Officials in Tehran blame drought and public overuse for Iran’s worst water shortage in living memory, but the crisis stems from decades of mismanagement, short-sighted policy and institutional denial.
Tehran will continue enriching uranium and maintain a firm stance on its nuclear rights during talks with France, Britain and Germany in Istanbul on Friday, Iran’s foreign minister said on Thursday.
A former security guard at the US Embassy in Oslo has been formally indicted on charges of espionage for allegedly leaking sensitive information to Iranian and Russian intelligence services, Norwegian prosecutors said this week.
A senior White House official said the Trump administration has no plans to topple the Islamic Republic by force but said Washington hoped what he described as the people of Persia would ultimately "liberate themselves".
Diplomats from Iran, Russia, and China met in New York to coordinate their positions on the recent Israeli and US military campaigns and UN Security Council Resolution 2231 -- the basis that can bring back sanctions lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, Iranian media reported.
Iran’s nuclear program will bounce back despite heavy damage from last month’s US and Israeli airstrikes, a senior official said on Thursday, as Iran prepares for renewed nuclear talks with Europe on Friday.
Iranian forces violated international humanitarian law by firing cluster munitions into Israeli cities during the June fighting, Amnesty International said in a statement Thursday following analysis of impact footage and blast remnants.
Twenty US senators on Wednesday sponsored a resolution urging France, Germany and United Kingdom trigger the so-called "snapback" of United Nations on Iran as soon as possible.
The United States called on Iran to resume cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog and return to negotiations over its nuclear program or face even more pressure.
An imprisoned Iranian political activist issued a statement on Wednesday demanding Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei admit profound failures following a war with Israel and usher in fundamental change or else quit.
Human rights advocates are warning that Iran may be laying the groundwork for a new wave of political executions following the war with Israel, drawing parallels to the 1988 mass killings of political prisoners.
Tehran has agreed to allow a delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to travel to Iran for technical talks but not to inspect nuclear sites, Iran's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader has suggested Iran may reconsider its restrictive social policies in the aftermath of the war with Israel in a remark seen by Tehran media as a rare official acknowledgement of public discontent.
Government forces fired tear gas at protesters in Sabzevar, northeast Iran, on Tuesday night as demonstrations over prolonged blackouts and water shortages entered a second consecutive day.
Iran’s potential withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) would not exempt it from international legal obligations, one of the world’s foremost experts on nuclear weapons proliferation told Iran International.
A newspaper affiliated with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei condemned Iran’s foreign minister for denying threats to assassinate US President Donald Trump, calling it state policy and a matter of justice.
An Iranian satellite is set to launch into orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket on Friday, IRGC-linked Tasnim News Agency reported, marking Tehran’s second space-related operation this week.
Iran’s judiciary chief said around 2,000 people were arrested during and after the 12-day war with Israel, with some detainees accused of collaborating with the Jewish state potentially facing the death penalty.
Iran's president said that the country is ready for further conflict with Israel as tensions continue to simmer in the wake of the 12-day war, saying that he does not believe that the fragile ceasefire is final.
Iranian officials increasingly suspect a coordinated campaign of sabotage may be behind the recent wave of unexplained fires and explosions across the country, The New York Times reported.
Iranians are speaking out with increasing urgency over chronic water and electricity outages that upend daily life and fuel fury at the government.