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Iranians marked an ancient tradition and protested against the government Monday night concurrent with the Sadeh festivities, an ancient Persian gala always frowned upon by the Islamic regime.

Pakistani media report that Tehran has warned Islamabad to construct its portion of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline until March 2024 or pay a penalty of $18 billion.

The United States Tuesday added seven Iranian entities to its trade blacklist for producing drones that Russia uses to attack Ukraine, the Department of Commerce said.

The police chief in Mahshahr, a city in Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan province, says a new restaurant has been shut down because "a woman was singing at the opening ceremony".

University professors, former politicians and pundits warn the Iranian government of ignoring rationality and making wrong appointments amid serious crises.

Seven prominent Iranian female political prisoners have asked the public not to keep quiet in face of death sentences issued for protesters.

A group of American poets have expressed concern about the fate of Behnaz Amani — Iranian poet, translator, and assistant professor of English literature, detained for supporting antigovernment protests.

An Iranian court has sentenced two bloggers to ten and a half years in prison each for dancing in the streets in support of the nationwide protests which have swept the country since September.

Ali Rabiei, a former labor minister and government spokesman, says discrimination against women in Iran is a significant factor propelling Iran's protests.

The Islamic Republic has embarked on a journey to raise capital by selling public properties, a move that has people and pundits concerned about its repercussions.

While the food prices in Iran are soaring, reports say many are facing malnutrition and lawmakers have also predicted a 60% inflation for the next Iranian year which begins in March.

Problems with Iran have gotten worse in the past two years despite talks over its nuclear program, US Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley told the BBC’s Hard Talk.

Reports from Iran say the Islamic Republic has imposed a travel ban on Masoud Kimiai, a prominent film director amid widespread repressive measures related to protests.

Some Iranian observers suggest that the West is not likely to respond to Iran's renewed calls for nuclear talks unless Tehran stops helping Moscow in its war.

The victims of a recent earthquake in Iran’s West Azarbaijan province are in critical condition while the authorities keep promising to resolve their issues soon.

Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned Ukraine's charge d'affaires over remarks by a Kyiv official seen by Tehran as Kyiv’s role in a recent drone attack in Esfahan.

Iran says a statement by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz comparing the situation in Iran with past Argentinian dictatorship is interference in its domestic affairs.

Five months into the nationwide uprising against the Islamic Republic, the regime has targeted universities, through forced retirement and dismissal of professors.

Following the drone attack on an Iranian military facility on Saturday. Aircraft targeted a convoy of trucks crossing from Iraq to Syria carrying Iranian cargo.

A new report says an Iranian governmental bank has given over 150 trillion rials – roughly $500 million – in loans to foreign entities likely to those of Lebanon, Syria, and Venezuela.

Iran’s foreign minister claims Tehran has received messages through Qatar from world powers that are party to the 2015 nuclear deal known as the JCPOA.