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The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised citizens against non-essential travel to the Islamic Republic because of the security risks to foreigners.

Government organized events took place in Iran on the Islamic Republic’s official Quds Day on Friday, with a range of ballistic missiles on public display.

The Iranian envoy to Baghdad, where Theran and Riyadh have been holding talks, says that the two regional tivals have agreed to continue the diplomatic process.

Islamic countries should be aware of Israel’s "evil intentions" Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi told ambassadors of Islamic countries at a reception on Thursday.

Iran’s anti-riot police cracked down on people peacefully protesting unsanitary dumping of waste at a local landfill in northern Iran.

Speaking to Persian-language media funded by "hostile governments" and overseas opposition groups would be deemed espionage under draft legislation in Iran.

Abadan refinery in south-west Iran, which supplies around 25 percent of the country’s fuel needs, caught fire Thursday.

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Mariano Grossi said Thursday that Iran’s new workshop for making machine parts for enriching uranium at Natanz was underground.

International non-profit organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called on the United Nations Wednesday to take swift action to ensure Iran followed “international human rights law” over the treatment of jailed journalists.

The United States House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday requiring the president to sanction persons and entities over Iran's drone program.

The number of executions in Iran doubled in the second half of 2021 -- around the time when President Ebrahim Raisi took office -- according to figures compiled by two advocacy groups.

Republican lawmakers have urged the Biden administration to brief the “American public” on talks aimed at reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action).

Conservative political analyst and former editor of hardliner Kayhan, Mohammad Mohajeri, says a confrontation between Iran’s parliament speaker and the president is inevitable.

Iran's Central Bank Governor said Wednesday Tehran has already received the £400 million paid by Britain before the release of two British-Iranian detainees and the funds are being used.

Iranian investigative journalist Hossein Dehbashi has been exonerated in a lawsuit filed against him for saying that the son of the founder of the Islamic Republic died of "drug abuse".

A member of parliament says the shortage and high prices of medicines in Iran are not limited to certain drugs anymore, and very common medications are also scarce and expensive.

The head of the United Nations nuclear body has said “political circumstance” must be overcome if UN monitoring of the Iran nuclear program is to be effective.

General Wei Fenghe, Chinese defense minister, has on his visit to Tehran condemned United States “unilateralism” and called for greater cooperation between “independent” countries.

Figures released by the Customs Organization show that last year Iran exported gasoline at an average price of 38 cents per liter, lower than even crude oil.

Visiting Tehran, Iraq's parliament speaker has stressed Baghdad’s commitment to helping ease regional tensions through diplomacy.

Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohamad Bagher Ghalibaf says he will take a former lawmaker to court for claiming that he has bought two luxury apartments in Turkey.