The United States on Thursday imposed new sanctions on dozens of companies and individuals it accuses of helping Iranian energy exports and facilitating the acquisition of US chip technology by Iran's military and regional allies.
Hardline lawmakers in Iran have once again turned to impeachment, targeting four ministers in President Masoud Pezeshkian’s cabinet, in what critics say is a bid to stall the government rather than to offer alternatives.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said Iranian authorities had been in contact to express their desire to pursue peace and to strongly back a deal he reached aimed at winding down the war in Gaza.
Iran's intelligence minister on Thursday steered clear of any comment on a US-backed deal aimed at winding down the Gaza war but said Tehran had foiled Israeli designs for regime change.
The US Treasury Department said on Thursday it imposed sanctions on more than 50 individuals, entities and vessels involved in facilitating Iran’s petroleum and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exports, in a move aimed at curbing Tehran’s energy revenues.
Iran's foreign ministry on Thursday appeared to back a preliminary deal to end the two-year-old war in Gaza clinched by US President Donald Trump, saying Tehran has long supported any agreement to end the fighting and secure Palestinian rights.
President Donald Trump said US attacks on Iran nuclear sites in June had paved the way for a deal agreed by Hamas and Israel to wind down the war in Gaza and expressed hope Tehran would join a Mideast peace.
Fresh research and US court filings have traced an expansive international network supplying helicopter parts and even a full American-made aircraft to Iran’s military.
The US government added more than two dozen companies in China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to a trade blacklist, accusing them of providing illicit support to Iran’s military or its regional proxies, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.
An Iranian lawmaker said Iran-aligned armed groups remain active against Israel and the United States despite the new ceasefire in Gaza, Iranian media reported on Thursday. Iran has otherwise largely remained silent on the new Gaza ceasefire.
Iran’s Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said UN Secretary-General António Guterres told him the 12-day war with Israel had ended efforts to topple the Islamic Republic, Iranian media reported on Thursday.
A US-sanctioned Iranian cargo ship has discharged a 60,000-ton shipment of urea at a Brazilian port this week, according to official maritime data reviewed on Thursday in São Francisco do Sul.
Thai police arrested a 43-year-old Iranian man in Pattaya, a seaside resort city southeast of Bangkok, for posing as a police officer and extorting money from two Indian nationals, local media reported on Tuesday.
A Russian delegation led by Rosatom Deputy Head Nikolai Spassky met with Iranian Nuclear Chief Mohammad Eslami in Tehran to discuss nuclear cooperation, Iranian state media reported on Wednesday.
A political prisoner’s letter from jail has sparked fresh outrage over Iran’s long-running use of televised confessions to discredit detainees and justify stiff sentences.
Medicine shortages and rising prices in Iran are fueling widespread anxiety according to testimonials received by Iran International, as the reimposition of UN sanctions last month deepens economic pain for ordinary citizens.
Former Iranian chief negotiator Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that a deal with Donald Trump is possible if it preserves Iran’s dignity and the US president’s ego.
Iranian authorities have opened judicial cases in recent weeks against Instagram users for liking posts critical of the Islamic Republic, pro bono legal group Dadban said on Wednesday.
The reported detention of two Iranian green card holders marks “a profound erosion of due process,” international human rights lawyer Gissou Nia told Iran International, saying it represents a growing threat to lawful residents.
An Iranian appeals court has upheld prison sentences and social restrictions for six Baha’i citizens in Alborz province on alleged charges of spreading propaganda against the state, Iran International has learned.
Afghans deported from Iran amid a continuing crackdown on undocumented migrants said authorities there tortured them but deprivation back home was so extreme they are determined to return, Sky News reported on Wednesday.