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Two Achaemenid era artefacts that were smuggled out of Iran have been sold on the black market in Dubai for a fraction of their true value.

Prices of essential goods in Iran have increased sharply in recent months, with some food items more than doubling, while official government statistics report only a 2% rise.

Iran is in a state of limbo as no one can know whether the country is moving toward negotiations or war - a choice which rests with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has hinted at and cautioned about potential negotiations with the United States, maintaining his long-held strategy of calculated ambiguity.

The director of the Swedish Institute for International Policy has been linked to a Tehran-directed influence network, according to a Swedish TV investigation relying on emails provided by Iran International.

President Donald Trump’s executive order last Monday to freeze all foreign aid funding has split US senators, some of whom see a welcome return to fiscal discipline and others see a threat to critical foreign policy priorities.

Mauritius urged the United States to finalize a deal ceding sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, vowing not to let any third party overrun the Indian Ocean territory - in a likely reference to Western adversaries Iran and China.

An Iranian court of appeals has upheld the 10-year prison sentence for Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh, a former employee of a US government-funded broadcaster, his lawyer announced on X.

Iran plans to use artificial intelligence to develop smart governance to secure a place among the world's top ten nations in the field, according to an IRGC commander.

The use of poorly refined gasoline, a major source of air pollution in Iran, is driving the country's cancer crisis, a Mashhad University of Medical Sciences professor has warned.

Iran's Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Javad Zarif criticized US influence on the country's foreign policy, calling it an obstacle that must be removed.

To stabilize soaring potato prices, Iran is importing 50,000 tons of the staple vegetable, according to Iran’s deputy agricultural minister.

US President Donald Trump's latest remarks on Iran, which downplayed the likelihood of military conflict and suggested possible dialogue, have prompted some Tehran insiders to favor direct talks and a potential agreement with his administration.

Iran's political establishment continues to send mixed signals on its openness to talks with Washington, as the deputy speaker of parliament said Wednesday that Tehran supports negotiations, while a leading hardline newspaper doubled-down on its opposition.

Iran's president says the Islamic Republic has not received any messages from US President Donald Trump yet.

Narges Mohammadi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and prominent human rights activist, has described the No to Execution Tuesdays campaign by female prisoners as a "civil movement capable of expanding across Iran".

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched a new loitering unmanned aerial vehicle called Rezvan during drills held by its ground forces, according to state-run media.

Iranian media and political commentators have criticized Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s official visit to Kabul on Sunday, arguing that Tehran has not yet formally recognized the Taliban government.

The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs said Iran poses an ongoing threat to international peace as the bloc called for a halt to executions and urged Tehran to align with international human rights standards.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei urged Iranian officialdom to know their enemy when negotiating and to make deals accordingly, in cryptic remarks some commentators viewed as a tacit endorsement of talks with the United States.

Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi urged US President Donald Trump not to give in to feigned pragmatism by the Islamic Republic which succeeded his ousted father, warning that such a move would perpetuate tyranny and terrorism.