A federal court in the United States has rejected multiple motions by Parviz Sabeti, a onetime security chief in pre-revolutionary Iran, to dismiss a landmark lawsuit accusing him of aiding and abetting the torture of dissidents in the 1970s.
Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani said on Wednesday that Israel, not Iran, was seeking to impose its will on Lebanon, after President Joseph Aoun warned against foreign interference in the country’s affairs.
Ali Larijani’s tour of Iraq and Lebanon a few weeks after his Russia visit underscores his re-emergence as a trusted envoy and crisis manager tasked with shoring up Tehran’s defences in the twilight of supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s rule.
US president Donald Trump has spotlighted whistleblower allegations that Standard Chartered Bank’s New York branch moved billions of dollars to entities linked to Iran and Hezbollah.
Iran’s judiciary dismissed or convicted 138 employees for corruption in the past year, the head of its Protection and Intelligence Center, Ali Abdollahi, said on Wednesday.
Iran’s foreign minister on Wednesday accused the United States and its allies of imposing sanctions that cause mass casualties, citing a study he said showed they may be as deadly as armed conflict.
Five Iranian pilgrims were killed and at least 57 injured when a bus carrying people traveling to the Arbaeen ceremony collided with a minibus on the Najaf–Basra road in Iraq, the Iranian Red Crescent said on Wednesday.
US ambassador to the United Nations, Dorothy Shea, condemned Iran for the Houthi rebels’ continued attacks on civilian cargo vessels in the Red Sea during the UN Security Council briefing on Yemen on Tuesday.
Two refinery workers in southern Iran died of suspected heatstroke while on the job amid soaring summer temperatures, Iranian media reported.
Lebanon’s president told visiting Iranian security chief Ali Larijani that no group may bear arms or rely on foreign backing, warning against interference while affirming openness to cooperation within national sovereignty and mutual respect.
France, Germany and the United Kingdom have told the United Nations they are prepared to reimpose international sanctions on Iran unless it resumes nuclear negotiations with the United States and other powers, according to a letter shared by the French foreign ministry.
Iran's ability to access fresh water is deteriorating, the government-run office of managing water supply said on Tuesday, adding that the capital Tehran faces a serious risk of land subsidence.
The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization has criticized Israeli claims about Tehran’s nuclear activities, saying the program is peaceful and the allegations are based on a distorted and inaccurate dossier.
Ontario’s top court has upheld a ruling that Ukraine International Airlines must pay full compensation to the families of passengers killed when Iran shot down Flight PS752 in 2020. But families say the ruling doesn’t diminish Iran’s responsibility.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a message addressing the Iranian people and their deepening water crisis on Tuesday to call for regime change and in a TV interview hinted that a war with Tehran is not over.
Iran’s president will travel to Yerevan next week, Armenian media reported on Tuesday citing the country’s economy ministry, as Tehran continues to push back on a US deal with Armenia to develop a controersial corridor along its southern border with Iran.
A rare invitation from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for talks on removing Iran from its global money-laundering blacklist has reignited a years-long political battle in Tehran.
The Iranian Baha’i community has faced systematic repression, arrests, and nearly 1,500 years in prison sentences over the past five years, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
Tehran moderates are openly signaling readiness for a return to nuclear talks, hinting at accepting some restrictions on its activities but Washington appears unmoved.
The US State Department on Tuesday condemned Iran’s death sentences against protesters from the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protest movement, warning that at least 11 people face imminent execution.
The Israeli military carried out a surprise multi-front drill on Sunday in what it called an effort to gauge readiness to counter a cross-border assault and stave off any rerun of the October 7 attacks by Iran-backed Hamas militants.