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Iran's security forces have imposed movement restrictions against former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sources confirmed to Iran International.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, Javaid Rehman, has labeled the mass executions of political prisoners in the 1980s as "genocide" and "crimes against humanity."

Four prisoners received a combined sentence of 33 years in prison and 518 lashes for a 2022 fire incident at Iran's notorious jail, rights group reported.

In the past 15 months, 30 workers in Iran have died in mine accidents and collapses amidst protests by thousands of miners over poor working conditions and wage grievances.

Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations has denied supporting its Yemeni militia, the Houthis, calling the claim "unfounded".

Iran's Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of a football coach accused of sexually assaulting eight boys with a retrial set to commence after winning an appeal.

Canada's official designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization has garnered global praise from political figures both inside and outside Iran.

Australian Senators have welcomed Canada's designation of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday and criticized the Australian government's refusal to do the same.

Mehdi Hosseini, Iran's former Deputy Minister of Oil, said oil sales have become easier under the Biden administration as Washington tries to keep gas prices low while the US elections approach.

Iran's foreign ministry has slammed the decision by Canada to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), calling it "ill considered and provocative" as it continues to deny its terror activities at home and abroad.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesperson reiterated last week that the Revolutionary Guard would refrain from any involvement in the election process despite the close affiliations of most candidates with the organization.

Iran is set to triple or even quadruple its uranium enrichment capacity at Fordow, one of the country's most secretive nuclear facilities, according to reports published by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) and the Washington Post on Wednesday.

Former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's presence in a TV program on Tuesday to support reformist candidate Massoud Pezeshkian's campaign has made waves on social media.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Wednesday that his forces, armed and trained by Iran, can target anywhere in Israel, in the event of a full-blown war.

Canada has listed Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a "terrorist entity", the country's public safety minister Dominic LeBlanc announced Wednesday afternoon.

Iran has been able “to impose” its power “on the enemy,” Hossein Salami, commander in chief of the Revolutionary Guard said in a public gathering with educators on Wednesday.

Masses of student, professional and civil activist groups have called for a boycott of the upcoming presidential election in Iran, slamming the candidates as "known criminals".

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser warned on Tuesday about the increasing espionage and cyber threats from foreign adversaries, particularly Russia, China, and Iran.

Iranian and Taliban officials have discussed potential "joint action" against Israel amid the war in Gaza and chances of a war between the Lebanese Hezbollah and Israel escalating.

Ahmadreza Jalali, an Iranian-Swedish scientist currently sentenced to death in Iran, has reproached the Swedish Prime Minister for abandoning him in the recent prisoner exchange with Tehran.

Human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been handed another year in prison on charges of "propaganda against the system" as she continues to fight the government from behind bars.