A member of Iran’s parliament said on Wednesday that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) opposed a 2015 nuclear deal but ultimately complied after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei urged support for Tehran's negotiators.
Hundreds of inmates in Iran’s Ghezel Hesar Prison near Tehran are refusing food in protest against a recent rise in executions, as at least five more prisoners were put to death on Wednesday.
President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday he was more concerned about political infighting than threats from the United States, state media reported, as the relative moderate faces increasing opposition from hardliners.
A senior cleric close to Iran’s Supreme Leader on Tuesday unveiled a state-published book outlining what it calls Tehran’s plan to destroy Israel.
The Gaza summit in Egypt and Iran's refusal to take part have ignited fierce debate in Tehran over diplomacy and regional strategy as US president Donald Trump moves to reshape the Middle East.
Iran is not considering leaving the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty but faults the International Atomic Energy Agency for failing to condemn US and Israeli airstrikes on its nuclear facilities, Atomic Energy Organization chief Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday.
An Iranian Sunni cleric and outspoken critic of the Islamic Republic was shot dead outside his home in Istanbul by unidentified gunmen, the Kurdish rights outlet Haalvsh reported on Wednesday.
Australian authorities have charged a western Sydney man for allegedly sending about $650,000 to Iranian banks under sanctions, the Australian Federal Police said on Wednesday.
Iran’s ambassador to Russia on Wednesday rejected praise among Israeli supporters of Donald Trump as a modern-day Cyrus the Great, citing the US president's support for what he called human rights violations in Gaza.
US Senator John Hoeven, a Republican from North Dakota, told Iran International that building the Gaza ceasefire into a broader Mideast peace hinges on curbing Iran’s influence and reviving the Abraham Accords it opposes.
Iran’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that refugees can return to the country without facing legal consequences, as long as they have not committed offenses.
The family of a British couple imprisoned in Iran on spying charges says it is considering appealing to US President Donald Trump for help, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Moscow was surprised by Iran's agreement to the so-called UN snapback sanctions mechanism of a 2015 international nuclear deal, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, describing it as a legal trap for Tehran.
Nasser Taghvai, one of Iran’s most distinctive and uncompromising filmmakers, died on Tuesday at 84, leaving behind some of the country’s most memorable cinema before choosing silence over censorship.
Human rights activist Reza Khandan has been denied visits with his wife, prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, for more than nine months because she refuses to wear the mandatory hijab during prison visits, political prisoners at Tehran’s Evin Prison said.
For the first time in more than seven years, Iranian-flagged oil tankers are broadcasting their location accurately and without spoofing—raising eyebrows among longtime watchers of Tehran’s sanctions-busting efforts.
A new military conflict will be inevitable unless Iran regains its national strength through reform, rearmament and realistic diplomacy, former president Hassan Rouhani warned.
Backers of a petition to save an Iranian dissident and researcher in US immigration custody from deportation to Iran say he faces death if forced back to his homeland.
Iran’s judiciary spokesman on Tuesday confirmed that hijab laws remain in force, amid renewed debate over the enforcement of the Islamic Republic's compulsory veiling as public flouting of the policy appears more widespread.
Three prominent Iranian figures closely tied to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei have publicly expressed regret over past decisions they said damaged Iran’s political trajectory and foreign relations.
A Tehran Revolutionary Court has handed heavy prison and internal-exile sentences to two French nationals accused of spying for France and collaborating with Israel, the judiciary announced Tuesday.