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Iran’s has “strongly condemned” a Swedish court’s sentencing of a former Iranian jailor to life imprisonment over executions of political prisoners in 1988.

Wednesday’s US-Israel Joint Declaration gave a shared commitment to Israel’s military supremacy and prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons.

The World Economic Forum has published its latest report on the Global Gender Gap Index, placing Iran at the rock bottom only after Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Congo.

Iran has started arresting women who participated in a nationwide civil disobedience campaign July 12 against the compulsory Islamic dress code, or hijab.

A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced former Iranian jailor Hamid Nouri to life in prison for his role in a purge of political prisoners in Iran in 1988.

The head of Crisis Management of Iran’s northwestern West Azarbaijan province says Lake Orumiyeh (Urmia) has lost about 95 percent of its water.

Iran might resort to new methods to “punish” Israel, a website close to its security establishment said on Thursday, as President Joe Biden visits the region.

Contradictory statements by Iranian officials this week have observers and journalists scrambling to understand what the government wants to do with imports.

US President Joe Biden reiterated upon arrival in Israel on Wednesday that the only thing worse than Iran now is an Iran with nuclear weapons.”

As President Joe Biden arrived in Israel Wednesday, he did not rule out the use of force as a last resort to prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons.

The United Nations office of Human Rights has expressed concerns about Iran’s recent detention of film directors, civil society activists and family members of victims of human rights violations.

About 2,800 environment protection academics, lawyers and artists have written to Iran’s chief justice, asking him to reconsider the case against a group of environmentalists detained since 2018.

While many urge Tehran to make a deal with Washington to rescue its economy, President Ebrahim Raisi says Iran will not retreat from its "rightful positions."

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan Wednesday warned of the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin's attempts to deepen relations with Iran to could harm Ukrainian civilians.

Iranian economist Mehdi Pazouki has charged that President Ebrahim Raisi's administration has been reduced to "a government of dwarves."

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says it has arrested 10 armed members of a Kurdish separatist group in northwestern parts of the country, calling them part of “a terrorist network.”

Iran repeated calls for release of Assadollah Assadi, serving a 20-year sentence in Belgium over a terror attack in Paris, and former jailor Hamid Nouri, on trial in Sweden for his role in 1988 prison purges.

Iran says contacts with European Union continue to plan for the resumption of nuclear negotiations, including discussion on a date and venue for the talks.

Government and military officials in Iran have warned the population over disobeying hijab rules, one day after many women took off their headscarves in public.

More than 10 human rights and activist groups urged Belgian lawmakers Tuesday to reject a prisoner swap deal with Iran that could result in the release of a convicted terrorist.

An official of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s political party says news of Tehran planning to arm Russia with drones has shocked Ukrainian officials.