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A key figure in drafting Iran's new hijab law has ignited controversy by suggesting that celebrities who resist compliance should contemplate leaving the country.

The Islamic Republic’s security forces arrested at least 70 people including elderly citizens, in a village in West Azarbaijan province for protesting about environmental damage.

President Joe Biden issued a veiled threat to Iran on Friday, hours after the US and Britain struck at dozens of Iran-backed Houthi sites in Yemen.

A Revolutionary Court in Tehran has sentenced 11 political prisoners to a total of 95 years behind bars as well as lashes, exiles and financial and social penalties.

Seven years after her father's death, a former Iranian president's daughter reveals she was warned about his assassination due to leadership concerns after Khamenei.

The US on Friday issued sanctions targeting commodity shipments financing Iran's IRGC-Quds Force and Houthis as Washington stepped up pressure on Iran’s proxy in Yemen.

Amid heightened Middle East tensions, Iran-backed militants have targeted the US troops stationed at a base in Conoco gas field in northeast of Syria.

Canada is about to deport a former high-ranking Iranian government official as part of efforts to ban senior regime figures from seeking refugee status there.

Iran’s intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib, has said the failure to prevent last week’s bloody terror attack “brought shame upon us in front of the Supreme Leader.”

Iran is enticing Yemenis with an offer of $100 per month to join its proxy Houthi militia in their endeavors against Israel and disruptions to Red Sea shipping.

Former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has voiced his concern regarding the potential for an "extremely" low turnout in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

A new report has revealed that Iranian government agents or supporters are changing entries in Wikipedia to downplay the regime’s crimes and discredit dissidents.

Iran strongly condemned the US and UK strikes on the Houthis in Yemen on Friday calling it a “an arbitrary action,” and “a clear violation of Yemen's sovereignty.”

Iranian workers are set to receive a government approved average salary increase of 20 percent starting in March, amid an annual inflation rate of around 50 percent.

The United States and the United Kingdom conducted airstrikes on Houthis in Yemen in the early hours of Friday local time, after the group's repeated attacks on vessels.

Following widespread criticism of Iran’s security failure that led to the deadly blasts last week, the intelligence ministry released further details on the incident.

The leader of Iran-backed Houthis has warned again that the group is ready to respond to any “US aggression,” as it continues attacks against shipping in the Red Sea.

As concerns grow over a predicted low turnout in Iran's upcoming March parliamentary elections, authorities are ramping up their efforts to mobilize the public.

An Iranian lawmaker said Tehran Municipality continues to work with contractors who abuse child laborers.

Iran’s state media on Friday reported the seizure of an oil tanker by the Iranian Navy in the Sea of Oman, amid high tensions and Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.

The Coordination Council of Iranian Teachers' Trade Associations condemned the recent ceremony on Kish Island, where schoolgirls were forced to carry symbolic coffins on their shoulders.