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Mehdi Chamran, the head of Tehran City Council, has praised Iran's role in shaping conflicts across the Middle East amid the worst tensions to face the region in recent history.

The recent Assembly of Experts engineered elections in Iran reflect a notable shift in the assembly's composition, beyond just the disqualification of certain candidates.

Iran’s Ministry of Tourism has brought 20 Chinese influencers to Iran in an attempt to provide a positive picture of the regime on social media.

Iran’s former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized the government officials’ celebratory rhetoric concerning the recent elections, saying it was nothing but a failure.

Esmail Qaani, the commander of Iran's IRGC Quds Force, has pledged to oversee the reconstruction efforts in Gaza amid the strip's worst conflict since Iran-backed Hamas took over almost 20 years ago.

Iran’s parliament speaker has found himself in a weak political position after ranking fourth in the number of votes received in elections on March 1, dominated by radical right wingers.

Iranian state media outlets reported an explosion in a furnace of Aftab oil refinery of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on Thursday, killing at least one and leaving several people injured.

Activists in Iran have called on the United Nations to do more for women's rights in Iran, demanding an expansion to the fact finding mission established to investigate systematic abuses and gender based violence.

Political prisoner Mostafa Tajzadeh, held in the infamous Evin Prison, has been summoned to court again over new charges, his Telegram channel reported on Wednesday.

Iranian commentators abroad are deliberating on how the election of the new Assembly of Experts, responsible for selecting the Islamic Republic's next leader, will impact succession in Iran.

Sweden's Supreme Court rejected an appeal from former Iranian prison official Hamid Nouri, who faces life imprisonment for his role in the purge of dissidents in 1988.

A missile strike by Iran-backed Houthis killed two crew members of a cargo ship on Wednesday, US officials say, in the first fatal attack by the group in the Red Sea.

Reza Salehi Amiri, Iran's former Minister of Culture, blamed the government for the country's poverty crisis in a recent address.

Ahead of International Women’s Day, Amnesty International once more condemned Iranian authorities for its crackdown enforcing compulsory hijab laws.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency on Wednesday reported an attack on a US-owned merchant vessel south of Yemen, with coalition forces rendering assistance.

The US is expressing deep concern over Iran's expanded nuclear activities, urging Tehran to dilute its near-weapons-grade uranium.

Despite growing concern over Iran's support for Houthi militants in Yemen, a military adviser to the Supreme Leader has announced Iran's strategic focus on the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea.

Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has once again cautioned against placing excessive reliance on Russia, while the regime remains dependent on its fellow sanctioned ally.

About two weeks since the onset of floods in eastern Iran, closed roads and tens of thousands stranded without access to food and water have prompted the president to visit the region in response to widespread criticism.

The Iranian government has finally admitted that the son of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, applied for residency in Canada, but had his application denied.

US forces shot down an anti-ship ballistic missile and three unmanned aerial systems launched from Iranian-backed Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward the USS Carney in the Red Sea.