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Several teachers have been arrested amid nationwide rallies addressing the country's ongoing education crisis.

The UN called the recent BBC investigation into the death of Iranian teenager Nika Shakarami “very very troubling”.

Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs announced the start of the second round of a commemorative scholarship in honor of those who lost their lives in the unlawful downing of the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752.

Two Texas residents have pleaded guilty for their roles in an illicit scheme to transfer tens of thousands of dollars from the US to Iran, including for the benefit of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned about ‘normalization with Israel’ Wednesday, as US and Saudi Arabia got closer to a bilateral deal that might help Washington's parallel efforts to normalize ties between Riyadh and Tel Aviv.

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell urged the need to keep working on nuclear non-proliferation in a phone call with Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

The head of the Australian Jewish Association is urging the government to expel the Iranian government’s ambassador to the country due to recent antisemitic remarks made by the diplomat.

The Instagram page managed on behalf of imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi released a video memorializing Nika Shakarami, a 16-year-old murdered by the Iranian security forces.

Mohammad Eslami, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, again denied that Iran has restricted International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors from entering the country.

With an approaching run-off election to fill the final 32 parliamentary seats, and three weeks until the new Iranian parliament convenes, a fierce contest ensues among conservatives for the coveted Speaker's position.

Three trade associations issued a joint call for the continuation of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement marking the occasion of International Workers' Day and Teachers' Day in Iran.

Gazelle Sharmahd, daughter of a dual-nationality prisoner on death row in Iran, has urged a bipartisan hearing in Congress to ensure her father's release while criticizing disgraced Iran Envoy Robert Malley.

Labor unions and teachers in Iran issued a joint statement on International Workers' Day, May 1st, urging the continuation of the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement.

Gold jewelers across Iran continued their strike on Wednesday, protesting against the government’s new tax regulations aiming to impose additional taxes on the industry.

US support for Israel in the past six months has vindicated the Islamic Republic’s pessimism toward the United States, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei claimed in a speech on Wednesday.

The Tehran Prosecutor's Office has filed charges against several journalists who have shared the latest BBC World investigation into the murdered teen, Nika Shakarami.

Eighty Iranian Kurdish families, who have lost loved ones in Tehran's crackdown on dissent, have called for the release of Toomaj Salehi, the Iranian rapper sentenced to death for his songs against repression, injustice, and poverty.

Hassan Rouhani, the former President of Iran, has voiced criticism against the reinstatement of morality police and the implementation of the Noor plan by law enforcement authorities as hijab crackdowns deepen.

City councillors and media insist on receiving clear answers regarding Tehran municipality’s secretly concluded agreement with a Chinese firm to import transport and traffic surveillance equipment.

The founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, was sentenced to four months in prison on Tuesday for violating US money laundering laws and failing to comply with sanctions, including those against Iran.

The release of a BBC World report detailing the violent death of teenager Nika Shakarami, a key figure in Iran's Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, has fueled a new wave of public outrage in Iran.