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A lawsuit was filed against Iran in Washington DC on Sunday by families of victims accusing the Islamic Republic of funding the Hamas-led invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023.

Iran's foreign ministry warned on Monday of a decisive response to Israel’s October airstrikes on its territory, adding that any attack on its nuclear facilities would violate a UN ban.

Over 32 million Iranians—more than one-third of the population—were living below the poverty line by March 2022 and are now grappling with food insecurity, according to a report by the Iran Chamber of Commerce Research Center.

Iran’s handwoven carpet exports, once thriving at $426 million annually, have plummeted to under $40 million in just seven years, prompting government intervention, amid sanctions and rising regional competition.

Four German parliamentarians have taken on political sponsorships for four Iranian protesters who were recently sentenced to death over their alleged involvement in the killing of a Basij militia member during the 2022 nationwide protests.

On November 15, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts announced that the Assembly has selected three individuals as potential successors to Ali Khamenei in order of priority. However, the names of these candidates remain confidential.

Labor and livelihood protests swept Iran on Sunday, as nurses, emergency personnel, retirees, and public transportation drivers highlighted dissatisfaction with the government’s economic and social policies.

The Iranian government has mandated increases in household gas tariffs while authorizing controversial measures to use mazut in power plants to offset the country's energy crisis.

Iran has not requested Russia’s S-400 air defense system, an IRGC official said Sunday, emphasizing the superior capabilities of Tehran’s domestically developed air defense systems.

Iranian officials are intensifying calls for a reconsideration of the nation’s defense strategy, with some lawmakers advocating for nuclear armament.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has faced accusations of lying to appease Iran's ultra-hardliners after his emphatic denial on Saturday of reports about a meeting between Iran's UN ambassador and Elon Musk.

An Iranian state-owned car assembly plant in Syria has closed after nearly 20 years, marking yet another blow to Tehran’s economic ambitions in the war-torn country, where it continues to maintain a significant military presence.

At least 711 people have been executed in Iran since January, prompting female political prisoners at Evin prison in Tehran to call on authorities to stop issuing death sentences.

Iran's foreign minister on Saturday expressed Tehran's preparedness for the resumption of negotiations over its nuclear program but warned that the window will remain open for a limited period of time.

Tehran’s firebrand Kayhan daily rejected a Wall Street Journal report that Iran had provided written assurances to the Biden administration not to target Donald Trump, asserting that no such guarantees could ever be made.

Tehran must embrace atomic bombs to achieve "regional balance," said an Iranian member of parliament on Saturday, adding fuel to an already heated discourse over the future of Iran’s deterrence policies.

Iran’s exiled prince, Reza Pahlavi, has declared that reaching a reliable agreement with the Islamic Republic is impossible, pointing to its four-decade history of hostility with other countries and oppression.

Iran's Foreign Ministry on Saturday denied reports of a meeting between Trump advisor Elon Musk and its UN representative, dismissing it as "media sensationalism" by American outlets, two days after the story first surfaced.

Iran’s pistachio industry, long a source of pride and badly needed revenue, is grappling with an export crisis after the European Union rejected over two dozen shipments over the presence of fungal toxins.

The Iran hawks chosen by president-elect Donald Trump mark a major shift in US-Iran policy, signaling early steps toward change in Iran, a Middle East expert and former British Army officer told the Eye for Iran podcast.

Donald Trump's presidency could either bring Iran's rulers toward a grand bargain with the United States or a collapse rivaling that of Nazi Germany, French celebrity philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy told Iran International.