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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi traveled to Baghdad on Friday for talks with his Iraqi and Syrian counterparts about the rapid advance of rebel forces in Syria.

The United States on Thursday demanded Iran release Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi with no conditions, a day after her release for three weeks of medical leave.

A new report from a US-based rights group drawing on hundreds of interviews over more than two years has documented Iran's systematic denial of accountability and legal redress for killings and other grave human rights abuses.

Iran has funded the bulk of aid distributed to Lebanese families affected by a 14-month war between Israel and the country's Tehran-backed militia Hezbollah, the group's leader said, even as an economic crisis festers inside Iran.

Romania arrested and charged two nationals over the stabbing of prominent Iran International presenter Pouria Zeraati in London earlier this year, Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said on Thursday, but authorities stopped short of linking Tehran to the attack.

Syrian army forces quit Hama as rebels entered the northern city, dealing another heavy blow to the embattled government which has been propped with aid from Iran and its regional allies for over a decade.

Several dissident figures linked to Iran's Green Movement from fifteen years ago have called on the Iranian elite to support women's civil disobedience against the hijab mandate rather than merely criticizing the new hijab law.

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, with ultimate authority over Tehran’s nuclear policy, combined strict oversight with cautious deniability in the lead-up to the 2015 nuclear deal—using a dual strategy to safeguard domestic credibility while retaining international leverage.

Hezbollah, Iran’s largest armed ally acting as its proxy force, continues to pose a long-term threat despite the significant damage inflicted on the group by Israel, according to US intelligence sources.

The UK's Chief of Defence Staff says Israel's October attack has incapacitated Iran’s ability to produce ballistic missiles for a year, leaving Tehran facing a strategic dilemma in its response.

Critics of Iran's new hijab law say President Masoud Pezeshkian should not only refuse to take responsibility for its implementation but also try to find a way to shelve or abolish it.

Two relatively powerful earthquakes, accompanied by a series of aftershocks, struck Iran’s southern Khuzestan Province early Thursday, causing injuries, disrupting essential services, and damaging homes.

US president-elect Donald Trump will revive his maximum pressure strategy in dealing with Iran, his freshly appointed senior adviser on the Middle East Massad Boulos said, in the clearest indication yet the incoming administration would enforce Iran's isolation.

A top Iranian diplomat warned Tehran would withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty if a so-called snapback mechanism renews the UN sanctions lifted by a 2015 nuclear deal, underscoring Iran's determination to avoid being pressured into ditching its nuclear ambitions.

Iran's president says the country seeks greater cooperation with Beijing and Moscow to confront what he called Washington's unilateralism, just a few weeks before Donald Trump restores his so-called maximum pressure policy aimed at isolating Iran.

A military training jet crashed into a mountain in Shiraz, southern Iran, on Wednesday afternoon, killing both pilots on board, the IRGC-affiliated Fars News reported, citing a local official.

The Iranian currency hit an all-time low of 719,500 rials to the US dollar on Wednesday, marking the fourth record drop since September, when Tehran began losing influence in the region to Israel and other players.

An Iranian state TV interview with President Masoud Pezeshkian has sparked debate for its sharp line of questioning and well-worn remarks by a new leader facing deep economic and foreign policy challenges.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Iran's sole radio and television provider, faces international sanctions for human rights violations. Who controls IRIB, and how relevant is it in Iran today?

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and Iran-backed militias are deploying to push back Islamist-led fighters from the edge of the city of Hama, Syrian army sources told Reuters, as a shock rebel advance continues southward.

After years of fraught relations, Iran and Saudi Arabia are considering joint projects in agriculture and natural resources, an Iranian minister said.