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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.

A tweet by Iran’s foreign minister saying there is full coordination in foreign relations has led to further speculation about his absence in diplomatic missions.

March 17 was the last Friday in the Iranian year as people in Zahedan held anti-regime rallies for the 24th week and heard another historic speech by their Sunni leader.

A human rights organization says the prison sentence of an Iranian lawyer and a member of the Central Bar Association has been confirmed by an appeals court.

Capital flight and brain drain are two of the most serious challenges Iran faces as President Raisi claims his government is ready to help investors and experts to return.

The husband of former Iranian-British hostage, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, detained in Iran for several years, has accused the UK government of soft pedaling on Iran’s treatment of hostages.

A senior Israeli official has told Iran International that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent visits to Europe is to convey the message that Israel would act alone against Iran if need be.

Exports of one of Iran’s most famous products, the Persian carpet, are at its lowest levels in 24 years.

The Islamic Republic has opened an office in Syria’s northeastern Hasakah province to recruit young locals to join its proxies.

Iran will push forward at rapid speed as it forges better relations with its Arab neighbors following the recent agreement to restore ties with Saudi Arabia, according to the regime.

A Kurdish political prisoner has been executed in Orumiyeh’s (Urmia) central prison.

Iranian media are highlighting the role of Iran’s Security chief Ali Shamkhani, a military man, in normalizing ties with Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf states.

The European parliament has adopted a resolution calling on the UN Human Rights Council to conduct an independent probe into a wave of chemical attacks on Iranian schoolgirls.