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Reports from Tehran indicate that regime insiders including conservatives in the government are fed up with the President Ebrahim Raisi’s government amid crises.

Among accounts of the discovery of a small amount of uranium at London’s Heathrow Airport was a statement that it was heading to a UK-based Iranian business.

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and US special envoy for Iran Rob Malley have once again demanded the release of US nationals jailed in Iran.

The US government has again extended protection to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his top Iran aide due to persistent threats against them from Iran.

Bahar Khorshidi was an English and painting teacher who fell to her death from the fourth-floor window of her home when security forces came looking for her.

Reports say three more Iranian citizens arrested during antigovernment protests in Iran’s northern city of Nowshahr, have been sentenced to death.

Disobedience of hijab rules has forced hardliners, most notably the Supreme Leader, to try to placate women with loose hijab, to draw support against opposition.

The Time magazine says two brothers of Peyman Jebelli, director of Iran's state broadcaster and a close to Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba, have defected and sought asylum abroad.

Iranian media say a detained Belgian national detained in 2022 has been sentenced to 40 years in prison by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic.

The United States’ proclaimed concentration on Ukraine and China at the expense of the Middle East has prompted criticism from various directions.

The US Navy last week intercepted a fishing vessel carrying 2,116 AK-47 assault rifles along a maritime route from Iran to Yemen, the Navy command announced.

An Iranian teachers’ union has issued a statement to slam the execution of youths, demanding that the death sentences must be cancelled as soon as possible

The managing editor of Tehran’s leading reformist daily Etemad says the paper decided not to cover an important topic because of constant government pressure.

Former lawmaker and daughter of Iran's former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to five years in prison for criticizing the Iranian regime.

The UN human rights chief says the death penalty is being weaponized by Iran's government to intimidate the population, and the executions amount to "state sanctioned killing".

An old row between Iran and regional Arab countries over the name of the Persian Gulf has come to the fore again but this time between Tehran and Baghdad and in a sport event.

Global consequences of hanging of two more protesters continue for Iran with the EU and UK summoning the Islamic Republic’s ambassadors on Monday.

Two top United States officials are due this month to visit Israel’s new government, but analysts are not expecting new US regional initiatives.

A Norway-based human rights organization says at least 109 Iranian protesters are currently at risk of execution or facing death penalty sentences.

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says the Islamic Republic could be contributing to “war crimes” in Ukraine by providing drones to Russia.

Iran’s judiciary chief says tens of ships have arrived in territorial waters of the country, but the Islamic Republic cannot unload them.