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According to an annual report from the Economist, Tehran is among the bottom ten cities in the ranking of 173 cities in terms of the Global Liveability Index.

About two weeks after the mass resignation of the Sadrist bloc, Iraq's parliament swore in dozens of new lawmakers on Thursday, giving majority to Iran-backed politicians in the assembly.

Hosting Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian reiterated Thursday Iran’s support for a diplomatic end to the Ukraine war.

Turkey said Thursday it thwarted a planned attack against Israeli tourists in Istanbul, and detained eight suspects allegedly working for an Iranian intelligence cell.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says his country has urged the US to respond positively to Iran's "reasonable" concerns in the year-long nuclear talks.

IRGC-linked news agencies have reported that the Guards' counter-intelligence chief Mohammad Kazemi has replaced Hossein Taeb as the IRGC's intelligence chief.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says the Islamic Republic will pay the price of targeting and threatening Israel on its own territory, implicitly confirming Israel’s role in the assassinations of IRGC officers.

A court in Iran has found the US government and many ex-officials responsible for the killing of Iranian nuclear scientists and demanded monetary compensation.

Iran's crude steel production declined dramatically for the second month in a row, according to a new report by the World Steel Association on June 22.

Two prominent jailed Iranian rights defenders have urged the world to support efforts by Iranian civil society activists to establish democracy in the country.

United States Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has said that there is information the US military is using refined fuel sourced from Iranian crude shipments to Asia.

Canada's international human rights parliamentary subcommittee has criticized the government's “passive” approach toward Iran’s widespread human rights abuses.

Inflation soared in Iran in May-June as the government lifted import subsidies for essential goods, with food prices jumping by more than 82 percent.

Iran’s Martyrs Foundation has confirmed several cases of embezzlement in the institution, saying only in one of insatnce the amount was about $200 million.

Leaders of Israel and Saudi Arabia see July’s regional trip by United States President Joe Biden as an important part of building a coalition against Tehran.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is due in Iran on Wednesday for an official visit, Tass news agency quoted Russia's ambassador in Vienna as saying.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed at least 1,000 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, leaving over a thousand of others injured while the toll is likely to rise.

Iraq has banned the import of poultry and eggs from Iran as the country is eying to become one of the exporters of meat and avicultural products in the region.

China has received a new shipment of nearly 2 million barrels of Iranian oil in the past week, according to shipping trackers, with the cargo possibly destined for state reserves.

A massive rise in rental fees in Iran has pushed the government to announce a 25-percent cap on annual increases but experts say the decree cannot be enforced.

The following article is a compilation of four investigative reports on torture and abuse of prisoners in Iran, by Iran International News Editor, Shahed Alavi.