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Iran International has obtained a letter from the intelligence ministry about eight ships carrying essential food that cannot be unloaded due to lack of foreign currency.

A group of Iranian retirees have held gatherings in front of the governorate buildings in several cities across the country calling on the government to resolve their problems.

Iranian media say a "defensive" joint exercise by the Revolutionary Guard and the Islamic Republic Army will be held to counter "enemy aerial threats".

The UN nuclear watchdog is in discussions with Iran on the origin of uranium particles enriched to up to 83.7%, a report by agency confirmed on Tuesday.

Exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi, who has been very active in recent days touring Europe and advocating the “revolution in Iran,” is in Belgium for a European parliament event.

Over fifty countries from across the world have issued a joint statement addressed to the United Nations condemning the death penalty and executions in Iran.

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen says there are only two ways to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapon: Going back to sanctions or have a credible military option.

Iranians are sad and angry over the death of Pirouz, the last surviving Asiatic cheetah cub born in captivity in Iran that had become a symbol of hope for ongoing protests.

The Islamic Republic’s health minister says a “mild poison” has been causing the widespread poisoning of female students in Iranian schools.

Iran’s march toward nuclear weapons and its deepening alliance with Russia is driving the Middle East closer to war, a scholar has argued in the Wall Street Journal.

US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price says Tehran lies about receiving messages from Washington about resuming negotiations over the nuclear deal.

PEN International and 35 other centers in the PEN literary and free expression network have condemned the detention and suppression of writers, poets and members of the Iranian Writers' Association.

A lawmaker has denied involvement of religious fundamentalists in a spate of mysterious poisonings in all-female schools in Iran but demanded classes be held online.

Criticism of President Ebrahim Raisi and his government in Iran reached a new level during the weekend as the US dollar exceeded 600,000 rials at one point on Sunday.

Amnesty International says Iranian authorities are subjecting Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele to enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment.

Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has threatened European countries that the Islamic Republic can target them by increasing the range of its weapons.

Two Iranian warships docked in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday the government granted permission despite pressure from the United States to bar them.

Tens of participants at the UN Human Rights Council walked out when the Islamic Republic’s foreign minister spoke at the 52nd session of the body on Monday.

Canada says it has imposed sanctions on 12 senior officials from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Law Enforcement Forces for their role in "gross and systematic human rights violations."

As the strikes and protest gatherings of various guilds as well as retirees continue in Iran, teachers’ main union has issued a statement calling on retirees and others to hold gatherings on Tuesday.

Trading in Tehran markets has largely come to a halt as the currency rial is near its all-time low, Iran International has learned from merchants and traders.