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Parents of two victims in the downing of an airliner say it was used as a "human shield" to prevent possible US retaliation in the wake of Iran's missile attack on US bases in 2020.

The commander of Iran’s anti-riot police who led the crackdown on protesters in Esfahan in November says his forces were soft on people and didn’t use their AK-47 assault rifles.

Iran’s battered currency has risen from its December lows by almost 9 percent against the US dollar as signs of progress in Vienna nuclear talks have emerged.

Remarks by a former Iranian diplomat who is now a Princeton University scholar over Iranian threats against American officials have led to controversy.

Alireza Firouzja, the 18-year-old chess player who left the Iran team in 2019 due to a ban on competing with Israelis, has won a top international award.

Two sources have told Afghanistan International that the Taliban foreign minister visiting Iran will have a meeting with opposition figures Ahmad Massoud and former Herat governor Ismail Khan.

Ottawa has called Iran's downing of a Ukrainian airliner two years ago “a Canadian tragedy” and has called for justice, in a statement to Iran International.

Iran has blacklisted 51 more American nationals for their role in the 2020 targeted killing of Qasem Soleimani, the former commander of its Qods (Quds) force.

Thousands of weapons destined for the Houthi rebels in Yemen and seized by the US originated from an Iranian port, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

A tough day awaits President Ebrahim Raisi at the Iranian Parliament (Majles) on Sunday, as he attends a session to defend his government's annual budget bill.

Taliban's acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has arrived in Tehran at the head of a high-ranking delegation to hold talks with senior Iranian officials.

Hundreds of staff members from Iran’s judiciary department took to the streets in several cities across the country to protest their low salaries.

Imprisoned Iranian writer Baktash Abtin has died of Covid-19 complications after he was denied timely treatment by officials at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison.

An Islamic organization in Germany has removed the Hamburg Islamic Center from its board of directors for supporting Qasem Soleimani and allegations that the center is Iran’s “long terrorist arm” in Europe.

The CEO of Iran’s national oil company has said that oil exports have been increasing in recent months and Tehran has been able to repatriate the cash, despite sanctions.

Iran will reportedly receive $90 million from the World Bank for measures to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, a spokesperson for the organization has said.

Families of victims who died when Iran shot down an airliner in 2020 gathered at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport and the crash site Saturday to demand justice.

US Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley has met with Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the international organizations to discuss the latest developments in Iran nuclear talks.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s upcoming January visit to Russia is perceived both as an opportunity and as a moment of sober calculations in Tehran.

Iran’s health ministry has announced that the average consumption of milk and dairy products has decreased about 30 percent in the last two years.

Hijab remains at the heart of Iranian politics 85 years after Reza Shah Pahlavi's decree of January 8, 1936 outlawing traditional Islamic veils and scarves.