Nearly half of the athletes selected for the 2024 Refugee Olympic Team hail from Iran, as announced by the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during the unveiling of the team lineup for the upcoming Paris Olympics.
Despite recent public outcry and opposition to the construction of a mosque in one of Tehran’s public parks, the head of the city council definitely said: "We should build prayer rooms and mosques in all parks."
The Iranian government says it has released the crew of a seized Portuguese-flagged ship linked to Israel, though it continues to hold the vessel itself seized last month.
British billionaire and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson is adding his voice to high-profile figures condemning the death sentence handed down to Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi.
Since the Mahsa protests, Iran's courts have prosecuted dozens of individuals, issuing harsh sentences for alleged leadership of protests and labor strikes, without any basis in existing laws.
US lawmakers Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine) urged the Biden administration on Wednesday to disclose its strategy for addressing concerns regarding Iran's Bitcoin mining operations, citing potential national security risks.
Over the course of two weeks, from April 16 to April 30, the Iranian government executed 63 individuals, averaging one execution every five hours, continuing a trend that began last year.
Iran is one of the world's largest jailers of journalists, cementing itself as one of the most repressive countries for press freedom, according to the 2024 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
The Chairman of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Michael McCaul, has criticized a reported trip by Rafael Grossi, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to Iran.
Israel carried out an airstrike on a target near Damascus Thursday night, in what seems to be the first such attack since the one on Iranian consulate which led to an unprecedented escalation of hostilities between the two countries.
A former Iranian regime operative and ideologue, currently residing in Canada, has proposed that opposition forces both abroad and within Iran unite to topple Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s rule.
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) urged the US government to assist Iranians amid worsening crackdowns on minorities and dissidents.
On Teacher's Day, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic often boasts that teachers "are the architects of Iran's future."
Amid fears of more hostage-taking by the Iranian government, Tehran said expatriates can access an online service to check their “security” status.
In a bid to deny the latest revelations about the state murder of teenager Nika Shakarami, Iran's judiciary released new pictures and claims about her death.
A fierce conflict between Iran’s presidential administration and the Parliament Research Center has erupted, especially concerning Iran's economic woes and challenges in other sectors.
Sunni Kurd and political prisoner Anwar Khezri was executed on Wednesday after 14 years of imprisonment as Iran continues its wave of executions.
A pro-government ideologue in Iran says the Islamic Republic can use the potential of pro-Palestinian protesting students at US campuses to form a new proxy group in America.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced that the country has imposed sanctions against five entities and seven individuals in the US over their support for Israel.
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”.