The state funeral of renowned miniature artist and "national treasure" Mahmoud Farshchian drew large crowds in Isfahan on Monday, reigniting heated debates on Persian social media over the notion of “state-affiliated artists.”
Yemen’s foreign minister accused Iran on Sunday of driving the Houthi movement to reject peace initiatives and prolong the country’s decade-long conflict, Asharq al-Awsat reported.
Court cases against Iranian teachers detained in protests remain unresolved and the administration of President Masoud Pezeshkian has not altered its approach toward labor demands, a teachers’ union spokesman told the reformist daily Sharq.
Iran could soon face internet blackouts of up to three hours a day unless tariffs are raised by 70 percent to cover soaring costs to the struggling network, the CEO of Irancell, the country’s second-largest mobile network operator warned.
A 24-year-old Palestinian woman from Beit Ummar in the occupied West Bank has been arrested on suspicion of espionage for Iran, according to Israeli media on Monday.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard got a leaked British Ministry of Defense database from the Taliban, hoping to use it to detain suspects as bargaining chips in nuclear talks while the Taliban seeks recognition as Afghanistan’s rulers, the Telegraph reported.
Iran’s Reform Front called for major political and nuclear policy shifts, including a voluntary suspension of uranium enrichment, the release of political prisoners and an end to the repression of dissent.
Iran will continue talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and another round of negotiations is likely in the coming days, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday.
A top military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader warned on Sunday that another war with Israel or the United States was likely, dismissing the current ceasefire as just another phase in the conflict.
Israel was left “desperate” under Iranian missile fire during the 12-day conflict earlier this summer, Tehran’s security chief Ali Larijani said in a state television interview after returning from visits to Iraq and Lebanon.
Iran may be heading into even greater financial strain as fresh data points to a worsening outlook for global oil markets, threatening the country’s most vital source of revenue.
Israel’s economy shrank 3.5 percent in the second quarter of the year as the 12-day war with Iran disrupted businesses and investment, the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics said on Sunday.
Records compiled by Iran International show that since the ceasefire with Israel in late June, at least 50 explosions and fires have struck 19 provinces, raising questions over their cause.
Iran’s missiles are capable of striking into the heart of Europe and could eventually target US cities from the sea, an Iranian lawmaker said on Sunday.
Iran has introduced a new law making inflation partly taxable, a move that critics say effectively charges citizens twice amid the country’s economic crisis.
A senior aide to the Iranian president said on Sunday that conditions were not currently suitable for negotiations with the United States, while stressing that any such decision would follow a process involving Iran’s leadership and top security bodies.
A Hezbollah member sentenced to death in absentia for the 2022 killing of Irish UN peacekeeper Private Seán Rooney in Lebanon is believed to be hiding in Iran, Ireland’s Sunday World newspaper reported, citing diplomatic sources.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday their forces had killed six militants and dismantled two hideouts in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, seizing explosives and weapons in a series of operations against armed groups.
Iran’s top security official said the new security agreement that Tehran and Baghdad signed last week is aimed at preventing foreign powers from destabilizing the region, while Iraq played down the pact as a simple border agreement.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and its regular army issued statements on Sunday marking the anniversary of the return of prisoners of war from Iraq in 1990, praising their resilience and pledging readiness to confront threats against the country.
Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi, convicted of armed rebellion against the Islamic Republic, despite what her lawyer described as unresolved flaws in the case.