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Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has warned domestic media against using several words in their reporting on rising prices and ongoing anti-government protests in the country.

As anti-government protests triggered by rising prices sweep across Iran, state media and officials are in denial, but many observers were expecting the unrest.

Despite Iranian and European officials expressing optimism over resumption of nuclear talks, the US response on Friday was guarded, putting the onus on Iran.

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has blocked over 9,200 accounts belonging to 454 people due to illegal or undeclared transactions of currency and digital currency.

The first Iranian female weightlifter who won medals in international tournaments has sought asylum in Germany after she left Iran’s delegation at the World Junior Weightlifting Championship in Greece.

Tehran has announced that in the first month of the Persian year 1401 (April 2022), Iran’s non-oil exports grew 25 percent compared to the same month last year.

Anti-government unrest in Iran triggered by a sudden rise in food prices spread further on Friday, with officials blaming foreign-based Persian-speaking media.

Israeli warplanes targeted central Syria in what state media claimed was an attack that killed civilians, while a war monitor said the Iranian military was hit.

Former British-Iranian hostage Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on Friday told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that an incorrect comment he made as foreign secretary had a big impact on her six-year detention in Iran.

Several members of the US House of Representatives have called on Elon Musk, the new would-be owner of Twitter, to ban US-sanctioned Iranian officials and organizations from the platform.

Recent reports say Russia is recalling forces from Syria to support its invasion of Ukraine amid military failure and no success in capturing major objectives.

A claim by Josep Borrell, European foreign policy chief, that EU envoy Enrique Mora had “unblocked” Iran nuclear talks sits uneasily with Washington’s expectations.

A US State Department spokesperson has told Iran International that Washington is still interested in reviving the 2015 deal but is also preparing for alternative scenarios with its allies.

Weeklong protests in Iran triggered by soaring prices spread to several provinces Thursday as they took on anti-regime tones, and tens of people were arrested.

The EU's foreign policy chief says the trip by the coordinator of the talks to Tehran has unblocked the negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.

The European Union’s coordinator of the nuclear talks was briefly detained with colleagues at Frankfurt Airport as he was returning to Brussels from Tehran after two days of talks.

While wishing to avoid escalation, Iranian officials think they have not “sufficiently retaliated” for killing of Qasem Soleimani, US military intelligence believes.

Protests triggered by rising food prices in Iran spread to several regions and cities Thursday evening, as people chanted anti-government slogans and lit fires.

The new CENTCOM commander calls Iran the most destabilizing force in the Middle East, reiterating the position that the United States will not allow a nuclear Iran.

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, who arrived in Tehran Thursday met with Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi.

As teachers protested across Iran amid government allegations of foreign influence in their campaign, France Thursday condemned the arrest of two French citizens.