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After interventions from Sunni clerics, the death sentence for Mohammad Khezrnejad, a dissident Sunni Kurdish cleric has been commuted to life imprisonment.

A court in Ontario has found that Ukraine International Airlines failed in its duty to cancel flight PS752 in 2020 that took off from Tehran amid military activity and was downed by the IRGC killing 176.

Former political prisoner Hossein Ronaghi has alleged that security forces threatened him with sexual assault and confiscated his belongings while he was traveling from Tabriz to Tehran on Sunday.

The Revolutionary Court of Tehran has handed down a six-year prison sentence to Atena Farghadani, a cartoonist targeted for her critique of the government.

Northern Israeli residents who face daily attacks from Iran-backed Hezbollah say their lives have turned into "hell", and view the Islamic Republic of Iran as responsible.

Iranian law enforcement agencies have recently widened their crackdown on cafes secretly serving alcohol to customers, with two cafes in Tehran province sealed by authorities in the last week.

Iran’s state TV began its programs introducing the six handpicked presidential candidates on Monday, airing recorded interviews with each candidate before four-hour TV debates take place starting next week.

The US has issued the seventh round of sanctions aimed to strangle Iran’s Yemeni Houthi militia amidst its blockade of global trade in the Red Sea region.

Reuters - Israel has intensified covert strikes in Syria against weapons sites, supply routes and Iranian-linked commanders, seven regional officials and diplomats told Reuters, ahead of a threatened full-scale assault on Tehran's key ally Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Lebanon's Hezbollah militia said its air defences downed an Israeli attack drone over southern Lebanon on Monday, and the Israeli military confirmed the loss of the drone.

Three presidential candidates in Iran, who were barred from running, have issued statements criticizing the 12-member unelected Guardian Council, which operates under the influence of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

It has been revealed that subsidence risks in Khorasan Province are five times larger than other areas, making it one of the most significant subsidence regions in Iran.

Iran's Acting Foreign Minister has downplayed the recent IAEA Board of Governors resolution censuring Iran, stating that issuing resolutions has no impact on Iran's "determination" to develop its nuclear projects.

On Sunday, Iran announced the finalists for the presidency after the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. The list represents Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s purge of the system with an eye towards his own succession.

Tehran has announced ongoing efforts to secure the release of Bashir Biazar, a former managing director of the state broadcaster who has been detained in France and is awaiting deportation.

In a critique of Iran's current governmental structure, the Secretary of the Supreme Council for Economic Coordination of the Heads of Branches, declared that the government needs 'fundamental transformation' to heal the broken economy.

Ali Larijani, a former Speaker of Iran's Parliament, has condemned the Guardian Council's decision to disqualify his candidacy for presidency, calling the system 'opaque'.

Farhad Beigi Garousi, a Kurdish citizen and a detainee from the 2022 nationwide protests in Kermanshah Province, committed suicide after continuous intimidation from Iran's security agencies.

As the election campaign of six hand-picked candidates started in Iran on Monday, opposition groups in the diaspora condemned the process as “pseudo-elections,” calling for a boycott.

Alireza Zakani, the mayor of Tehran, who has begun his presidential election campaign, has sparked controversy by appointing his deputy for financial affairs, Lotfollah Forouzandeh, as the head of his campaign team.

Political activist Hossein Ronaghi was detained by Iranian security forces during his Sunday night trip from Tabriz to Tehran, interrogated for several hours at Tabriz airport.