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An Iranian activist was among the travelers onboard a Gaza aid flotilla detained by Israel in recent days, ending a journey she chronicled in social media postings.

An Israeli court on Friday indicted an Israeli army reserve soldier on charges of spying for Tehran, in the latest case of alleged espionage attributed to arch-foe Iran, which authorities say tasked him with killing his commanding officer.

As Iran’s factions bicker over whether returning UN sanctions are calamitous or mere “psychological” warfare, ordinary people stare into an economic abyss.

Germany wants a negotiated solution to limit Iran’s nuclear program after the reimposition of United Nations sanctions, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said, according to Funke media group.

At least four people were killed and about 20 injured when a passenger bus plunged into a valley on the Damavand–Firouzkouh road in the Alborz mountains northeast of Tehran, Red Crescent chief Shahin Fathi said on Friday, according to Iranian media.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that international law was at risk of being undermined by the United States, he wrote in letters to his counterparts in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Iran’s ambassador in Colombo said on Friday.

Threats by Iranian hardliners to leave the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) after a June war are likely headed nowhere because of Tehran's keenness not to irritate Russia and China, Middle East expert Kenneth Pollack told Iran International.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday that Tehran can no longer serve as the country’s capital, citing a worsening water crisis that has depleted key reservoirs serving the metropolis.

With Iran's rial hitting fresh depths daily amid new international sanctions, it's helpful to remember how the Islamic Republic's founder viewed the economy. The late theocrat famously said it's for the donkeys.

A verdict looms for a British tourist couple tried in Iran over the weekend on espionage charges just as Tehran's relations with London plumb new lows over a European move to impose new international sanctions.

Iranian officials are downplaying talk of another war with Israel and the United States but US carrier and tanker movements have sparked anxiety as weary citizens weigh readiness for a possible re-run of a punishing summer war.

Washington is seeking stiff concessions from Iran for any peace deal, the Washington Post reported on Thursday citing a US official, including curbs to its missile program and support for armed allies in the region.

Iran’s rial weakened on Thursday to about 1,180,000 per US dollar on Tehran’s unofficial market, roughly a week after the United Nations reimposed snapback sanctions, as President Masoud Pezeshkian urged cost-cutting and efficiency to shield households.

Iran is adopting a policy of “strategic patience” in response to mounting Western pressure, the government's news agency IRNA said on Thursday, after Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi returned from talks in New York.

An attorney representing two Iranian nationals alleged on Wednesday that US authorities deported his clients to Iran without due process, placing them at risk of persecution, ABC News reported.

While Iran’s hardline-led parliament resounds with defiant statements dismissing the impact of new UN sanctions, a few lawmakers are beginning to admit the likely economic toll.

Turkey has frozen the assets of dozens of individuals and entities tied to Iran’s uranium enrichment and nuclear activities, moving in lockstep with the latest UN sanctions against Tehran.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei blocked any potential signal of compromise before President Masoud Pezeshkian even landed in New York—a move some saw as a reckless gamble but in fact a calculated strategy rooted in decades of survival.

The G7 grouping of wealthy democracies plus the European Union on Wednesday blamed Iran for newly-imposed international sanctions and urged Tehran to resume talks with Washington and allow inspections of its nuclear sites.

Protests against university authorities and gripped several campuses across Iran, according to videos sent to Iran International, pointing to widespread anxiety among students which stopped short of overtly political grievances.

The majority of disinformation circulated across global digital platforms during the Israel-Iran war in June served Iran's narrative, a new report by the Israel Internet Association (IIA) found.