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Amid tensions with Afghanistan over water, an Iranian lawmaker has suggested “non-diplomatic ways” to exert pressure on the Taliban, such as closing its Tehran embassy.

At least four road police officers were killed in an attack in the city of Zahedan in Iran’s restive southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province.

Iran’s former foreign minister Ali-Akbar Salehi in an interesting interview has implied that both Tehran and Washington share the blame for their negative relationship.

Iran systematically summons, interrogates and often detains family members of dissidents, who are either themselves in prison, killed during protests or fled abroad.

A video showing a cleric in Iran assaulting and beating an elderly woman in a property dispute has gone viral on social media, prompting officials to respond.

Iran has been selling more oil and repatriating some of the money while it also conducts barter trade, a member of parliament’s energy committee has said.

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, a centenarian cleric has become the oldest official in Iran, who is often the subject of jokes about his natural and political longevity.

Political activists and women's rights advocates both inside and outside Iran strongly condemn the recent revival of morality police patrols in the country's streets.

In its recently released monthly report, the General Administration of Customs of China has revealed a significant decline in Iran's exports to the country during the first six months of 2023.

As the anniversary of the Mahsa Movement in September approaches, Iran’s regime is worried about the possibility of unrest in universities spilling over to the streets.

A member of the City Council of Bandar Anzali in northern Iran has been summoned after the release of two videos allegedly showing him engaged in illicit activities.

Those who burn or desecrate the Quran will not enjoy security, the commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatened Saturday after incidents in Sweden.

A young woman in Karaj, west of Tehran, has been arrested and subjected to forced confession after a video of her not wearing a hijab surfaced online.

Iran's firebrand Prayer Imams avoided mentioning a sexual scandal by a local hijab enforcement official in Friday sermons or address worsening economic conditions.

In the wake of Quran desecration incidents in Sweden, Iran's Supreme Leader Saturday called for the severest punishment to be imposed on the perpetrator.

In a stark warning at the Aspen Security Forum, CIA Director William Burns expressed concern over the burgeoning defense partnership between Iran and Russia.

Reactions by Iranian officials have intensified following acts of Quran burning in Europe, more than three weeks after a man set fire to the Muslim holy book in Sweden.

Four teachers from Iran’s northern city of Rasht have been accused of "damaging the image of the regime" due to participating in a protest.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken of the US repairing ties with the E3, united in a joint commitment to restricting the regime's nuclear capabilities.

Hardliners dominating Iran's parliament and others in the regime do not know what to expect from elections next March, with no signal so far from the Supreme Leader.

Iran's foreign ministry has once again rejected accusations of supplying kamikaze drones to Russia amid the latest EU sanctions, citing lack of evidence.