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Iran's health ministry has introduced a hotline aimed at dissuading citizens from having abortions as the theocratic system attempts to confront slowing population growth.

Iran’s influence in Lebanon was dealt another blow with the election of US and Arab-backed General Joseph Aoun as the country's new president, months after Tehran's armed ally Hezbollah was mauled by Israel in a 14-month war.

A Swiss national facing espionage charges committed suicide in prison, a local judiciary official said on Thursday, without identifying the individual or elaborating on the case.

Amnesty International has condemned Iran's Supreme Court for upholding the conviction and death sentence of Kurdish activist Pakhshan Azizi, calling her trial and punishment unjust.

The leader of the Japanese crime syndicate Yakuza has pleaded guilty in a Manhattan federal court to conspiring to traffic uranium and weapons-grade plutonium to an informant posing as an Iranian general, according to US authorities.

Around 30,000 general practitioners in Iran are unwilling to practice due to low doctor's fees, according to Mohammad Raiszadeh, head of the Medical Council.

The Islamic Republic of Iran and Taliban-run Afghanistan - two pariah powers squeezed by the United States and weary from confronting it – have made unlikely common cause.

A day after Iran’s Supreme Leader urged officials to dismiss US demands, a conservative newspaper in Tehran advocated for negotiations, describing them as the only viable path to addressing the country’s economic crisis.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has unveiled its latest loitering munition drone, the Rezvan, during the ongoing military drills codenamed Great Prophet 19.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Thursday that she had no information if US tech billionaire Elon Musk was involved in the release of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala from detention in Iran.

Gunmen killed a border guard on Thursday in Mirjaveh County, located in Iran's restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, state-run media reported.

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev criticized Iran for a slew of alleged affronts, in a sign of mounting tension between the neighbors, including a jibe by a preacher accusing Baku of conspiring with Israel.

Two senior IRGC commanders said this week that the Islamic Republic is currently unable to retaliate against Israel's October air strikes due to financial constraints and the loss of key regional ally Syria.

The United States has not made any formal extradition request for Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini, who is detained in Milan, Italy's justice minister said in an interview published on Thursday.

The Canadian government said Wednesday it continues to call on Tehran to take full responsibility for its actions, including by making reparation for the harm caused by the downing of the Ukrainian Flight PS752 in 2020.

Iran is pivoting toward arming Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank following the downfall of Tehran’s ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Israel’s Defense Minister said on Tuesday.

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.