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An Iranian lawmaker representing the mainly Sunni Muslim southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan Province says the poverty in the region has reached extreme levels.

As Iran’s financial crisis continues, former President Hassan Rouhani has claimed that his pragmatic government would have handled the situation more efficiently.

Iranian Traffic Police say more than 85 thousand car accidents occurred during the Nowruz holidays, with 871 people killed, one third of those, children.

As reports emerge that Washington is contemplating an interim agreement allowing Iran to enrich uranium to 60%, the Biden Administration is mostly silent.

Amid mounting tensions between the Islamic Republic and Israel, there are contradictory reports about the downing of a drone approaching a military site in Esfahan.

Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers will meet in Beijing Thursday, sources in both countries said, as the two continue rapprochement amid a China-brokered deal.

Former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic faces a test in the 2024 parliamentary elections if they are not fair and free.

Iran has appointed an ambassador to the United Arab Emirates for the first time in seven years, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday.

With the end of New Year holidays and the re-opening of educational centers in Iran, chemical attacks on schools have resumed.

Iran’s ruler Ali Khamenei has voiced his support against women who unveil in public, as gas attacks against schoolgirls resumed following Nowruz holidays.

Azerbaijani media report that the government of Baku summoned the Iranian ambassador Abbas Mousavi, after the Islamic Republic sent a diplomatic note to the Caucasian country.

Iranian activist Vahid Beheshti, on a hunger strike in London since February 23, has once more called on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization.

The UN Human Rights Council Tuesday adopted a resolution sharply criticizing the situation in Iran in the wake of a deadly crackdown on antigovernment protests.

A former Iranian diplomat says the implementation of the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA) is essential for the Islamic Republic's survival.

Iranians launched a Twitter storm on Monday in support of Zanyar Tondro, an 18-year-old man who was has lost an eye in the anti-regime protests.

Media in Iran reported Tuesday that a large fire broke out at three warehouses of a home appliances manufacturer in the northeastern city of Mashhad.

Amnesty International has urged Iran’s Chief Justice to revoke the "unjust conviction" of Jamshid Sharmahd, an opponent of the Islamic Republic, and to revoke his death sentence.

Israel conducted its tenth attack this year on suspected Iranian positions in Syria in the Damascus airport area and the fourth attack in less than a week.

Systematic corruption is not something new in Iran's oil-dependent economy but recently criticism over the government’s energy management is increasing.

The ministry of higher education said institutions under its coverage will no longer offer educational and other services to students who do not abide by hijab rules.

The Biden Administration has been entertaining the idea of a partial nuclear deal with Iran and has discussed it with allies, Axios reported on Monday.