The UN nuclear watchdog says Iran’s inventory of highly enriched uranium is “a matter of serious concern" as it has no visibility on the country's activities since Israeli strikes in June.
The leaders of China, Russia, North Korea and Iran who appeared together at a Beijing military parade formed an “autocratic alliance” challenging the rules-based order, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have accused Iranian authorities of unleashing mass arrests, executions and repression of minorities under the guise of national security following June’s war with Israel.
Iran’s judiciary said on Wednesday that the European move to trigger the UN snapback mechanism to restore sanctions was more of a psychological tactic than a genuine threat, while the government quietly instructed domestic media to downplay the issue to prevent public panic.
Foreign arrivals plunged 75 percent since the 12-day war with Israel, Iran’s tourism minister said Wednesday, while international outlets recently reported new visa restrictions imposed by the Islamic Republic.
The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said on Wednesday that Iran remains one of the most dangerous places in the world for independent reporters, detailing a pattern of threats, surveillance, arbitrary arrests and prosecutions targeting media workers this year.
Israel supports exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi as Iranians trust and back him, Science Minister Gila Gamliel told Iran International, in the first explicit endorsement by an Israeli cabinet member of the exiled prince’s push for regime change.
A senior cleric’s claim that Iran’s Supreme Leader endorsed new indirect talks with Washington has raised questions about divisions in Tehran, after Ali Khamenei himself appeared to rule out negotiations in a recent speech.
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders raised alarm over a three-year prison sentence for Iranian activist Hasti Amiri in Iran on Tuesday, calling for the sentence to be revoked.
The US State Department on Tuesday denounced Iran’s closure of the Tehran Journalists’ Association, calling it a direct attack on press freedom and part of the Islamic Republic's broader effort to silence independent voices.
Russia and China have circulated a new UN draft resolution to delay the reimposition of UN sanctions on Iran, a Wall Street Journal correspondent reported, adding that it still faces long odds of approval despite tilting toward Western positions.
The newly minted head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said on Tuesday that Tehran remains open to nuclear talks with the United States but accused Washington of evasion.
The Iran-backed Houthi movement said they targeted a cargo ship in the Red Sea as it was sailing toward Israel, the second attack in less than a week after the Jewish state assassinated Yemen's Houthi-aligned prime minister.
President Donald Trump said his decision to bomb Iranian nuclear sites in June forestalled a nuclear war and provided a major boon to Israel, adding new superlatives to his positive assessment of the attacks.
The US Treasury on Tuesday imposed sanctions on an Iraqi-Kittitian businessman and a network of companies and vessels accused of smuggling Iranian oil disguised as Iraqi crude.
Iran’s new security chief Ali Larijani has appointed a longtime rival as his deputy at the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), in a sign of potential shifting power dynamics at the apex of power at a delicate moment.
Iran’s refusal to cooperate with international nuclear inspectors could invite further US military action, the Washington Post editorial board wrote on Tuesday, citing June’s airstrikes on three major Iranian nuclear sites.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian met Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday in Tianjin, where the two pledged to deepen ties through the full implementation of their 25-year strategic deal and vowed joint resistance to what they called US “unilateralism.”
Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denied sending negotiation signals to Washington, after Iran International reported that senior officials privately acknowledged the White House had ignored at least 15 messages from Tehran seeking renewed talks.
A man scaled the clock tower at London’s King’s Cross railway station on Tuesday morning with a small dog and unfurled a large flag carrying anti-Iranian government slogans, prompting a major emergency response.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday accused Britain, France and Germany of moving to restore UN sanctions on Tehran at the request of the United States and Israel, escalating Tehran’s criticism of European powers as the snapback process enters a 30-day window.