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Donald Trump’s second presidency could accomplish peace in the Middle East and his son-in-law Jared Kushner is the ticket, one American academic and Trump insider told Iran International.

Retired educators from provinces nationwide gathered outside Tehran’s Ministry of Education on Sunday, protesting unpaid end-of-service compensation and demanding action on delayed pensions.

Five Revolutionary Guard forces were killed after insurgents attacked a border outpost in the restive Sistan-Baluchestan province in southeastern Iran, in the latest case of ping-pong clashes between the two sides over the past few weeks, local authorities announced.

Revelations of major high-level corruption by a former lawmaker have shaken Iran’s political landscape, with many viewing the exposure as a tactic to bolster Mojtaba Khamenei’s candidacy to succeed his father as Supreme Leader.

New polling data reveals an equal divide among Israel’s Jewish population over the intensity of last month’s retaliatory airstrikes on Iran, while most Arab respondents consider the bombardment too weak.

In response to a deepening energy crisis, electricity distribution companies in Tehran and other provinces announced rolling blackouts for residential and commercial areas starting Sunday.

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will visit Iran on Wednesday, with consultations with Iranian officials set to begin the following day, Iranian state media reported on Sunday.

An increasing number of Iranian doctors and nurses are leaving the profession or emigrating, mainly due to very low wages, raising concerns about a serious shortage of healthcare workers.

After initially downplaying the significance of Trump’s election on Iran, Tehran’s state-controlled media has shifted focus, now emphasizing the importance of lifting US sanctions for the country’s well-being.

Iran's foreign minister on Saturday dismissed allegations about Iran's involvement in a plot to assassinate US President-elect Donald Trump, calling it a fabricated scenario.

Elon Musk, the American billionaire and close ally of President-elect Donald Trump in the 2024 US president elections, has praised "talented Iranians" who have immigrated to America, amid concerns over the incoming administration’s potential tougher stance on immigration.

Tehran media carried headlines on Saturday that Iran is set to announce a nationwide blackout schedule, with power cuts planned from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting Sunday, due to fuel shortages.

President Masoud Pezeshkian's government has intensified its crackdown on the press, with the Defending Free Flow of Information in Iran (DeFFI) reporting a wave of judicial and security measures impacting 78 journalists and media outlets in its first 100 days.

Tehran must proceed with a nuclear test at the earliest opportunity, an Iranian lawmaker said on Saturday, amid reports in Tehran media of an intercontinental ballistic missile test.

Iran, facing a tougher US stance in Donald Trump’s second term, warns that the conflict in West Asia could trigger wider instability, with repercussions that may extend beyond the region's borders.

An official in Jake Sullivan's office leaked information about Saudi Israeli peace talks just before the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023, a US academic who assisted Jared Kushner in the Abraham Accords, told Iran International.

Donald Trump won. Some Iranians are thrilled, seeing him as a catalyst for the collapse of the Islamic Republic. Others are gutted, thinking Kamala Harris would have meant less sanctions and some relief from unbearable economic pressure.

A female teenage student in southern Iran died by suicide after facing violence and threats from her school principal, a teacher's union said, marking the second such incident in a week.

US President-elect Trump must realize that killing is in the DNA of the Islamic Republic when weighing any deal with Tehran, an outspoken Iranian dissident warned after US authorities released details of a murder-for-hire plot targeting them both.

The US Justice Department on Friday unsealed murder-for-hire charges against an Afghan national it said was tasked by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps with assassinating former President Donald Trump.

A group of Iranian activists staged an artistic protest in London to honor a female student who recently disrobed to her underwear at a Tehran university in an apparent protest at Islamic dress code enforcement.