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Iranian authorities are putting up high concrete walls around a cemetery near the capital where hundreds of victims of the 1988 prison executions are buried.

Iran said on Saturday the crew of two Greek tankers seized by its Revolutionary Guards on Friday had not been detained and are on board their vessels.

Mohammad Bagheri, chief of staff of the Iranian armed force, has unveiled Iran’s first cruise missile than can be fired from a drone, named Heidar-1.

The Biden policy of not enforcing Iran oil sanctions has led to a misperception in Tehran that there is no need for a nuclear agreement, a website in Iran says.

Four police forces were injured in an assault by a gunman in downtown Tehran, Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported on Saturday, adding that the assailant was injured and arrested.

Fars news agency has acknowledged that Iranian security forces used tear gas and fired in the air to disperse protesters in Abadan, Khuzestan, Friday evening.

A senior Israeli official has visited Saudi Arabia ahead of United States President Joe Biden’s scheduled visit to the region, Israel’s Channel 12 said Friday.

Despite the meeting between their foreign ministers in Switzerland Thursday, tensions between Iran and Pakistan appear to be playing out at the border.

A former lawmaker has called on the Iranian parliament to pass strict legislation banning any activity by members that could represent a conflict of interest.

An Afghan cleric sent to Iran as a diplomat cannot find housing for his 15-member family of three wives and 12 children, Afghanistan International TV reported Friday.

Taking the cue from the Supreme Leader, most officials are finally calling for punishment of all those responsible for the deadly crash of a building in Iran.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is revamping a massive ship near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, providing the IRGC navy with a floating base to run its fleet of small fast boats designed to counter the US Navy.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has seized two Greek oil tankers in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf about a week after the confiscation of Iranian oil from a tanker held off the Greek coast and its transfer to the US.

Suicide drones were used to target an Iranian military research facility on Wednesday, the New York Times reported Friday, citing three Iranian sources and a US official.

An article published Thursday by the Washington Free Beacon continues controversy over meetings in 2018 between former United States officials and Iran.

Iran has summoned chargé d'affaires of Switzerland that represents Washington’s interests in Tehran to protest the US seizure of Iranian oil cargo from a Russian-operated ship in Greece's territorial waters.

A top Israeli official has denied the country took responsibility for Sunday’s killing of an Iran’s Revolutionary Guard colonel in Tehran, amid fears of Iran targeting Israelis abroad for revenge.

Thousands held anti-government protests Thursday in Abadan where a building collapse Monday has claimed 24 lives so far, and chanted against the Supreme Leader.

An official from the Saudi foreign ministry has rejected reports about a possible meeting between Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers, saying nothing has been scheduled for the foreseeable future.

Chaos and confusion are noticeable in Iran’s government-controlled media and among politicians in recent days, as multiple crises have converged to present unprecedented challenges.

While people in a number of Iranian cities have poured into streets in solidarity with the protesters in Abadan, unconfirmed reports say some other parts of the ramshackle Metropol building have collapsed.