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Iran has executed British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari, after sentencing the former Iranian deputy defense minister to death on charges of spying for Britain.

A former Iranian defense ministry official who faces execution on espionage charges says his confessions were made under torture, an audio file has revealed.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian traveled to Beirut to meet with senior Lebanese officials and political figures such as Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah Friday.

This week’s meeting between United Nations atomic chief Rafael Mariano Grossi and the pontiff focused on Ukraine but took in the stalled Iran nuclear talks.

The Supreme Leader’s representative in the city of Karaj says the reason for low precipitation in the country is a lack of hijab observance of hijab, after many women took off their veils following months of protests.

As international consensus over designating Iran’s IRGC as a terrorist organization is growing, over 100 members of the European Parliament call for proscribing the Guards in its entirety.

In a series of media interviews, Israel’s outgoing chief of staff concentrated on his unease over incoming ministers’ approach to the West Bank.

Iranian chess referee Shohreh Bayat says the game's global body has kicked her off a commission because of a gesture of solidarity with protests in Iran.

The Lebanese Hezbollah has condemned the publication of caricatures by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo depicting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

After weeks of delay, Iran's government has finally submitted the details of its budget bill to parliament for the next calendar year starting on March 21.

Nour News has dismissed rumors that Iran’s national security chief Ali Shamkhani will be replaced after one of his former aides received the death penalty for spying.

Saudi and Egyptian foreign ministers meeting in Riyadh Thursday stressed the importance of Iran maintaining commitments not to develop nuclear weapons.

An educational facility at Tehran’s Evin Prison is being used as a place of interrogation of detained protesters and extraction of forced confessions.

Reports say schoolchildren in some mosques in the UK were taught special lessons in praise of Iranian IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani.

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will visit Moscow next week to meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

Members of the UK House of Commons on Thursday unanimously voted for a motion that urges the UK gov't to proscribe Iran's IRGC as a terrorist organization.

Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association says the regime has held a sham trial for actress Katayoun Riahi, arrested in November, to obtain a forced confession.

Iran's government has established an office to boost science and technology companies, while it has been disrupting access to the Internet, harming the sector.

Human Rights Watch says Iran’s regime has used excessive and lethal force in the clampdown on nationwide protests that broke out in September 2022.

An ultraconservative supporter of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has criticized his foreign policy for lack of agility, as the country faces more isolation.

The UK foreign secretary has called on the Iranian regime to stop the execution of a British-Iranian dual national accused and convicted in secrecy of spying for MI6.