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A Bloomberg investigation has revealed how the son of Iran’s former national security chief has become a significant figure in global oil markets, even in the face of US sanctions.

Iran's oil and electricity export revenues are blocked in Pakistan due to US sanctions, according to an Iranian Chamber of Commerce official.

Saudi Arabia announced a ban on "misuse of the annual pilgrimage of Hajj for political or sectarian purposes," stressing that no one will be allowed entry to the country for "acts that disturb public security and law and order."

Andriy Kostin, Ukraine's Prosecutor General, announced that a case has been opened against an IRGC brigadier general, Abbas Mousavi Sharifi Mollasaraei, on suspicion of aiding Russia in war and war crimes against Ukrainian.

The CIA suppressed intelligence during the Obama administration that indicated Iran's nuclear weapons program was more advanced than believed, according to former NSA counterintelligence official John Schindler.

Iran continues to produce highly enriched uranium, and Tehran has not enhanced its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, despite a resolution urging it to do so at the agency's last board meeting, according to the IAEA .

In a Thursday speech, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian recounted feeling displeased during a management course in Thailand citing his displeasure for being instructed by "a short Thai woman."

An Israeli official, speaking to Iran International, revealed that "terrorists, with the support of the Islamic Republic," have established military bases in cities and refugee camps across the West Bank.

Iranian authorities and state media describe the Arbaeen Walk to religious sites in Iraq, which saw the participation of over 3.6 million Iranians this year, as a demonstration of “Shia soft power.”

The head of the Islamic Center of Hamburg (IZH), Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh, has been ordered to leave Germany after the center and its affiliates were banned for promoting radical Islamist goals.

Following the circulation of shocking images of a tortured man's body on Iranian social media, authorities announced the arrest of five police officers implicated in the detainee's death.

An economist in Tehran says members of President Masoud Pezeshkian's economic team are not on the same page, as the government must deal with a massive economic crisis gripping the country since 2019.

A suspicious incident in one of the facilities of Iran's Revolutionary Guard in the central province of Isfahan has left multiple casualties, according to an official statement by the IRGC.

Femicide and honor killings remain a reality in Iran, where patriarchal laws continue to claim the lives of innocent women. The latest case to emerge is the murder of 17-year-old Mobina Zeynivand, a young girl from Ilam province in western Iran.

Iran-based hackers supporting the Islamic Republic continue to enable ransomware attacks against organizations in the US, Azerbaijan Republic, Israel, and the UAE, US intelligence services warned.

A lecturer purged in the wake of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests has confirmed that he has been allowed to return to work, sparking hopes that tens of others who suffered the same fate may also be reinstated.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has directed the minister of health to intensify efforts to remove obstacles to population growth, which will infringe on women's personal freedoms and health.

Chinese customs data reveals that in July, Malaysia exported 1.53 million barrels of oil per day (mb/d) to China, a figure that has increased 12-fold since July 2018, when the United States began imposing sanctions on Iran.

Former Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's mid-August resignation as an aide to Iran's president was short-lived—he’s already back, proving that political exits can be as brief as a tweet.

Iran’s exiled Queen, Farah Pahlavi, and her son, Prince Reza Pahlavi, will be honored as recipients of the Architect of Peace Award, the Richard Nixon Foundation has announced.

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei told Iran's new government there is "no barrier" to engaging with the "enemy" on the nuclear issue. While Western media framed this as 'opening the door' to talks, some Iran watchers remain skeptical.