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Prominent filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof explained that the reason he recently fled Iran was to share the brutal truth of life under Iran’s theocratic regime.

German flagship airline Lufthansa has declared a continued suspension of its flights to and from Tehran until June 16, responding to ongoing instability in the Middle East.

British security firm Ambrey said on Saturday it had received information that a Panama-flagged crude oil tanker had been attacked approximately 10 nautical miles southwest of Yemen's Mokha.

In the early hours of Saturday, five Iranians convicted of drug-related offenses were hanged at Urmia Central Prison, northwest of Iran, as authorities have significantly accelerated executions.

Biden administration officials held indirect talks with representatives of the Iranian government in Oman this week, to discuss regional issues, Axios reported on Friday.

The Biden administration has amended federal regulations to exempt internet communications services from Iran sanctions, allowing Iranians to access certain American software, hardware and services.

Former President Hassan Rouhani’s chief of staff claims that the IRGC concealed the truth about the downing of Flight PS752 from Rouhani for three days, while authorities attributed the crash to technical issues.

While hardliner factions in Iran's new parliament are vying for the Speakership, an aide to former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims this competition is not the main event in Iran's political landscape.

Iranian authorities arrested over 260 people, including three Europeans, at what authorities called a "Satanist" gathering near Tehran on Friday, the semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported.

Activists are warning that a Jewish-Iranian man may face execution after an act of self-defense resulted in the death of an Iranian Muslim in the southwestern city of Kermanshah.

Iran trains proxies directly inside its borders through the Imam Ali Unit, as detailed by Iranian state media, exposing a once clandestine wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Prominent conservative politician Mohammad Reza Bahonar says that government funds are scarce and oil sales alone cannot meet the country’s basic needs, adding to the recent criticism of President Ebrahim Raisi's economic policies.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said they downed a US MQ9 drone on Thursday evening over the southeastern province of Maareb, the group's military spokesman said on Friday.

Iranian authorities have implemented drone surveillance on Kish Island in the south to enforce the country’s mandatory hijab laws, as shown in a video released by Iranian media.

Amnesty International is warning of the imminent execution of Kurdish Sunni prisoner Kamran Sheikheh, the last survivor of seven men arbitrarily condemned to death, highlighting the continued escalation in the country's execution spree.

Turkey has signed an agreement with Azerbaijan to import and transit Turkmen natural gas, excluding Iran from Turkmen gas east-west land transit routes to the Mediterranean and Europe.

As Iranian authorities violently clamp down on women refusing to wear the hijab, the minister of culture appeared to justify the mandate by citing carvings in ancient Persepolis showing women in "appropriate clothing."

Several countries are interested in purchasing Israel's Arrow air defense systems that helped thwart Iran's massive missile and drone attack last month, said the developer's chief executive.

Senator Jim Risch, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, suggested Thursday that his committee might issue a subpoena to get details about what led to the downfall of former Iran envoy, Robert Malley.

Iran's interior minister has raised an outcry not only for approving the violent arrest of a woman for hijab violation but also claiming that catching the woman in a blanket, was “according to protocols”.

Hassan Rouhani has accused the Khamenei-appointed Guardian Council of undermining democracy and diminishing the people's role in elections by vetoing candidates with disapproved political views.