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Prominent Iranian satirist and author Ebrahim Nabavi died by suicide in Maryland on Tuesday night, his family said in a statement to Iran International.

The United States should not rule out any arrangement with Iran that leads to peace and security in the Middle East, president-elect Donald Trump’s pick for state secretary Senator Marco Rubio said on Wednesday.

A widespread network of brokers online are working to facilitate a trade in eggs, sperm, embryos and surrogate wombs, Iranian newspaper Ham-Mihan reported in an investigation.

Decisions concerning Iran's nuclear doctrine are made exclusively by the nation’s highest authorities, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said on Wednesday.

Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire deal to end the Gaza war, US President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday, over 15 months after the October 7 attack by Iran-backed militants triggered the bloody conflict.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig, the latest film made by Iranian dissident filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, has been nominated in BAFTA's hotly contested Film Not In The English Language category.

While many analysts agree that Iran finds itself in a weakened position, a conservative commentator inside Iran claims that the unstable situation might shift in Tehran's favour.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has arrived in Tajikistan for his first foreign visit of 2025.

Ahmadreza Jalali, an Iranian-Swedish scientist currently sentenced to death in Iran, accused the Swedish government of neglecting his case in an audio message from Evin Prison.

Iran’s navy unveiled its first signals intelligence (SIGINT) vessel, Zagros, on Wednesday, said to be designed for electronic surveillance and cyber intelligence operations.

The latest US sanctions targeting Russian and Iranian oil could significantly disrupt Russia's oil supply chains, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its monthly report on Wednesday.

US President-elect Donald Trump needs to show he will keep his word before Iran will consider talks with his administration, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told reporters on Wednesday.

Iran's foreign minister ruled out direct talks with the United States about its disputed nuclear program but emphasized Tehran’s readiness for what he called dignified discussions.

Iran did not plot President-elect Donald Trump's assassination, President Masoud Pezeshkian told NBC, denying allegations by the US Justice Department.

Israel planted explosives in centrifuge technology Iran bought for its nuclear program, veteran diplomat and vice president Mohammad Javad Zarif said, alleging an apparently unknown attempted attack by the Islamic Republic's arch-enemy.

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi says Tehran is ready to engage in negotiations with Europe regarding Ukraine. However, he emphasized that dialogue must be reciprocal.

Independent human rights experts working with the United Nations and a senior American official on Tuesday urged Iranian authorities to revoke a death sentence issued against Kurdish women's rights activist and social worker Pakhshan Azizi.

The cost of shipping oil from the Middle East to China surged by over a third in the wake of new US sanctions targeting 183 tankers carrying Russian and Iranian oil on Friday, according to a Reuters report.

The United States on Tuesday called on Iran to overturn the death sentence of an Iranian Kurdish aid worker and civil society activist, saying Pakhshan Azizi was sentenced to death following a "sham trial".

Iran has been reduced to its weakest point in decades, President Joe Biden said in a valedictory foreign policy speech on Monday, citing Tehran's dire economy, knocked-out air defenses and loss of Syria as an ally.

A comprehensive strategic partnership treaty will guide the relationship between Russia and Iran for the next two decades, according to a TASS news agency report on Tuesday, citing Iran's ambassador to Moscow.