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Reaching to a critical United Nations report, Iran’s High Council for Human Rights has justified capital punishment in terms of “cultural diversity.”

In a speech published Tuesday, Ali Khamenei warned politicians and the media to ease criticism of Iran's state officials as they grapple with multiple crises.

The Dez River in southwestern Iran is drying up as the temperature in several cities across Khuzestan province has risen to above 50 degrees Celsius or 122 F.

Iran says the three Mossad agents arrested in southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province In April sought to assassinate some Iranian nuclear scientists.

A group of lawyers and civil rights activists who had filed a lawsuit against Iran’s Supreme Leader for "Covid mismanagement" were given harsh sentences, their attorney said on Monday.

Latest official figures from China show its oil imports from Russia soared, displacing Saudi Arabia as top supplier, while continuing to buy cheap Iranian oil.

Iranian nurses are outraged over recent remarks by President Ebrahim Raisi who said that during the Covid-19 pandemic, Basijis and Islamic scholars taught doctors and nurses how to serve the people.

Iran has begun to employ advanced IR-6 centrifuges to enrich uranium at its underground Fordow site, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported Monday.

Iran repeated its tactic of harassing American naval vessels in the Persian Gulf on Monday, as three IRGC speedboats came dangerously close to US ships, the Washington Post reported.

Iran-backed Hezbollah militia group has agreed to remove banners and billboards of the Shiite group’s leaders, deceased members and slogans from Beirut’s airport road.

Qasem Mohebali, an analyst in Tehran, says President Joe Biden is changing his approach and intends to put Iran under siege by creating a regional coalition.

Conflicting reports have come from Tehran about Iran establishing economic relations with the breakaway region of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine held by separatists.

The commander of Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) has praised the role of Sarallah (Sar-Allah) Headquarters in Tehran in Iran’s security, saying it plays a major role in defeating plots by “the enemy”.

Iran’s morality police arrested 120 people in a nature tour in the forests of the Caspian Sea area for flouting their hijab, dancing together, and drinking alcohol.

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz claimed Monday United States-led regional air-defense had stopped Iranian attacks on Israel and “other countries.”

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says President Joe Biden has thrown out stability in the Middle East by negotiating to make a new nuclear deal with Iran.

Iraj Fazel, head of the Iranian association of surgeons, has called on the judiciary not to sanction the amputation of fingers to punish thieves.

Head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard University has confirmed that the explosion at Iran’s Parchin military complex that killed a Defense Ministry engineer was an act of sabotage.

Tehran blamed Washington Monday for lack of progress in talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal saying it is ready to resume negotiation to achieve a “good deal”.

Israel is preparing offensive options against Iran, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Sunday amid rising tensions between the two countries since May.

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will visit Turkey this week amid worries over growing threat of attacks against Israeli citizens by Iranian agents.