Heavy Israeli blows on Iran and its armed allies in two years of fighting after October 7, 2023 earned a fragile calm in the region, Mideast analyst Merissa Khurma told Iran International, but only US-Iran diplomacy can win peace.
Iran’s medicine and infant-formula stocks average less than two months, with as many as 800 drug lines at risk of shortage within three months, industry representatives said, citing four-to-five-month delays in foreign-exchange allocation.
Iranians are increasingly discontented with how their country is run but the Islamic Republic persists because of its ability and willingness to crush dissent by force, ex-CIA analyst and National Security Council director Ken Pollack told Eye for Iran.
Air quality deteriorated sharply in parts of Iran despite recent rainfall, pushing pollution levels in three cities in Khuzestan province and southeastern Tehran province into the red and prompting health warnings for all residents.
Iranian activist Masih Alinejad met Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado in Norway, saying in a post on social media that Tehran menaced the South American country too.
Foreign exchange prices in Iran surged to new records, sending the rial to fresh lows and pushing gold higher as demand for hard assets intensified on Saturday.
Iranian authorities said on Saturday they had detained 39 people at a memorial ceremony for a prominent rights lawyer in the holy city of Mashhad, confirming the number of arrests after videos showed anti-government and pro-monarchy slogans at the gathering.
Iran is facing growing shortages of vital medicines and could see a sharp deterioration in supplies within months if current conditions persist, an industry official said on Saturday.
Efforts to ease Tehran’s water shortage through transfers from a nearby dam will only partially address the crisis and could fail entirely if dry conditions persist, a senior water researcher said, warning that years of overuse and policy missteps have depleted reserves.
Iranian authorities have detained 18 crew members of a foreign tanker seized in the Gulf of Oman, state media reported on Saturday, saying the vessel was carrying 6 million liters of smuggled fuel.
UN Special Rapporteur for Iran Mai Sato on Friday welcomed the release of an Iranian child bride who was on death row for killing her abusive husband, warning that the case exposes deep-rooted institutional injustices in Iran’s judicial system.
The Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl hailing from Iran's Baluch ethnic minority announced it would change its strategy toward civil disobedience under a new umbrella group gathering like-minded factions, even as it continued deadly attacks on government forces.
Israel will not allow Iran to restore its air defense systems, missile infrastructure or nuclear facilities after a 12-day war in June and is prepared to strike again if Tehran moves to rebuild, a former senior Israeli general told Iran International.
Security forces detained Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi and several other activists during a memorial ceremony in the northeastern city of Mashhad, the local governor told state media.
Lebanon’s foreign minister said Arab and international parties have warned Beirut that Israel is preparing a wide military operation, while accusing Iran of playing a destabilizing role in Lebanon and the wider region.
A campaign supported by more than 800 Iranians at home and abroad is calling for the release of detained teenager Bita Shafiee and her mother.
Ukraine said on Friday it struck two Russian vessels in the Caspian Sea that had previously been sanctioned by the United States for transporting military cargoes between Iran and Russia.
Leaders from Russia, Iran, Turkey other regional states gathered on Friday in Turkmenistan for a rare international summit marking the country’s 30 years of official neutrality, as diplomatic engagement across the region intensifies amid wider global strains.
A relative of Rouzbeh Vadi said the Iranian nuclear scientist executed in August confessed only after severe torture and threats against his mother, describing a prosecution built on a single coerced statement.
Iranian Olympic skier Atefeh Ahmadi, who applied for asylum in Germany in 2023 after leaving Iran during a training trip to Europe, has returned to the country and publicly expressed gratitude to the Supreme Leader for facilitating her homecoming.
Winter rain fell on Tehran on Wednesday after the driest autumn in over 50 years, providing temporary relief from a severe water shortage that the country's ruling clerics have led prayers to end but looks set to persist.
Iran has asked the United Nations to intervene after the United States expanded restrictions on the movement and activities of its diplomats, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.