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Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei faces numerous challenges with few possible options as he struggles to digest Donald Trump’s return to the presidency, which he did not expect.

An IRGC officer was killed Friday in an armed attack on a military exercise in Iran’s restive Sistan-Baluchestan province which also left four assailants dead and three civilians injured, state media reported.

President-elect Donald Trump’s high-level appointments may signal the direction and tone of his policies toward Iran's Islamic government in the coming weeks, though he has shared little about his immediate intentions.

As Iran's oil exports sharply declined in October amid Israeli threats to its oil facilities, Donald Trump’s US election victory signals the potential for stricter sanctions enforcement next year.

Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely herald a tougher line on Iran, with Trump and his prospective administration officials signaling a return of their so-called maximum pressure policy only two days after their election victory.

The Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader and other top officials, with the exception of the President, have so far refrained from commenting on the outcome of the US presidential elections and its implications for Iran.

Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 US election has sent a palpable wave of desperation, masked by defiance, rippling through Iran and its regional proxies.

Satellite imagery revealed six heavy B52 bombers were moved to Qatar this week after more US forces and air defenses were already stationed in Israel ahead as Iran pledged to strike the Jewish State.

An Iranian lawmaker behind parliamentary efforts to restrict internet access for citizens has defended his and other officials’ frequent use of banned social media apps, claiming it is necessary to “defend” the establishment.

Iranian nurses protested across Iran on Thursday leaving several facilities minimally staffed as the government fails to address the country's healthcare crisis.

Donald Trump’s former special envoy for Iran is managing the president-elect's hiring for the state department, US news outlets reported, likely signaling a tough policy on Iran.

Some Iran International viewers inside the country expressed cautious optimism about Donald Trump’s re-election, hoping his return might increase US pressure on the Islamic Republic, while others remained skeptical.

The outcome of the US election is irrelevant to Tehran, which will continue its inclusive approach in international relations, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday.

When an Iranian university student stripped down to her underwear—a move that drew global attention from figures like Richard Branson to Nobel Peace laureates—her protest refocused attention on the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday announced that Iran International along with BBC Persian and other media in exile covering Iran had been shortlisted for their annual Press Freedom Award for courage.

Minutes after Donald Trump declared victory, hardline Iranian lawmaker Ahmad Naderi summed up the establishment’s stance: “We have a blood feud against Trump!”—a reference to his 2020 order to kill Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani.

The female university student who shed her clothing on Saturday in an apparent protest over Islamic dress code enforcement was not expelled and is now undergoing treatment, an Iranian minister said on Wednesday without providing details.

Iranian politicians and activists predict tougher days for President Masoud Pezeshkian after Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections and prospects of negotiations to lift sanctions waning.

Israel’s right-wing coalition has welcomed Donald Trump’s victory amid recent threats of more attacks from Iran and a significant government overhaul in Israel alongside the US elections.

The US watchdog group, the Center to Advance Security in America (CASA), has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration accusing it of obstructing efforts to uncover details about the suspension of former US Iran envoy Robert Malley.

At the end of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's November 2 speech to a handpicked audience, a young man described by media as "a student" urged him to equip Iran with nuclear weapons. Khamenei replied, "Iran will be armed with whatever we need to confront the enemies."