A recent directive limiting Afghan refugees' access to bakeries has sparked controversy in Iran, highlighting growing tensions over the rising influx of Afghan migrants against the backdrop of a struggling economy.
As global calls intensify to commemorate the second anniversary of Mahsa Jina Amini’s state-sanctioned killing, her family remains uncertain if security forces will permit a memorial ceremony in her hometown.
Ukraine's foreign ministry announced on Friday that since September 2022, Russia has launched 8,060 Iranian-made Shahed 136 suicide drones at Ukraine, as news of Iran’s missile deliveries to Russia dominated headlines this week.
Iranian short-range missiles newly delivered to Russia will enable it to hit frontline Ukrainian targets with better precision and free up existing weaponry for attacks farther into the country, Britain’s Defense Ministry said Friday.
Iran is winning against the Americans in the Red Sea, through their proxy the Houthis, said a former Royal Navy Commander during an episode of Iran International’s podcast Eye for Iran.
Two years after the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Jina Amini in the custody of Iran's so-called morality police, a UN Fact-Finding Mission report exposes the state's ongoing human rights abuses, particularly against women.
Iran has increased its activities at two nuclear sites that were key to its early nuclear weapons program two decades ago, according to a report by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS).
Iran’s security forces on Wednesday arrested Mina Soltani, the mother of Shahryar Mohammadi, a protester killed during the 2022 protests in Bukan, West Azarbaijan province.
Just a day before the fourth anniversary of the execution of champion Greco-Roman wrestler Navid Afkari, the Islamic Republic reportedly hanged a second decorated Greco-Roman wrestler, Morteza Yousefi, on Wednesday.
The European Union is weighing sanctions on Iran's aviation sector in response to Tehran's supply of ballistic missiles to Russia for use in the conflict in Ukraine.
US federal authorities are moving to charge individuals allegedly connected to the Iranian government for a hack-and-leak operation against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the Washington Post reports.
Three border guards were killed in an attack in southeastern Iran on Thursday, an assault claimed by the Sunni Islamist militant group Jaish al-Adl, according to Iran's state news agency.
The Iranian government has introduced a new €10 fee on international flights from Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran leading to allegations of government profiteering.
Former presidential daughter turned dissident, Faezeh Hashemi, has sparked controversy with her recent letter from Evin Prison. She accused "leftist and monarchist" prisoners of creating "an atmosphere of fear" and labeled their actions as "tyranny."
Russian president Vladimir Putin and senior defence official Sergei Shoigu received Iran’s national security council chief Ali Akbar Ahmadian in St. Petersburg on Thursday in a sign of deepening ties between the heavily sanctioned powers.
Afghanistan International, a news television channel, has issued a strong condemnation of the Taliban's satellite jamming activities, describing them as a direct assault on press freedom and the public's right to access information.
Israeli ground forces reportedly conducted a raid on an IRGC weapons facility in Syria earlier this week, marking the first known operation by Israeli troops in the country, according to news reports.
Iran has expanded its tactics of silencing critics by turning to criminal organizations like the Hells Angels to avoid detection of security services monitoring Iranian intelligence and security operatives, a report by The Washington Post says.
During his visit to Iraq, the Iranian president advocated for the formation of a European style borderless Islamic union while the very borders he suggests opening are hotbeds of smuggling and extremist infiltration.
Iran's government has admitted that the price of bread in Iran has increased by 40 to 66 percent, but more rises are predicted ahead amid the country's economic crisis.
Iranian filmmaker Maryam Moghadam has criticized Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, accusing him of leading society into a “swamp of hypocrisy” rather than towards growth and reform.