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Air pollution in Iran claimed the lives of over 30,000 people and cost the country an estimated $12 billion in last Iranian year, according to the Ministry of Health.

Farzaneh Bijanipour, a prisoner held in the notorious Qarchak Prison in southern Tehran, passed away on Saturday evening due to lack of medical care, a Norway-based human rights organization reported on Sunday.

A member of Theology Faculty at Iran's University of Tabriz has raised concerns about sperm collection practices at some Iranian infertility clinics, citing religious objections to masturbation.

Police in a southern Iranian town used pepper spray to disperse a protest on Sunday against the seizure of lands by administrators of a major shrine, in the latest demonstration to be quelled by force.

Reports about the Iranian government plans to move the capital to Makran has only driven up prices and failed to improve living conditions, according to a former member of parliament representing the region.

Italian authorities on Sunday released Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi, a 38-year-old Swiss-Iranian wanted on terrorism charges by the US, Iran's Judiciary said, a few days after the Islamic Republic released an Italian journalist detained in Tehran after Abedini's arrest in Milan.

Fatah, the ruling authority in the West Bank, has criticized Hamas for aligning itself with Iran, accusing the group of jeopardizing Palestinian interests and resources.

Iran's Culture Minister on Sunday expressed concern over the rising popularity of South Korean music among Iranian youth. "Where did we go wrong, and where are we going wrong, that we are changing Iran's musical taste in this way?" Abbas Salehi said.

The Iranian military kicked off a large-scale air defense exercise on Sunday, codenamed "Eqtedar" (Might), spanning the country's western and northern air defense zones.

Iran has announced plans to launch a satellite constellation in the coming months amid growing concerns over its ballistic missile program.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has addressed the public's growing distrust in the government amid an economic crisis and energy shortages that have fueled widespread despair among the population.

Iran has begun shipping oil stored in China with Beijing's approval, sources told The Wall Street Journal, about two weeks after Iran International reported Tehran's determination to sell off the supplies ahead of harsher sanctions expected under Donald Trump.

Iran's Reformists are calling on President Masoud Pezeshkian to take action against other power centers that prevented Mohammad Khatami, their de facto leader, from attending a public event on Thursday.

Sixty-eight political prisoners across multiple Iranian prisons have sounded the alarm over the imminent execution of three fellow inmates, highlighting the escalating number of executions in the country.

Iran's government on Saturday expressed its preparedness to help the authorities in the United States contain the ongoing fires in California.

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says Ankara seeks to strengthen ties with its eastern neighbor and expects Tehran to support its fight against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

Iran's hardline media described the Los Angeles fire as an act of divine anger and a punishment for the United States' support of Israel in the Gaza conflict.

A member of the US House of Representatives has called for enhancement of Washington's defense capabilities in response to Tehran's unveiling of a new loitering munition drone.

An IRGC General has acknowledged that a highly publicized large-scale drill conducted by the paramilitary Basij forces on Friday in Tehran failed to attract significant participation, despite the provision of free food and gifts.

Severe natural gas shortages forced the closure of government offices and schools across nearly two-thirds of Iran’s provinces on Saturday, amid declining production and high winter consumption.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will visit Moscow on January 17 to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and sign a strategic cooperation agreement, the Iranian Embassy announced.