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Iran’s former deputy intelligence minister, a conservative cleric, has told a hardliner website in Tehran that the people are dissatisfied, and this could lead to voter apathy.

As Iran grapples with its economic crisis, government officials periodically try to show optimism about a nuclear deal with the West, while pundits express caution.

This week, Shiite Ashura ceremonies embraced a marked pro-protest theme, which angered hardliners as their own mourning ceremonies seemed to have waned in popularity.

In a distressing turn of events, renowned Iranian rapper, Saman Seidi (Yasin), has claimed that the regime injected him with an unknown drug in a psychiatric center.

The circulation of a letter to hospitals requiring strict hijab for medical services in northern Iran has sparked strong public reactions.

A member of the Iranian parliament says the country’s hardliners are “the most worthless creatures” that ever existed in the world.

Amid the ongoing economic crisis in Iran, politicians and officials are making contradictory statements regarding the reported decrease in food consumption.

As the Iranian parliament reviews the 7th development plan, lawmakers and legal experts say the plan further enables the government to invade people's privacy.

Iran’s government has submitted a bill to parliament to approve sending the case of $7 billion frozen by South Korean banks to arbitration.

The Sunni militant group ISIS has claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing that occurred south of the Syrian capital Damascus near a Shiite Shrine on Thursday.

Experts in Tehran are debating the potential impact of a recent US decision to allow Iraq to pay some of its debts to Iran on the country’s ongoing economic crisis.

Behrooz Behzadi, the editor-in-chief of Etemad, one of Tehran's prominent reformist dailies, has been barred from media activities by a court in Iran.

Amid joint efforts by Washington and Baghdad against Iran’s illicit financial activities in Iraq, a Tehran-backed militia group threatened US forces in Iraq.

Some Iranians taking part in the annual Shiite mourning ceremonies this week chanted religious verses that were critical of the regime and its repressive actions.

A classified briefing Friday at the US House Foreign Affairs Committee by administration officials did not reveal the reasons for the suspensions of US Iran envoy Rob Malley.

The outspoken Sunni cleric of Zahedan has urged officials to exercise restraint and compassion amid the current economic crisis during Friday prayers.

Shiite mourners in Iran refused to trample on the flags of Sweden and the United States during an Ashura mourning procession.

Concerns have been raised within Germany over the alleged treatment of an Iranian human rights violator in Hanover.

The Israel air force chief has said its country's enemies might exploit the political crisis triggered by an overhaul of the judiciary, seeing it as an opportunity.

As the death toll from an explosion outside a Shiite shrine near Damascus reached seven, Islamic Republic officials confirm that no Iranian pilgrim was killed.

An Iranian labor activist has raised concerns over the increasing prices of red meat and chicken putting increased pressure on household incomes.