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Iran-backed Iraqi militia dismissed US sanctions a day after it was announced by the Biden administration, calling it “ridiculous”.

Iranians are expressing outrage on social media over the renaming of two beloved pre-Islamic festivals, viewed as an attempt to erode "ancient Iranian culture."

Reza Morad Sahraei, the Minister of Education in the Islamic Republic of Iran, insists on the need for gender-specific school curricula.

Iran’s former vice president under Hassan Rouhani, Es’haq Jahangiri, has been sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for “false accusations against the parliament speaker.”

A US jury has convicted two Texas men of trying to sell Iranian petroleum in violation of sanctions imposed by Washington and of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

An Iranian official has acknowledged that the country’s net electricity export has reached zero, due to internal power deficit.

Workers' protests are continuing across Iran's government buildings as grievances fail to be addressed by the regime amid dire poverty.

Amidst tightening hijab laws, numerous cafes and bookstores in Tehran, Mashhad, Tabriz, and a range of other cities in Iran have been closed.

The Islamic Republic's government has warned travel agencies in Iran against marketing tours abroad featuring concerts by California-based Iranian pop singers.

Houthi rebels in Yemen, backed by Iran, have warned of targeting Israeli ships in support of Hamas, another Tehran-backed militia in its war with Israel.

Afghan refugees are trafficked to Iran in a very coordinated manner and officials, from border police to authorities issuing legal documents might be involved, a recent report has revealed.

US Congressman Keith Self has introduced a resolution urging members of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to deny airport access to Iranian airlines.

Former Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, a figure close to Iran's ruler Ali Khamenei, has cautioned against Iran's participation in the Gaza war.

Washington sanctioned an Iran-backed militia group in Iraq on Friday for targeting US troops, after it approved the release of billions of dollars to Iran this week.

Iran witnessed a significant disruption in the country's internet services, with complete outages reported in certain areas on Saturday, the anniversary of Bloody November.

A senior official from the US National Security Agency (NSA) has said that alongside the Gaza war, Israel has faces cyber-attacks and disinformation from Iran and others.

As families of victims and ordinary people mark the 4th anniversary of the brutal crackdown on demonstrations in Iran, a mother of slain protestor has spoken out.

The families of the victims of Flight PS752 which was shut down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in January 2020 have demanded justice for those killed by security forces in 2019.

The outspoken leader of Iran's Sunnis, Mowlavi Abdolhamid, has criticized Iranian authorities for not punishing the culprits behind Zahedan’s "Bloody Friday" bloodbath.

Iranian news websites and social media users report that officers have been deployed in greater numbers and armed with cameras to enforce mandatory hijab in the Tehran’s metro stations.

Concerns are growing over extremely low turnout in Iran’s March elections after the government barred many candidates including over a dozen sitting lawmakers.