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The US Congress is investigating the Meta social media network to find out why the platform is censoring content by Iranian dissidents and pro-democracy advocates.

A statement from the ‘E3’ Tuesday noted Iran’s nuclear program as more advanced than ever and expressed commitment to continued diplomacy.

At least 21 people died when a passenger train derailed in eastern Iran on Wednesday, Fars news website reported, while 60 passengers were seriously injured.

Iranian Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian says Qatar has issued a permit for the Islamic Republic to open a major trade center in the Persian Gulf country.

Retirees in Iran have staged a second day of protests in many cities demanding an increase of pensions amid what they say is a 100 percent inflation rate.

While the Iran’s Revolutionary Guard had denied links with a person recently shot dead in the city of Qom, the IRGC held a military funeral for him, Iran International learned.

As the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors convenes in Vienna, the Israeli premier has called on the watchdog to put pressure on Iran.

Human rights groups say the Islamic Republic hanged 12 Baluchis, including one woman, in Zahedan prison in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan on Monday.

A US and European draft resolution at the UN nuclear watchdog is mildly critical of Tehran but may further sour talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

The chairman of Tehran’s city council says that last week cyberattack was carried out by Mossad, the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK), and all forces against the Islamic revolution.

State media has played down a bank heist that saw thieves break into at least 200 safety deposit boxes in a central Tehran branch of Iran’s largest bank.

A court in Iran has sentenced a man to death for killing two clerics and wounding a third in a knife attack at a holy Shi'ite Muslim shrine in April, the judiciary said on Tuesday.

A senior member of the Organization of the Iranian Kurdistan Struggle has accused the Islamic Republic of being behind an assassination attempt on fellow fighter Akbar Sanjabi.

Iran’s government has tried to dispel reports about declining oil exports with its media claiming that sales have topped one million barrels a day in April-May.

International energy politics upturned by US and European sanctions against Russia took a further twist Monday as the Lebanese party Hezbollah threatened force against Israel.

The US Treasury Department has sanctioned 16 individuals and groups affiliated with terrorist organizations, including three associated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force.

The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) claims it currently enjoys the highest ever foreign currency reserves in cash, saying it will utilize it to stabilize the market.

Addressing the board of the UN nuclear agency Monday, Rafael Mariano Grossi, the agency chief, reiterated criticism of Iran’s cooperation in his recent report.

Following warnings that Iran was planning attacks on Israeli citizens in various parts of the world, Thailand’s police have are on high alert to find the Islamic Republic’s agents.

Iranian retirees held demonstrations Monday in several cities across the country to protest the meager rise in their pensions while the inflation rate is hovering over at over 40 percent.

Uncertainties in global energy were highlighted Sunday in a Bloomberg report that the United States may “turn more of a blind eye” to buyers of Iranian oil.