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Iran’s Central Bank plans to sell foreign currencies next week in an effort to stabilize the rial, which has been losing value against the US dollar and other major currencies.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met with D-8 Secretary-General Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam on Thursday, calling for a joint investment fund to drive the organization’s goals.

The Iranian Embassy in France announced Thursday that it is actively investigating the deaths of two Iranian citizens in a shooting in northern France.

Iran's minister of economy has been summoned to parliament for questioning due to currency fluctuations and their negative impact on the economy and people’s livelihoods, MP Abbas Goudarzi said Thursday.

Israel launched a series of airstrikes across Yemen on Thursday morning targeting key infrastructure in territories controlled by Iran’s Houthi allies in the wake of a missile strike overnight.

Iran's Supreme National Security (SNSC) may have shelved the controversial new hijab law, some lawmakers and the media outlets in Tehran say, most likely with the consent of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

The US State Department said on Wednesday that its ongoing sanctions have played a significant role in the sharp devaluation of the Iranian rial to record lows against the US dollar.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has traveled to Egypt to attend an economic summit in a rare visit that may signal thawing relations between the Islamic Republic and the Arab world's most populous nation.

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations urged the Iranian people to seize what he described as a historic opportunity to bring down the Islamic Republic and what he described as its "Shi'ite supremacist empire".

Iran on Wednesday rejected a sweeping United Nations General Assembly resolution condemning Tehran's human rights record the day before, calling it shameful and hypocritical.

Two men accused of stabbing an Iran International TV presenter appeared in court on Wednesday in London, a day after being extradited from their native Romania.

Iran is backing Sudanese army forces with weapons and drones in a grueling civil war, according to a Bloomberg report, and Tehran along with Russia is seeking military bases in Port Sudan on the Red Sea.

The European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA) has issued an urgent request for international intervention on behalf of Iranian human rights activist Reza Khandan, the husband of prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh.

Former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has criticized the newly approved hijab law, saying that it "aligns neither with the Constitution, nor with justice, nor with the Quran and Islamic culture."

The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization on Wednesday criticized the director of the UN nuclear watchdog for making what he described as provocative statements regarding Tehran’s nuclear program.

Iran's response against Israel will be executed at a time and under circumstances deemed appropriate, Iran's Revolutionary Guards Deputy Commander Ali Fadavi said on Wednesday.

Severe humiliation and abuse in schools are driving Iranian students to contemplate or attempt suicide, interviews conducted by Iran International reveal.

Iran’s oil minister denied reports on Wednesday that oil exports have declined, even as the Iranian currency continued its downward spiral and the country faced acute shortages of natural gas and electricity.

Ministers from the UK and Australia on Monday condemned Iran’s attacks on Israel, its supply of missiles and UAVs, and growing military ties with Russia at the Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN) in London.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have tightened control over the country's oil industry and now manage up to half of exports, funding its military capabilities and those of armed allies across the Middle East according to a Reuters report.

At least six prisoners were executed at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj on Wednesday, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).