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Iran’s military on Wednesday accused the United States of involvement in an Israeli attack on Hamas in Qatar the previous day despite public denials by its two foes.

France, Britain and the United Kingdom on Wednesday said they were alarmed by the lack of clarity on Iran's stockpile of near-bomb-grade uranium and that Tehran must show not claim if it wanted to avoid more sanctions.

Tehran’s optimism about fresh Chinese and Russian investment may be more aspirational than realistic.

Thousands of people in Iran face the risk of execution amid what Amnesty International on Wednesday called a deepening execution crisis, with death sentences handed down after unfair trials and on vaguely worded charges such as enmity against God and corruption on earth.

Iran said on Wednesday its new agreement with the UN nuclear watchdog does not currently allow inspectors into nuclear sites and will only move to define any access in later talks, adding the accord’s survival depends on Western powers refraining from restoring UN sanctions.

A former senior Iranian traffic police official said there is no legal ban on issuing motorcycle licenses to women, but a regulatory gap has left them unable to ride legally, pointing to debate in parliament where some lawmakers have raised concerns over hijab compliance.

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday that its new deal with Iran covers inspections at all of the country’s declared nuclear sites, including those hit by Israeli and US strikes in June, in what he called a step in the right direction toward restoring safeguards.

Tuesday’s strike on the leadership of the Iran-backed Palestinian group Hamas in Doha aims to intimidate Tehran but also sows unease among Arab states, Israeli and American experts told Iran International.

Ali Larijani, Iran’s top security official, reacted to Israel’s strike on Qatar with a pointed message in Arabic on social media, casting the attack as a signal of Israel’s future ambitions for regional dominance.

China and Russia welcomed Iran’s deal with the UN nuclear watchdog to resume inspections, with Beijing calling it a positive step to ease tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program and Moscow urging European powers to halt their move to reimpose UN sanctions.

Families in Iran are voicing growing concerns over government policies that impose mandatory tuition fees even for public schools, making it increasingly difficult for parents to afford education for their children.

Pressure on President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government continues to mount despite explicit support from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who this week praised the president and his cabinet during a meeting in Tehran.

An Israeli-Russian academic abducted and held hostage by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq has been released, US President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Tuesday.

The US State Department, in a rare comment on Iran’s domestic financial policy, criticized a new law imposing capital gains taxes on real estate, vehicles, foreign currency, precious metals and cryptocurrencies, saying it would add to citizens’ hardships.

The UN nuclear watchdog says it has reached an agreement with Iran on the practical modalities to resume inspection activities in Iran, which were halted following the Israeli and US airstrikes on Iranian atomic facilities in June.

The so-called “Look East” strategy has become the latest point of contention in Tehran's fractious politics, with conservatives presenting it as a shield against Western isolation and reformists warning it risks overreliance on unreliable partners.

Facing a grinding crisis and mounting calls at home to change course before disaster strikes, Iran’s rulers still speak in a language that suggests they prefer the risks of war to the uncertainties of reform.

Iran on Tuesday condemned an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital Doha, calling the bombing of the Tehran-backed group's negotiating team a dangerous escalation to simmering Middle East tensions.

Iran has set up a suicide-prevention task force, the vice president for women and family affairs said on Monday, as the government prepares a national plan after rising cases among students and health workers.

Iran’s government said on Tuesday it does not currently have access to its stockpiles of enriched uranium following June’s 12-day war that devastated the country’s nuclear facilities, as its foreign minister traveled to Egypt for talks with the UN nuclear watchdog.

Nearly 22,000 Iranian gas centrifuges at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan were knocked out in June strikes, leaving “no identifiable route” to weapon-grade output at those plants, the Institute for Science and International Security said citing the UN nuclear watchdog’s latest reports.