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One hundred political prisoners and activists lambasted Iran’s latest crackdowns on mandatory hijab, branding it “hostile insistence on homogenizing people’s lifestyles”

Calls for action grew louder in Iran on Wednesday, following an announcement that Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi has been sentenced to death for supporting anti-regime protests in 2022.

Two weeks into the latest round of violent crackdowns on Iranian women refusing to wear the hijab, certain so-called reformist and moderate politicians and commentators are cautioning the state about its harsh approach.

An increasing number of Iranian politicians, media outlets, and senior clerics are voicing criticism of the government's handling of the country's worsening economic crisis.

A coalition vessel successfully engaged one anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM), which was launched from the Iranian-backed Houthi "terrorist-controlled areas" in Yemen over the Gulf of Aden, the US military said in a statement on Thursday.

Nearly half of Iran's population currently resides on or near areas prone to land subsidence, according to reports from the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.

Javad Karimi Ghoddusi, an Iranian lawmaker, again stirred international concern by asserting that Iran could elevate its uranium enrichment from 60 to 90 percent in just half a day.

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed into law the national security legislation passed by Congress that includes several Iran-related sanctions bills, such as the MAHSA Act penalizing Tehran's human rights violations.

Israeli artillery and fighter jet hit around 40 targets in southern Lebanon on Wednesday as intense fighting continued to escalate, with Hezbollah firing dozens of rockets at an Israeli border village.

The EU’s foreign policy chief has reiterated the bloc's refusal to label Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist entity, sparking further criticism by MEPs during Wednesday's plenary debate.

The Biden administration funded a research project involving an Iranian scientist from a university associated with Iran's illicit nuclear program, according to findings by United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI).

Amnesty International’s 2023 report on Iran details extensive human rights violations following the 2022 “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising including unlawful arrests and physical abuse.

Since last year's detente between Saudi Arabia and Iran, Saudi has reinstated pilgrimage flights, enabling 90,000 Iranians to participate in this year's Hajj pilgrimage.

One of the few female members of the Islamic Republic parliament has said that the April 13 missile attack on Israel will unify Iranians and help attract foreign investments.

Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was among the icons of Iran’s 2022 protests, has been sentenced to death on charge of “spreading corruption on earth.”

Protesters gathered at the Haft-e-Tir metro station in Tehran following the arrest of a woman over her defiance against Iran's mandatory hijab, successfully securing her release.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reiterated his support for Palestinian terror groups and militant proxies just days after the country's aerial bombardment aimed at Iran's archenemy Israel.

The Argentine government has requested Interpol to issue a red alert for the arrest of Iran's Interior Minister in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, killing 85 people.

Authorities in Iran have launched a fierce battle with Iranian women over the enforcement of mandatory hijab, a struggle that has reignited widespread condemnation of the government's heavy-handed tactics.

The United States intensified its actions against Iran on Tuesday, imposing sanctions on four individuals and two companies accused of conducting cyber-attacks for the Iranian military.

Residents of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran took to the street in protest after local police fatally shot a fuel smuggler and severely wounded another.