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The Iranian government continues to spotlight pro-Palestinian student protests in the US and Europe aiming to bolster its international image amidst waning domestic support.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak paid homage to jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi and Iran International’s host Pouria Zeraati ahead of world press freedom day.

After weeks of intensified and renewed crackdown to enforce the mandatory hijab in Iran, ‘reformist’ women activists have condemned it as a smokescreen to distract from the state’s own governing failures.

Iran’s former President Mohammad Khatami has slammed the government over the country's skyrocketing inflation rate, now exceeding 52%, marking an 80-year high.

The Tehran municipality is embroiled in controversy over several multi-million-euro contracts with Chinese companies.

Iran is grappling with a dire housing shortfall with an annual need for one million homes but only 200,000 being constructed.

Iran will face a slowdown in economic growth in the coming years, the International Monetary Fund’s latest report suggests, as US sanctions and mismanagement decrease national income.

The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards naval forces has again warned that Iran will seize oil tankers in case of any further seizures of Iranian oil vessels in the context of ongoing US sanctions.

Babak Zanjani, an Iranian oil sales intermediary who was previously sentenced to death for embezzling billions in oil revenue, will instead now serve a 20-year prison sentence.

Islamic scholar Sedigheh Vasmaghi was released from Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on Monday after having since lost her sight and suffered life-threatening heart issues.

Iran-backed Houthis said they launched three separate attacks in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean Monday, including on two US warships, in what seems to be a clear uptick in the group’s operations.

The Iranian government's ongoing crackdown against non-governmental charitable organizations has struck another blow, resulting in the closure of the Mehre Shams Afarid NGO safe house.

German airline Lufthansa has announced the extension of its flight cancellations to Tehran until May 9, citing ongoing security concerns.

The new EU-US coordinated sanctions against Iran in the aftermath of Iran-Israel April 13-19 conflict is a notable development whose efficacious enforcement remains as elusive as ever.

During his visit to Saudi Arabia, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized the importance of increased collaboration with and among the Persian Gulf states to develop an integrated defense strategy aimed at countering Iran's regional influence.

A container ship traveling the Red Sea was damaged after a missile attack reportedly by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels Monday, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center reported Monday.

An Indian publishing house has issued an apology following backlash over a sixth-grade school textbook including Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, as one of the “most evil men in history.”

A report from the German newspaper Bild says a Düsseldorf-based subsidiary of Iran's Mapna Group -- Mapna Europe -- may be involved in circumventing international sanctions.

Two US lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration on the use of cryptocurrency to evade sanctions in Russia, Iran and North Korea.

Mo'oud Shamkhani, former deputy head of Iran's Arvand Free Zone and nephew of a prominent Iranian official, has been arrested on charges of financial corruption totaling $2.1 billion.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani revealed on Monday that a North Korean delegation attended a Tehran expo last week, engaging in discussions on bilateral trade with both Iranian government officials and the private sector.