The Swiss Foreign Ministry defended the decision by its ambassador in Tehran, Nadine Olivier Lozano to wear the full body veil, the chador, on a visit to Qom yesterday (Wed) following global outrage claiming the undermined five months of protests against the compulsory hijab.
A group of Basij militia forces have attacked a girls' language school in Eslamshahr in the vicinity of Tehran arresting several girls on the pretext of not wearing hijab.
Exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi has once again called on Europe to embrace the “revolution in Iran” while enumerating the benefits of a secular democracy in Tehran.
Reports in the Iranian media show that an increasing number of politicians believe the government’s inaction in the face of serious economic crisis cannot continue.
As the "Women, Life, Freedom" protests continue in Iran, various groups continue to protest the poor living conditions and the devaluation of the national currency as inflation topped 50%.
The helicopter carrying the minister of sports, Hamid Sajjadi, has crashed in southern Iran while landing in the sports complex of Baft city.
The Islamic Republic’s Assembly of Experts, the deliberative body empowered to appoint the Supreme Leader, has renewed its loyalty to Iran’s ruler Ali Khamenei.
Officials in Hamedan, western Iran, says at least three people have been injured after an explosion in a large, liquefied petroleum gas charging unit.
A hardliner newspaper in Tehran has demanded that German embassy staff be banned from leaving Iran in response to expulsion of two Iranian diplomats from Berlin.
German parliament member Ye-One Rhie has expressed concern over the health condition of Iranian dissident popular rapper Toomaj Salehi who is imprisoned by the regime.
Iran will show a serious response if the West activates the UN’s “trigger mechanism” to bring back international sanctions, a top member of parliament said Thursday.
Iranians opposing compulsory hijab are outraged by the Swiss envoy’s decision to wear a long black veil during a shrine visit which a hardliner website has described as “dazzling”.
The United States denied it is pressuring Britain not to list Iran’s IRGC as a terrorist organization, as reported by The Telegraph on Wednesday.
While Tehran has not changed its policies in the region, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian claimed the Islamic Republic would welcome the resumption of ties with Saudi Arabia.
Iranian opposition figures who have recently formed a united front against the Islamic Republic have once again called on other countries to cut ties with the regime.
Amnesty International says Iranian authorities have forcibly disappeared four Kurdish dissidents for seven months, by concealing their fate and whereabouts from their families and lawyer.
While some in Iran criticize the government for rising prices, a prominent economist says it is highly unlikely to control inflation without lifting US sanctions.
For the fifth time since March 2022, the point-to-point inflation index in Iran exceeded 50% reaching 53.4% in the Iranian month ending on February 20.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has taken credit for the relocation of Iran International studios from the UK to the US following terror threats, calling it a victory for the Islamic Republic.
A rocket attack in Damascus on Sunday blamed on Israel hit an installation where Iranian officials were meeting on developing drone or missile capabilities of allies in Syria, sources told Reuters.
Business owners in different Tehran districts have closed their shops to show anger at the tumultuous economic situation as the national currency hit historic lows against US dollar in recent days.