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Firebrand Iranian cleric Ahmad Khatami has admitted that "the Islamic Republic has never had [such] tough days like the past 100 days of protests".

Top officials had serious concerns about loss of loyalty among the ranks of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) amid the recent protests, a new document reveals.

The Islamic Republic insists it has reached a deal with the US on a prisoner swap, a development that Washington has been denying but Tehran is getting more vocal about it.

Jailed women's rights activist Bahareh Hedayat says the Iranian regime must be overthrown adding that if Iranians want freedom they must oust the Islamic regime.

The Iranian government has proposed to Saudi Arabia three locations for a meeting at foreign minister level, since the countries agreed to re-establish ties.

Iran's strategic gasoline reserves have dropped to five-days’ supply, forcing the government to consider a new fuel management plan and precautions to prevent possible unrest.

Iran’s top security official signed an agreement with his Iraqi counterpart Sunday in a deal aimed at curbing activities of Kurdish militants.

Iran's central bank claims that recent agreements with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are already reaping financial rewards for the cash-strapped economy.

Iran’s exiled queen has expressed hope that Iran will be free in the coming year in a message on the occasion of Iranian new year, Nowruz.

Iranian employers have threatened mass layoffs if the minimum wage is increased beyond their expectation.

The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) will sign a deal on border security with Iraq.

Dozens of clerics from seminaries in Tehran demanded the government to take decisive action to enforce the hijab and stop what they called the “spread of nudism”.

Officials in Iran are busy haggling over minimum wage for the new year beginning Tuesday, as inflation is soaring and the rial losing half of its value in six months.

An Iranian court has handed out death sentences to two men over an attack on a Shiite shrine in Iran that killed 15 people in October and was claimed by the militant group Islamic State.

In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, Iran has responded to accusations over the mass gas attack poisoning of schoolgirls, declaring itself “innocent”.

Amid reports that Iranians have lost more than $770 million due to deliberate government internet outages in 2022, authorities try to play down the impact.

A human rights group says nearly 30,000 people were arrested for staging protests, political activities, or the expression of their opinions in the Iranian year ending on Monday, March 20.

Security forces have attacked and beaten up a group of people with disabilities who gathered Saturday outside Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization in Tehran to protest their poor living condition.

The leader of Iran's centrist Executives of Construction Party has welcomed the idea of a "council of moderate figures" to inject rationality into Iranian politics.

Sources say the European Union intends to impose sanctions on eight Iranians and an organization that had a hand in suppression of protests following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.

Famous American actress and singer Selena Gomez has expressed support for five Iranian girls who danced to her song in Tehran but later were detained and forced to apologize.