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.
While the UN has accused Israel of exacerbating hunger in Gaza, Iran International observed aid deliveries entering the territory through the Kerem Shalom crossing. However, it could not verify whether the food was reaching those in need.
Some Iranian ultra-hardliners online are blaming the ouster of Tehran's Syrian allies on the Revolutionary Guards and the commander of its foreign arm the Quds Force in cautious but rare social media broadsides at a key ruling institution.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the downfall of Iran's Islamic rule might be around the corner in a video message to its people, days after the buoyant premier took credit for toppling Tehran's ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
A reported meeting between multi-billionaire Donald Trump confidant Elon Musk and Iranian diplomats in New York would have been highly ill-advised due to the likely superior preparation by the Iranian side, Trump's ex-Iran envoy said.
Syrian armed forces hollowed out by low pay and corruption folded easily to a rebel advance after Iranian forces and militias backed by Tehran pulled out following Israeli airstrikes, Reuters reported citing Syrian military and militia sources.
US President-elect Donald Trump declined to rule out a war with Iran in an interview with Time magazine published on Thursday after repeatedly saying on the campaign trail that he did not seek to overthrow Tehran's theocratic rulers by force.
President-elect Donald Trump's pick for national security advisor credited Israel with weakening their mutual Mideast foe Iran by devastating its armed allies in the region and promised a muscular new US approach against the Islamic Republic.
An Iranian female singer is facing legal action after performing an online concert without a hijab, an act which defied the theocracy's Islamic dress mandates.
Iran's Attorney General's Office has warned media outlets and online activists to avoid discussions of the downfall of Tehran's ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria that could undermine domestic security.
Iran faces the threat of tougher sanctions as Britain, France, and Germany warn of a potential snapback of UN measures against Tehran that were lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear deal.
A prominent centrist figure in Iran says that the ongoing deadlock over enforcing the new hijab law and lifting censorship on the Internet has effectively paralyzed the Pezeshkian administration.
Iranian authorities have tightened control on media and public figures in the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s fall and warned them not to draw any parallels between Syria under his rule and the situation in Iran.
The US Department of Defense on Wednesday dismissed a Republican lawmaker's claim that an Iranian "mothership" had been stationed off the US East Coast, launching drones over New Jersey military sites.
Air pollution has forced the closure of schools and universities in several cities across Iran, signaling that an air quality crisis dogging the country's economy and public health system is worsening.