Iran's ex-President Mohammad Khatami warned Tehran may collapse or be toppled without urgent reforms, joining other Reformist figures who have sounded the alarm in recent days about popular anger over the ailing economy.
An Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday was downed by a Russian air defense system, four sources in Azerbaijan with knowledge of the investigation told Reuters.
Nearly 150 welders at Tehran Refinery have been fired, and 15 representatives of oil contract workers face dismissal for protesting unpaid wages and demanding better conditions as the government continues to quash dissent.
The sons of a former high-ranking Iranian judiciary official have been sentenced to a combined total of over 25 years in prison for their involvement in a financial corruption case.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called for regional and global peace as the country's armed allies around the region continue to weaken.
At least 31 prisoners were hanged in various Iranian prisons in one week. Another prisoner on death row also committed suicide in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj this week, according to human rights reports.
Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei predicted a revival of Syrian resistance within a year, citing opposition to foreign occupation, external aggression, and internal authoritarianism.
Energy shortages have forced the shutdown of kilns at 22 cement factories across Iran, disrupting production and threatening supply to the construction industry, one of the country's few industries to have witnessed growth in 2024.
Members of Tehran's City Council had voted to rename Bisotoun Street after the slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. However, following a strong backlash, a member of the Council’s presiding board announced that the street’s name would remain unchanged.
The Israeli prime minister said Wednesday Yemen's Houthi militants will learn the lesson fellow Iran-backed militant groups like Hamas and Hezbollah learned from the Jewish state.
A day after the Iranian government announced the lifting of restrictions on WhatsApp and Google Play, media and users erupted in outrage, accusing it of hypocrisy following the release of a 32-point plan to tighten and compartmentalize Internet access.
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has drawn parallels between the oppressive system described in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and the systemic control of women in Iranian society.
Russia has called on the UN nuclear watchdog to adopt an impartial approach to the monitoring of Tehran's nuclear facilities, after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned Tehran is rapidly nearing the position of a nuclear state.
Israel's top military commander has issued a warning to Iran and its armed regional allies against further attacks on the Jewish state, saying that Israel is prepared to respond at a time and place of its choosing.
Iranian authorities have taken legal action against the officials of a boys' school in Babol, northern Iran, after a video showing students engaged in a group dance went viral.
While the US dollar reached a new high against Iran’s currency on Wednesday, an economist warned that without an agreement with Washington soon, inflation could climb above 40% before the Iranian New Year in March.
A company affiliated with Iran's Ministry of Agriculture has been found to have imported 60,000 tons of sub-standard rice for national reserves, potentially costing the government millions of Euros.
A member of the Iranian parliament’s economic committee said on Wednesday that the administration has raised the official exchange rate of foreign currencies to generate revenue at the public's expense,warning of a looming inflationary wave.
Syria’s new administration is preparing a $300 billion compensation demand against Iran for damages caused during its support for ousted President Bashar al-Assad, according to Lebanese outlet Al-Modon on Tuesday.
The world is witnessing a period of significant regional setbacks and retreats for the Islamic Republic. After two decades of massive financial expenditures and international isolation, Tehran’s strongholds and allies are crumbling one by one across the region.
Syria’s new foreign minister warned Iran not to destabilize the country's fragile calm after a call by Iran’s Supreme Leader for Syrian youth to rise up against the new Sunni Islamist rulers.