A lawmaker warned on Sunday that Iran’s new energy plan could raise gasoline prices by up to 266%, even as officials deny any plan to hike fuel costs — a move widely seen as a potential trigger for protests amid rising poverty.
Iran’s Health Ministry says milk consumption in the country has dropped to less than half the recommended level, warning of rising nutritional risks amid falling purchasing power and food insecurity.
The United Nations World Tourism Organization on Friday named three villages in Iran among the world’s 52 best tourism villages for 2025, citing their rich cultural heritage and historical significance.
As the world races to meet the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, Iran faces a bleak environmental outlook given the scale of its problems and authorities' record of short-term policymaking.
Australian authorities have charged a western Sydney man for allegedly sending about $650,000 to Iranian banks under sanctions, the Australian Federal Police said on Wednesday.
For the first time in more than seven years, Iranian-flagged oil tankers are broadcasting their location accurately and without spoofing—raising eyebrows among longtime watchers of Tehran’s sanctions-busting efforts.
Iran’s parliament on Tuesday voted down a bid to stop the government from seeking to join a United Nations convention against terror financing, Tasnim news agency reported.
Iran’s government denied reports that it plans to raise gasoline prices after the leak of a cabinet decree outlining a new pricing framework, which appeared on the website Khaneh Eghtesad and triggered widespread criticism and concern on social media.
Almost no living wetlands remain in Iran’s Fars province, a situation that environmental experts say is worsening public health and driving up cancer rates, the Iranian Labor News Agency (ILNA) reported on Saturday.
An Iranian lawmaker has proposed giving people additional credit in hiring and promotion for marriage and having children, saying family formation should be treated as a form of social contribution.
US sanctions are squeezing Iran’s economy but also enriching Tehran elites and deepening ties to China, Mideast and energy expert Gregory Brew told Iran International’s Eye for Iran podcast.
Tehran is shifting its sanctions-busting strategy away from crude oil toward more lucrative and less scrutinized petroleum products to boost revenues even as restrictions tighten.
More than $95 billion in foreign currency from Iran’s non-oil exports since 2018 has not been repatriated to the country, the Guards-linked Tasnim news agency reported on Friday, citing official trade data.
Hydropower generation at the Amir Kabir Dam in Karaj, west of Tehran, has stopped after storage fell to 25 million cubic meters, while lawmakers warned that several provinces could soon face acute drinking water shortages.
A conservative Iranian lawmaker said parliament is reviewing an emergency motion to stop the implementation of Iran’s conditional approval to join a United Nations convention against terror financing, arguing it would expose the country’s sanction-busting networks.
The United States on Thursday imposed new sanctions on dozens of companies and individuals it accuses of helping Iranian energy exports and facilitating the acquisition of US chip technology by Iran's military and regional allies.
A Russian delegation led by Rosatom Deputy Head Nikolai Spassky met with Iranian Nuclear Chief Mohammad Eslami in Tehran to discuss nuclear cooperation, Iranian state media reported on Wednesday.
Medicine shortages and rising prices in Iran are fueling widespread anxiety according to testimonials received by Iran International, as the reimposition of UN sanctions last month deepens economic pain for ordinary citizens.
Iranian health officials have confirmed a renewed outbreak of dengue fever in the southern province of Hormozgan, with more than 1,000 suspected cases and 50 confirmed infections, state media reported on Wednesday.
Iran’s minimum wage has increased each year in local-currency terms, but its dollar value has dropped sharply as the rial weakened, leaving workers effectively poorer despite nominal pay rises, labor reports and activists say.
Iran’s judiciary has indicted 17 foreign nationals accused of smuggling fuel after their tanker was seized in the Gulf of Oman in July, the head of Hormozgan province’s justice department said on Wednesday.
Expanding salt storms from the dried basin of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran have forced residents to abandon nearby villages, damaged farmland and raised fears of long-term health risks, Iran’s Labor News Agency reported on Wednesday.