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Iran's ambassador to the United Nations on Wednesday urged the Security Council to hold Israel accountable for what he described as its destabilization of Syria.

The sudden departure of Bashar al-Assad from Damascus to Moscow exposed deep divisions between Iran’s government and its people. While state loyalists viewed the event as disastrous, many ordinary Iranians rejoiced in it with renewed hope.

Mehran Abtahi was a 37-years-old newlywed studying to become an environmental engineer at a Canadian university when his life was tragically taken from him.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Wednesday told the Iraqi prime minister that Tehran-backed militias should be strengthened and the United States must be ejected.

Families of the victims of Flight PS752 say they plan to release an investigative film about the downing of the passenger jet five years ago, as part of their ongoing effort to hold Tehran accountable for the tragedy.

Ali Khamenei rebuked proponents of renewed talks with the United States under President Donald Trump, warning of intractable American hostility.

A man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of Iran International presenter Pouria Zeraati in London last year, police in London announced Wednesday.

On Friday, the Tehran division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is set to hold a military exercise involving 110,000 paramilitary Basij forces. According to an IRGC spokesperson, the drill is designed to prepare for any potential threats against the capital.

Newspaper journalist and podcaster Cecilia Sala, 29, who had been arrested on unspecified charges last month in Iran, returned home after Tehran released her on Wednesday.

In recent letters from Tehran’s Evin prison, at least three political prisoners have described singing and dancing as acts of defiance against the system that has imprisoned them—or sentenced them to death—for their peaceful activities.

Hardliners in the Iranian parliament are determined to impeach four cabinet ministers just five months after the government’s formation, during an unprecedented economic crisis.

Iraq's prime minister emphasized the need for stability in Syria during a joint press conference with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran on Wednesday, his first visit since Islamist rebels in neighboring Syria toppled the decades-old rule of the Assad dynasty.

Iran will relocate its capital to the southern coastal region of Makran, the government spokeswoman said on Tuesday, in an ambitious plan aimed at bypassing Tehran’s enduring overpopulation, power shortages and water scarcity.

Photos released by Iran's state media show Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi crying after receiving a ring belonging to former IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani as an award for his service.

Tehran has no plan to acquire a nuclear bomb since Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has forbidden it on religious grounds, Iran's president said on Tuesday.

US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is not "stupid" to answer a question on the possibility of a US attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Iran has made strides in recovering portions of its blocked financial assets, foreign minister Abbas Araghchi announced, while emphasizing that billions remain inaccessible due to international sanctions.

Iran says it has postponed its plan to send human to space because of technical and financial challenges.

Women in Iran are being killed at alarming rates, with rights groups reporting an average of one woman killed every other day in 2024.

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations says the Jewish state will keep supporting the Iranian nation's fight against the Islamic Republic.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Iran remains the Jewish state’s greatest threat as the country evaluates its latest defense budget.