatening supply to the construction industry, one of the country's few industries to have witnessed growth in 2024.

Members of Tehran's City Council had voted to rename Bisotoun Street after the slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. However, following a strong backlash, a member of the Council’s presiding board announced that the street’s name would remain unchanged.

The Israeli prime minister said Wednesday Yemen's Houthi militants will learn the lesson fellow Iran-backed militant groups like Hamas and Hezbollah learned from the Jewish state.

A day after the Iranian government announced the lifting of restrictions on WhatsApp and Google Play, media and users erupted in outrage, accusing it of hypocrisy following the release of a 32-point plan to tighten and compartmentalize Internet access.

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has drawn parallels between the oppressive system described in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and the systemic control of women in Iranian society.

Russia has called on the UN nuclear watchdog to adopt an impartial approach to the monitoring of Tehran's nuclear facilities, after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned Tehran is rapidly nearing the position of a nuclear state.

Israel's top military commander has issued a warning to Iran and its armed regional allies against further attacks on the Jewish state, saying that Israel is prepared to respond at a time and place of its choosing.

Iranian authorities have taken legal action against the officials of a boys' school in Babol, northern Iran, after a video showing students engaged in a group dance went viral.

While the US dollar reached a new high against Iran’s currency on Wednesday, an economist warned that without an agreement with Washington soon, inflation could climb above 40% before the Iranian New Year in March.

A company affiliated with Iran's Ministry of Agriculture has been found to have imported 60,000 tons of sub-standard rice for national reserves, potentially costing the government millions of Euros.

A member of the Iranian parliament’s economic committee said on Wednesday that the administration has raised the official exchange rate of foreign currencies to generate revenue at the public's expense,warning of a looming inflationary wave.

Syria’s new administration is preparing a $300 billion compensation demand against Iran for damages caused during its support for ousted President Bashar al-Assad, according to Lebanese outlet Al-Modon on Tuesday.

The world is witnessing a period of significant regional setbacks and retreats for the Islamic Republic. After two decades of massive financial expenditures and international isolation, Tehran’s strongholds and allies are crumbling one by one across the region.

Syria’s new foreign minister warned Iran not to destabilize the country's fragile calm after a call by Iran’s Supreme Leader for Syrian youth to rise up against the new Sunni Islamist rulers.

Iran's Police Chief Ahmadreza Radan announced plans to set up three command centers to oversee Takavaran units (elite special operations forces) in the nation’s desert areas.

Major General Gholam Ali Rashid, commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said on Wednesday that Iran "will not initiate any conflict in the region, following its defensive doctrine."

Syria's newly appointed foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, warned Iran on Tuesday against spreading chaos in Syria, a few days after Iran's Supreme Leader threw his weight behind another regime change in the Arab country.

Iran's mission to the United Nations says the Israeli defense minister's admission to the Jewish state's killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran legitimizes Iran's October 1 attack on Israel.