Iranian authorities hanged a man from a bridge on Thursday in the northeastern city of Esfarayen, a human rights organization reported, in the country’s first public execution of the year.
Tehran is open to talks with Washington but will not be bullied into them, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said, sounding a positive note on negotiations even after the country's Supreme Leader rejected the idea this month.
While a senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader rejected talks with the United States and urged Iranians to exercise "maximum patience" in response to US "maximum pressure," others called for restraint and diplomacy.
Iranian female singer Hiva Seyfizadeh was arrested during a live performance in Tehran on Thursday night after security forces raided the venue, whose audience included both men and women in defiance of the theocracy's gender-mixing laws.
Iran has welcomed the call for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to lay down its arms, viewing it as a significant step toward ending violence and promoting regional security.
Iran has paid a heavy price to maintain its influence in Iraq and Syria, yet its gains have been minimal compared to the costs, Turkey’s Foreign Minister said in an interview with Al Jazeera on Wednesday.
Hundreds of Iranian clerics will scan the skies with binoculars on Friday evening, perched atop hills or aboard airplanes, with a single mission: to report the sighting of the crescent moon to the country's Supreme Leader.
The Iranian government will raise diesel prices starting next month, Iran International has learned, in a move which could stoke unrest as economic malaise mounts.
Ahmad Zeidabadi, prominent commentator close to the Reformist camp in Tehran, has raised the alarm that President Masoud Pezeshkian's popularity is declining and that is dangerous for the country.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer warned that any peace agreement on Ukraine must not embolden Iran in a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday.
A former US Navy sailor has pleaded guilty in a Chicago federal court to plotting an attack on Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois purportedly on behalf of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), the Justice Department said on Thursday.
The Islamic Republic cannot be reformed and cannot offer democracy or freedom, Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi told the French weekly magazine Nouvel Obs.
Two US lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill urging the European Union to list Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization to present a united Western front against Tehran's military operations in the Middle East.
Iranian nationals were among the leading groups seeking asylum in the UK in 2024 and their number hit a new record, according to Home Office immigration data.
Fifteen key household items had increased in price by an average of 12% in just one month, a recent analysis by Iran International found, exposing a stark gap between official inflation figures and the reality faced by consumers.
Iranian President acknowledged public frustration over widespread blackouts and energy shortages, saying his government had become ashamed over its inability to deal with the issue.
Iran and Brazil have agreed to explore the use of their national currencies in bilateral trade, aiming to boost economic cooperation.
Iran's Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned recent Israeli air and ground attacks on southern Syria and the Damascus suburbs, urging a response from the international community and Islamic nations.
As Iran-backed plots in Israel continue to escalate, a man has been arrested as part of a mission to target the head of Shin Bet intelligence services and the country’s former defense minister.
More than 75% of registered voters in a Harvard-Harris poll said Iran’s “nuclear weapons facilities” should be destroyed, while over half support Israeli strikes to achieve that goal.
More than half of the tankers sanctioned three days ago by the United States for carrying Iran's oil have ceased operations outside Chinese or Iranians terminals, an investigation by Iran International reveals.