Iran

Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday pressed Germany to release any findings into German companies suspected of supplying materials for chemical weapons deployed by Saddam Hussein during the 1980s Iran-Iraq war.

A 70-year-old American-Iranian mother has been detained in Iran for two months, the State Department confirmed to Iran International, with her political dissident son saying the move aimed to silence him.

Iran's football authorities said on Tuesday they would boycott a draw for the US-hosted 2026 World Cup in Washington DC next week after visas for two top officials were rejected.

US immigration authorities have released Vahid Abedini, a former reformist activist in Iran and a professor of Iranian studies at the University of Oklahoma.

President Masoud Pezeshkian held a meeting with Iranian-born Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi during his trip to New York in September for the UN General Assembly, reform-leaning Tehran-based magazine Agahi-e No reported on Tuesday.

Iran’s judiciary said on Tuesday that prosecutors have filed charges against a former member of parliament and media figure who alleged that President Masoud Pezeshkian sent a message to US President Donald Trump through Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The International Atomic Energy Agency wants to fully reengage with Iran to restore access to its nuclear sites and verify the country’s enrichment activities, Director General Rafael Grossi said on Tuesday, after the UN watchdog’s board censured Tehran for restricting access.

Iran has appointed Brigadier General Kioumars Heydari as deputy commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, a top joint operational command that plans and coordinates the country’s armed forces, Iranian media reported on Monday.

US President Donald Trump has asked Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to manage a channel aimed at opening dialogue between Washington and Tehran as the kingdom seeks to avert further regional escalation, the Lebanese newspaper al-Akhbar reported on Tuesday.

A blaze which had devastated a unique forest ecosystem in northern Iran has been brought under control after weeks of firefighting efforts, an environmental official said on Tuesday.

Indonesia announced it will auction the seized Iranian tanker MT Arman 114 and its 1.245 million barrels of crude oil starting December 2, with a reserve price of Rp 1.174 trillion ($70 million) through the government’s online auction platform.

Several pro-government social media activists in Iran issued public apologies after a new transparency feature on X revealed that their accounts had been granted unrestricted internet access, a privilege reserved for only a select few by the authorities.

Worsted in war and sapped by sanctions, the Islamic Republic remains determined to quash with deadly force any domestic move to topple it, former CIA case officer Reuel Marc Gerecht told Iran International.

The first Iranian Film Festival in Israel opened on Sunday in Sderot, a southern Israeli city attacked by Iran-backed Hamas militants on Oct. 7 2023, which organizers say will promote cultural dialogue between the peoples of the two nominal enemies.

A hardline Iranian lawmaker on Monday cited months-old comments by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as a sign Moscow might be prepared to provide Iran with nuclear weapons.

Iran’s latest spell of heavy air pollution is disrupting daily life and raising health fears, with school closures in some provinces and residents reporting acute respiratory symptoms as smog blankets cities and even smaller towns.

A new transparency feature on X showed that a coordinated cluster of Scottish pro-independence personas was operated from inside Iran, according to findings published by the UK Defense Journal.

A recent update on X that shows the country where users are based has ignited a backlash in Iran and revived accusations that some public figures have unfettered access to the internet while it is censored for many.