Observers note that amid otherwise uneventful presidential debates, a contentious issue emerged, dividing conservatives and so-called reformists: the unfulfilled promise of a COVID-19 vaccine.
During the final presidential election debate on Tuesday, candidates in Iran's presidential election focused their talking points on the country's internet shutdowns amid past popular protests.
Iran's Acting Foreign Minister claims the country has followed the right path in nuclear negotiations and is in an excellent position, in spite of it being under global sanctions for its nuclear program.
Iran says the Saudi government has rejected Tehran’s request to run remote ballots for Friday's presidential polls from the roughly 47,000 Iranian pilgrims currently in Mecca and Medina.
Israel’s National Cyber Directorate says Iran poses a significant cyber threat worldwide, escalating attacks at three times the rate since Hamas’s October 7 massacre.
Israel and the US are set to reconvene a joint meeting on Iran next month, mere days after the White House canceled it, according to Axios, citing five officials from both nations.
This month, three Iraqi Shiite militant groups, backed by the IRGC, announced their readiness to send forces to Lebanon to participate in a potential war between Hezbollah and Israel.
Unlike previous election debates where foreign policy was barely addressed, the debates on Monday and Tuesday focused mainly on this issue, thanks to a conservative candidate who is the only cleric in the group.
Israel's defense minister on Tuesday called the Islamic Republic "the greatest threat to the future of the world", calling on the US to prevent it from acquiring a nuclear weapon before it gets too late.
The US says the Iranian Judiciary's recent decision to overturn the death sentence of dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi was an attempt to "mislead the world by feigning leniency."
The US Treasury on Tuesday imposed fresh sanctions against a vast "shadow banking" system used by Iran’s military to launder billions of dollars of oil proceeds and other illicit revenue.
Whether it is a football championship or a presidential election in Iran, the outcome is always uncertain. There are many ifs and buts, with analysts, pundits, and spin doctors further complicating the scene.
Iran's judiciary has warned citizens that using foreign messaging platforms by candidates and their supporters during elections constitutes a severe electoral offense punishable by law.
The security officer who fatally shot 19-year-old protester Sepehr Beiranvand in 2022, has been acquitted of the murder charge.
The Australian Iranian Community Alliance (AICA) has called on the Australian government to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says high voter turnout in Friday's presidential election is crucial for the survival of the Islamic Republic, amid what many have long described as a crisis of legitimacy of the ruling establishment.
Dissident Ahmadreza Haeri has written a letter from prison, urging Iranians to boycott the upcoming presidential election, arguing that participation legitimizes those who have stripped the Iranian people of their freedom.
Moscow expects to sign a new agreement on comprehensive cooperation with Iran "in the very near future," a top Russian official said on Tuesday despite earlier reports of possible delays.
A helicopter crash on May 19 claimed the lives of Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's eighth President, and his foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, leading to a series of consequential events.
The representatives of Western powers vowed in a UN Security Council meeting to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon using "all means necessary" including by reinstating the UN sanctions.
Saeed Jalili and Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf are under mounting pressure to put their differences aside and decide who should run as the representative of ‘revolutionaries' against pro-reform Masoud Pezeshkian.