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Iran’s currency hit a new low against the US dollar in over two months, as nuclear talks remained deadlocked, with sanctions keeping pressure on the economy.

A Tehran City Council member has confirmed that areas in 350 parks and playgrounds in Tehran will be fenced to keep women and their children out of men's sight.

While Iran's government news website IRNA Monday reported a high-level visit by a “regional official” to discuss the unblocking of Iran’s funds abroad, the foreign ministry said it has no information.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has outlined the general policies for a social security system as the country is grappling with a grave economic situation.

Iran's former nuclear chief Fereydoun Abbasi says Iranian lawmakers have not officially received a copy of a new nuclear agreement drafted in the Vienna talks.

A website close to Iran’s intelligence circles has confirmed reports that security forces arrested a former Afghan official on charges of recruiting fighters for Ukraine.

A Swedish-Iranian scientist sentenced to death in Iran has reportedly been assaulted by prison officials in Tehran, a human rights group reported Saturday.

Iran's president quickly took credit for state banks publishing names of major debtors, while critics say the list is not new and the move is a publicity stunt.

A report has revealed a money laundering network in Pakistan transferred huge amounts of illicit funds to Iran, with Supreme Leader’s representative as one of the recipients.

A large majority in Iran's parliament have written to President Ebrahim Raisi calling for credible guarantees from Washington for the renewed nuclear agreement.

Iran’s foreign minister said Sunday that US President Joe Biden should show some “goodwill”, if his statements about reviving the 2015 nuclear deal are serious.

The Israeli military has dismissed claims by Iranian media that IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi had admitted to the failure of security forces in dealing with the recent Tel Aviv terror attacks.

Print media in Iran was full of criticism on Saturday highlighting the Raisi government's inefficiency and ineptitude in improving the dire economic situation.

President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday insisted Iran will not back down from the "nation's rights" in talks to restore the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

Iran on Saturday imposed sanctions on 24 more Americans in a largely symbolic move, as months of talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal have stalled.

An Iranian lawmaker says the parliament is prepared to impeach President Ebrahim Raisi's economic ministers, but Majles leaders intentionally delay the process.

Some Iranian media report that an Iftar dinner by Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi was cancelled after most invited guests who were artists declined to attend.

Over 20 people arrested during protests seven years ago against water scarcity and distribution policies in south-west Iran have been sentenced to prison and lashes, the United States-based Human Rights Activists' News Agency (HRANA) said Saturday.

A prominent Iranian rights defender argues that sanctions should target violators of human rights in Iran, such as the Revolutionary Guards, not the people.

A group of US Republican senators have called on the administration to provide Israel with the military capabilities it needs to defend itself from a nuclear-armed Iran.

Opponents of a deal with Iran welcomed signals that President Joe Biden is opposed to delisting the Revolutionary Guard as a terror group, but questions linger.