Recent regional setbacks have further weakened Iran’s hardliners at home, with increasing criticism from within the establishment holding them responsible for mismanagement and misdirection in the country’s foreign and domestic affairs.
Iran's vice-president announced that the administration is drafting a bill to amend the highly controversial hijab law, which the Parliament Speaker had promised would take effect on December 13.
Iranian officials have rejected the idea that Bashar al-Assad’s fall represents a defeat for Tehran, instead emphasizing their continued influence and assigning blame to the deposed Syrian president.
Iran is grappling with sweeping closures of public facilities, a move officials attribute to lower temperatures and the need for energy management while the country suffers massive shortages.
A powerful former security chief inserted himself anew into Iran's fraught domestic power milieu and increasingly exposed position abroad by saying he is a key decision-maker on Iran's global role and nuclear diplomacy.
The Islamic Republic has officially postponed the implementation of the controversial hijab law that imposes severe penalties on women and girls who defy veiling requirements, following huge backlash from the public and the international community.
Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who previously worked for a US government-funded broadcaster, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Tehran Revolutionary Court.
Israel has conducted a series of airstrikes targeting weapons storage and infrastructure in Syria, while Iran was left out of international talks on the country's political future.
Iranian security forces arrested and released female singer Parastoo Ahmadi during the weekend, after she livestreamed aconcert without mandatory hijab in defiance of the Islamic Republic's law.
The Iranian currency hit an all-time low of 753,000 rials to the US dollar on Saturday, marking the sixth record drop since September, when Tehran began losing influence in the region to Israel and other players.
Authorities have transferred political prisoner Mohammad-Amin Mahdavi Shayesteh to solitary confinement ahead of his execution for "insulting Islamic sanctities" and "collaboration with the enemy," according to Iran Human Rights (IHR).
Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization chief confirmed on Saturday that the country has agreed to increased monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), following Western pressure for accountability.
An Iranian lawmaker has accused the United States, Israel, and Azerbaijan of orchestrating the helicopter crash that claimed the life of former President Ebrahim Raisi, rejecting the official explanation of a weather-related malfunction as implausible.
A former member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team and a frequent voice on international media defending Tehran’s policies has said Qatar should be bombed if Iran’s nuclear facilities are targeted.
An annual US State Department report called Iran the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism for the 39th year running, accusing Tehran of using its allied armed groups to destabilize the Middle East.
If you had asked Donald Trump’s former Iran envoy Elliot Abrams last year how he assessed Iran's strength, he would have told you its fearsome array of armed affiliates was a powerful guarantee of its staying power.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is seeking to sell oil stored in China before US president-elect Donald Trump can block sales with tougher sanctions, an informed source told Iran International.
As rebels gained in the days before Bashar al-Assad's flight from Syria, his appeal for help from Moscow was rebuffed but the veteran autocrat held off seeking Iranian military support to avoid triggering Israeli retaliation, Reuters reported.
Donald Trump’s maximum pressure policy was never aimed at regime change, his last special envoy for Iran told Iran International. It was about making a deal.
US President-elect Donald Trump is exploring measures to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, including potential airstrikes, a shift from traditional diplomacy and sanctions, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Iranian politicians and media are grappling with the implications of Assad's fall on Tehran's future relations with Damascus. Simultaneously, the Iranian government is attempting to justify its substantial expenditures in Syria since 2011.