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.
Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, traveled to Beirut on Saturday to attend memorial ceremonies for the slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, announcing his support for Lebanon’s role as a frontline of resistance against Israel.
The human rights situation in Iran has worsened sharply since the June attacks by the United States and Israel and the Islamic Republic’s response, according to a new United Nations report to be formally presented in New York on October 30.
The Islamic Republic does not seek conflict but would respond forcefully to aggression, said Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in an interview with NBC on Friday.
Iran is sliding into stagflation that could spark unrest, economists warn, as official data reveal the first economic contraction in four years on the eve of the UN sanctions returning.
US President Donald Trump used his UN General Assembly address to take a “victory lap” on Iran, but an analyst warns Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic ambitions remain unresolved.
Three Iranian men accused of working with Tehran’s intelligence services to target UK-based journalists pleaded not guilty during a preparatory hearing at the Central Criminal Court in London on Friday.
On the eve of the return of UN sanctions against Iran, all sides insist the doors of diplomacy remain open, but the table beyond those doors looks less like one for negotiation than for autopsy—an exercise in assigning blame for a failure long deemed inevitable.
In a 4–9 vote with two abstentions, the UN Security Council on Friday rejected a Russian-Chinese proposal to delay the snapback of UN sanctions on Iran, which are set to be reinstated Saturday night, 30 days after being triggered by the Europeans.
Iran’s nuclear program can never be destroyed and the United States will face consequences if it launches new attacks, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani said.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the elimination of Iran's highly enriched uranium stockpiles during his UN General Assembly speech on Friday, saying Tehran should not be allowed to rebuild its nuclear capabilities after June's 12-day war.
Iran’s economy has slipped into its first contraction in more than four years and now faces mounting debt and record capital flight, official data show, days before UN sanctions are due to return.
An outlet tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards acknowledged that a recent documentary from the Ministry of Intelligence relied on archival images from the internet, despite presenting them as exclusive material obtained from Israel.
Russia and China have asked the UN Security Council to vote on a draft resolution on Friday that would delay the reinstatement of international sanctions on Iran by six months, Reuters reported citing diplomats.
Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani said on Thursday US demands that Tehran curb its missile program were a non-starter and that looming UN sanctions ought not to pinch Iran as much as current US measures.
France withdrew its case against Iran at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the detention of two French citizens arrested in May 2022 on espionage charges, the court announced on Thursday without elaborating.
The death of a female Iranian political prisoner in hospital following a series of seizures has sparked outrage from Iran's two Nobel laureates and right groups who have labeled her death a state-sponsored murder.
President Masoud Pezeshkian’s speech at the United Nations drew an unusual split in Tehran: while conservatives and hardliners rallied behind him, many of his moderate supporters voiced sharp disappointment.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said in a message marking the anniversary of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war that martyrdom is the reward of struggle, whether in that conflict or in more recent battles.
Indian officials have told the Trump administration that any significant reduction in Russian oil imports would require Washington to allow purchases from sanctioned suppliers Iran and Venezuela, Bloomberg reported.
Western militaries and defense firms are racing to develop low-cost attack drones modelled on Iran’s Shahed after the weapon’s use in Ukraine showed how mass-produced unmanned aerial vehicles can overwhelm air defenses, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.