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Iran has spent most of its national sovereign wealth fund in the past decade or so amid sanctions, the chairman of the national inspectorate said Sunday.

A French citizen released by Iran after three years in jail on trumped-up spying charges is “very weak”, his family have revealed.

Iran has summoned Iraq’s ambassador in protest at the presence of what it brands “terrorist” Kurdish groups at an official ceremony.

Iran has been accused by Ukraine’s president of selling more than 1,000 drones “and other weapons” to Russia.

A leading reformist politician in Iran says a combination of Iran's weakest government and parliament has created “a regrettable situation for the country.”

Iran’s electricity usage has leapt by 20% in a year – increasing strain on a national power grid already struggling to meet demand.

A recent scandal over Iranian lawmakers receiving cheap SUVs as bribe has deepened friction between the parliament speaker and the ultra-hardliner Paydari group.

An Iranian protester, who was shot during last year's protests in the southwestern city of Izeh, is being kept in prison despite having a shotgun pellet in his eye.

Tehran's stock exchange indices fell for the fifth consecutive day on Saturday amid a five-year economic crisis, with 50-percent annual inflation and a battered currency.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) commander Hossein Salami was quoted as saying on Saturday that Israel’s destruction is not too far away.

Temperatures are rising at double the average global rate in Iran – one of the world’s top emitters of greenhouse gases.

Tehran has refused to comment on the embarrassing revelation that China’s private ports are complying with a ban on Iranian shipping.

Commander of Iran’s extra-territorial Quds Force, Esmail Qaani praised “Islamic resistance” forces and vowed to support “Palestinian heroes” in a speech on Friday.

Checks on Iran’s nuclear programme by international experts fell sharply last year, according to data from the UN atomic watchdog.

A woman who was arrested and tortured for protesting against hijab rules in Iran has been punished by her university with two semesters suspension.

Amnesty International has urged Iran to drop the imminent execution of six ethnic Arab men and three other prisoners whose gave “tortured-tainted” confessions.

Tehran’s foreign minister has welcomed the warming relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia following their unexpected deal in March to resume relations.

The Group of Seven (G7) Finance Ministers and Central Banks' Governors warned about the risks posed by Iran in illicit financial activities.

Hossein Ta'eb, a senior adviser to the IRGC says former President "Hassan Rouhani will be tried if not today, maybe another day for his decision's during his presidency."

As global oil prices dropped in late April and early May, further indications emerged that embattled Iran provides large discounts to its main customer China.

Influential Sunni cleric Mowlavi Abdolhamid says with engineered elections, the regime has barred competent individuals from positions of power and weakened the country.