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In the first half of 2023, at least 354 people, including six women, have been executed in Iran.

An Iranian lawmaker, Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadi has criticized President Ebrahim Raisi for appointing more and more Revolutionary Guard officers to civilian positions.

Within the past 25 years almost 25 million Iranians have been displaced amid water scarcity worries.

The court session of Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, arrested for support of the nationwide uprising, was held in Esfahan (Isfahan) on Sunday.

An Iranian sociologist who was an adviser to reformist President Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005), says Iranians perceive the current power structure as an alien entity.

After the UN nuclear watchdog signaled its unhappiness with what it said was slow progress in its dealings with Iran, some in Tehran have questioned all cooperation.

The government is threatening families of protesters who were killed in the Iranian uprising not to hold birthday ceremonies at their loved ones’ graves.

Mohammad Marandi, an advisor to the Iranian nuclear negotiating team was removed from his post as the international affairs deputy of the University of Tehran.

Iran’s IRGC-affiliated Fars news agency slammed the outings of ambassadors and their families in public without mandatory hijab.

Iran’s religious intellectuals or modernists have expressed support for a top Sunni cleric who has come under pressure from the government for his fiery sermons.

Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Kyiv after a 12-day break, with air defense systems destroying all the UAVs, Ukrainian military officials said Sunday.

Iranian state media quoted an informed source as saying that the Islamic Republic currently has no plans to send a new ambassador to Sweden.

Edi Rama, Albania's prime minister, said in an interview with Der Spiegel on Friday that the Mujahideen cannot use Albania to fight the Iranian regime.

The German Federal Administrative Court ruled that the Blue Mosque, an Islamic center in Hamburg affiliated with the Iranian regime, is an "extremist Islamic organization."

Israel carried out airstrikes near the central Syrian city of Homs early Sunday causing material damage but no casualties, the Syrian military said in a statement.

An Iranian member of parliament has warned about a looming crisis triggered by medicine shortage, saying that nearly 200 medications are not available.

New developments in In Iran's reformist and conservative camps are indicative of a new momentum in the country's political dynamics ahead of March 2024 elections.

The Islamic Jihad's Secretary-General, Ziyad al-Nakhala, has said that anti-Israeli actions in the West Bank reflect Iranian Supreme Leader’s directives.

The Iranian judiciary says a court hearing over the killing of the former IRGC Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani killed in a US air strike will begin soon.

Iran aims to start oil for goods barter with Pakistan as Tehran’s finances remain bleak with rising food, medicine prices and shortages amid ongoing sanctions.

US Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) has raised a series of questions about US envoy to Iran Robert Malley being on a long unpaid leave and remaining in his position.