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Media not aligned with the ruling hardliners in Iran warn that there are no opinion leaders left in the country that people can trust, creating a dangerous vacuum.

Thousands of teachers staged another round of nationwide protests Saturday to demand higher salaries and the release of colleagues arrested in previous rallies.

The Iranian foreign minister has said continuing talks are needed to clarify international commitments in restoring the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

Tasnim news agency in Tehran has dismissed reports about the imminent signing of a nuclear agreement between Iran and world power in the coming days.

A cargo ship reportedly belonging to the sons of Iran's top security official Ali Shamkhani has been impounded in one of India’s ports.

While Washington reiterated Friday that “substantial progress” is being made in nuclear talks with Iran, critics continued to express concern over a "bad deal."

Except for the state-run broadcaster (IRIB), street interviews about controversial issues such as direct negotiations with the US are rare in Iranian media.

Iran has seized a cargo of antique goods and ancient artifacts smugglers planned to take out through Turkey.

A drone flown by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah crossed into northern Israel on Friday, triggering air defenses and the scrambling of fighter jets.

While Iran’s parliament is halfway through its four-year term, commentators say most of the lawmakers are unlikely to convince voters to re-elect them in 2024.

A senior European Union official said Friday that a US-Iranian deal to revive Iran's 2015 nuclear agreement was close but success depended on the political will of those involved.

Tens of Iranian students staged a protest outside the Indian embassy in Tehran to protest a ban on hijab in colleges in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

Nine human rights organizations have called on world powers negotiating with Iran in Vienna “not to lift human rights sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

OPEC and its oil exporting allies will integrate Iran into their oil supply accord should a nuclear agreement be reached in Vienna and US sanctions lifted.

An “exclusive” report by Reuters Thursday on nuclear talks in Vienna was “misinformation disguised as reporting,” an Iranian spokesman tweeted Friday.

An oil refiner from India has started negotiations with the Islamic Republic to resume crude imports as soon as the nuclear deal is finalized.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian left Tehran Friday morning for Germany to participate in the 58th Munich Security Conference (MSC).

Parliament has dealt a blow to the Iranian government’s plan to balance the budget by refusing to ditch indirect food subsidies, fearing a public backlash.

Persian-language television channels Iran International and Voice of America Thursday aired a documentary about the life of Baktash Abtin, an Iranian poet who died in custody in January.

Rumors have resurfaced that China will deploy 5,000 security forces to Iran to protect its investments, raising public concern over secrecy in dealings with Beijing.

A website in Tehran has published an article by Siamak Namazi, an Iranian American jailed in Iran since 2015, amid news that Iran and the United States are holding talks for a possible prisoner exchange.