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Iranian steel industry officials say that several countries have shifted their orders to Russia, as Moscow offers lower prices, endangering Iran’s revenues.

Anti-government protests continued in a western province in Iran Wednesday amid a total internet blackout, while city bus drivers remained on strike in Tehran.

Amnesty International on Thursday accused the Islamic Republic of taking Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali "hostage" and using him as “a pawn in a cruel political game."

The new United States military commander in the Middle East has told an Abu Dhabi newspaper that Iran is the most destabilizing force in the Middle East.

Jordan’s King Abdullah has expressed concerns about Iran and its proxies filling a vacuum left by Russians in southern Syria, warning that this could lead to issues along the borders.

US senator Ted Cruz said Wednesday that the Biden administration wants to revive the nuclear deal with Iran so desperately that they are willing to concede anything.

A UN Special Rapporteur on sanctions has called on countries to unblock Iran's "$120 billion assets" frozen in foreign banks, so Tehran can fulfill its human rights obligations.

Some Iranians complain that their Instagram posts are being restricted, allegedly by other Iranians working for the company's content review subcontractor.

While Iranians are protesting rising prices and the government talks about cost savings, a group of over 40 officials are set to travel to Switzerland for a two-week online conference.

Iran’s oil minister Javad Owji told reporters Wednesday it would take Russia time to find new markets to replace possible losses in exports to Europe or north America.

As Iran’s economic woes continue, the manager of its sovereign wealth fund has criticized successive governments for bad planning and treating the fund as an ATM.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says efforts to increase the country's population are among the most urgent duties and essential policies of the Islamic Republic.

One week before the annual election of parliament speaker in Iran on May 25, it is seems that the incumbent, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is likely to be reelected.

As Tehran bus drivers continue their strike, anti-government protests took place Tuesday in other Iranian cities and spread to central Esfahan province.

A former employee of Iran’s charitable Mostazafan Foundation killed three of his former coworkers on Wednesday before killing himself in a hostage taking in the western Iranian city of Ilam.

Several members of the US Congress talked to Iran International about the ongoing unrest in Iran, calling on the Biden administration for a more active response to the crackdown on the popular protests.

US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Tuesday that Washington has negotiated “in good faith” in Iran nuclear talks but “the same cannot always be said of the Iranian side.”

Five hundred Iranian political and civil activists and Amnesty International in separate statements Tuesday warned about the government’s heavy-handed suppression of protesters.

Mike Pompeo, United States Secretary of State under President Donald Trump, has visited the camp in Albania of the Iranian Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK).

Prominent Iranian sociologist and former political prisoner Saeed Madani has been arrested on charges of "suspicious foreign connections" and “measures against the security” of the country.

The United Nations human rights office urged Iran Tuesday to halt the execution of Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali and rescind his death sentence.