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A judge was assassinated in a stabbing attack on Tuesday in Shiraz, the capital of Fars province in southwestern Iran, according to the local judiciary.

Authorities have arrested several striking truck drivers in the southern city of Shiraz, according to the provincial prosecutor, as a nationwide truckers’ strike entered its fifth day on Monday.

Warnings of unrest are growing louder in Iran, with the hardline daily Kayhan the latest to raise the alarm—pointedly avoiding Tehran’s governance failures and instead pinning potential protests on Washington and its alleged scheming.

Iran and France traded barbs after dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won cinema’s most coveted prize at Cannes, but the diplomatic rift between the two countries runs far deeper than red carpets and celebrity politics.

Roozbeh Parsi, head of the Middle East and North Africa Program at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI), has stepped down following the conclusion of an internal investigation into his alleged links to an Iranian influence network.

Iran’s top army commander warned on Monday that the military is fully prepared for more direct attacks on Israel as the two sides continue to exchange war-talk.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that Iran can survive without engaging in negotiations with the United States and even withstand increased sanctions as Tehran stands firm amid tough nuclear talks and US demands to cease uranium enrichment.

Iran remains optimistic about ongoing nuclear negotiations with the United States but continues to reject US demands for halting uranium enrichment, the country's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday.

Drivers in at least 105 cities across Iran took part in the fourth consecutive day of a nationwide strike demanding better working conditions, the Union of Truckers and Drivers’ Associations said in a statement on Sunday.

A nationwide truck drivers’ strike in Iran entered its fourth day on Sunday, with protests spreading to dozens of cities and major highways despite a police crackdown and arrests.

Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned the French embassy's chargé d'affaires to protest the remarks made by France's foreign minister in reaction to Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi's win at the Cannes Film Festival.

Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi received the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival for his film It Was Just an Accident, earning widespread praise from political, civic and cultural figures around the world.

The United Kingdom’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG), led by HMS Prince of Wales, has entered the Red Sea as part of Operation Highmast, the country’s most extensive naval deployment in recent years, according to the UK Defense Journal.

Iran is engaged in a “full-scale war” on political, economic, and military fronts, but the country remains calm and stable internally, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday.

Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf said on Sunday that the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has instructed the legislature not to enforce a contentious law mandating stricter hijab regulations.

Iran’s national carrier Iran Air has taken delivery of two second-hand Airbus A330-200 aircraft in a controversial oil barter deal with a Chinese firm, according to a report by the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA).

Truck drivers across Iran staged a third consecutive day of strikes on Saturday, with videos sent to Iran International showing a broad and coordinated stoppage from Isfahan and Borujerd to Mashhad and ports in the south.

Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or for his film It Was Just an Accident at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, using the moment to call for unity among Iranians worldwide in their struggle for freedom at home.

Iran’s army aviation commander said on Saturday that the range and accuracy of the military’s helicopter-launched missiles have significantly improved, with all components now locally produced.

Iran late last month executed a young man accused of helping Israel carry out assassinations and bomb attacks, but a prominent activist, human rights groups and a leaked call from the condemned prisoner indicate the charges were false.

A prisoner exchange involving Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian academic kidnapped in Baghdad in 2023, is expected to be finalized within days, multiple Iraqi and regional sources have said, amid quiet negotiations between Washington, Baghdad, and groups aligned with Tehran.