UN experts expressed alarm on Monday at what they called an “unprecedented” surge in executions after over 1,000 people were put to death so far this year, warning they likely violated international law.
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has awarded its highest honor, the William Bowie Medal, to Iranian-American scientist Soroosh Sorooshian for 2025.
Iran’s anti-narcotics authority warned on Monday that poppy cultivation would face severe punishment, including fines, prison and land confiscation for repeat offenders.
Iran’s judiciary chief warned on Monday that those undermining public morale amid renewed international sanctions would face legal action, accusing them of aiding hostile powers.
The European Union on Monday reimposed sweeping sanctions on Iran’s nuclear and ballistic programs after the return of United Nations restrictions under the snapback mechanism, reinstating bans on trade, finance, transport and energy first lifted in 2015.
Canada’s food safety watchdog has temporarily banned imports of pistachios and pistachio products from Iran after more than 100 confirmed salmonella cases and several recalls linked to contaminated shipments.
Iran executed a man identified as Bahman Choubi-asl on Monday after convicting him of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, the judiciary’s news outlet Mizan reported, describing him as "one of the most important spies for Israel in Iran".
Iran will enter a war with the United States if Israel launches a new attack on the Islamic Republic, a senior Iranian official and former chief commander of the Revolutionary Guard said on Sunday.
President Masoud Pezeshkian’s reference at the UN to Iranian children killed by Israeli strikes triggered a backlash at home, where many asked why he did not also acknowledge the dozens of children slain by Iranian security forces during the 2022 uprising.
The reimposition of UN sanctions on Iran, atop the US sanctions President Masoud Pezeshkian had pledged to lift during his election campaign, has disillusioned many of his moderate supporters and prompted hardliners to call for his resignation.
Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen called Iranian state television’s decision to blur her legs during a broadcast of her UN meeting with Iran’s foreign minister a “sad” reflection of women’s treatment in the country.
A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader said Tehran should consider joining a new Saudi-Pakistani defense pact while vowing to strengthen its offensive military power after the recent 12-day war with Israel and the United States.
Iran’s central bank said it will inject $500 million into the currency market from Monday to ease pressure on the rial after weeks of sharp volatility, state media reported.
Iran’s clerical leaders are facing one of their deepest crises since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, caught between a worsening economic squeeze and renewed international pressure after the United Nations reimposed sanctions, Reuters reported.
France, Germany and the United Kingdom said on Sunday that the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran was unavoidable after what they described as Tehran’s persistent breaches of the 2015 nuclear deal.
Israel is on heightened alert after the United Nations reinstated sanctions on Iran under the snapback mechanism, amid fears in Jerusalem that Tehran could accelerate its nuclear activities, Ynet reported on Sunday.
Iran’s foreign ministry on Sunday rejected US and European efforts to restore UN sanctions, saying that “no obligation” rests on Tehran or other member states to abide by resolutions that were terminated in 2015.
All UN sanctions suspended under the 2015 deal with Iran snapped back into force at 8 pm Eastern Time on September 27, one month after European powers triggered the so-called "snapback" mechanism. What are they, and what impact will they have?
Western countries demanded Iran surrender its stocks of highly enriched uranium in exchange for only a few months of relief from UN sanctions, Iranian authorities said on Saturday, calling the offer humiliating.
Iran has imposed new limits on stablecoin transactions, capping annual purchases at $5,000 per person and total holdings at $10,000, authorities announced on Saturday, as the rial plunged to a record low on the eve of the return of UN sanctions.
A documentary released by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry claiming infiltration into Israel has drawn ridicule from both opposition groups and hardline loyalists of the Islamic Republic who criticized it for relying on public images and exaggerating its claims.