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The University of Tehran's President Mohammad Moghimi has officially confirmed the increased presence of hijab enforcers at the capital's campus.

Political activist Abbas Abdi has slammed the recent deployment of police and hijab patrols in Tehran's metro stations, aiming to enforce mandatory hijab regulations.

Iran’s foreign ministry on Monday denied Israeli claims that Tehran was involved in the seizure of a British-owned and Japanese-operated cargo ship in the Red Sea by Yemen's Houthis.

Iran’s exiled prince Reza Pahlavi has revealed that his father Mohammad-Reza planned to pass the throne to him just before the monarchy fell in the 1979 revolution.

A House Committee has initiated an inquiry into the role of Hossein Mousavian at Princeton University, suspecting him of advancing Iran's interests.

In a rare recognition of the country the regime has until now refused to name, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has once again called for a swift end to Israel.

The chancellor of a university on Iran's Kish Island has reportedly resigned following a graduation ceremony where female students appeared without head-coverings, defying hijab rules.

Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, has urged Muslim states with political connections to Israel to temporarily sever ties as a result of its attacks on Gaza.

Iranian actress Hanieh Tavassoli has been handed a six-month prison sentence for content shared on social media amidst worsening crackdowns.

The Israeli military said on Sunday that Yemen's Houthis had seized a cargo ship in the southern Red Sea as it was sailing from Turkey to India, calling this "a very grave incident on a global level".

The firebrand Hossein Shariatmadari, the editor of the flagship Khamenei-funded hardliner newspaper Kayhan, decried talk of a two state solution in the Palestine-Israel conflict.

The Commander of the Iraqi Border Patrol has finished the construction of over 100 observation towers along the borders of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq with Iran.

Morteza Aqa-Tehrani, a leader of Iran’s hardliner Paydari party, holding the majority in the parliament (Majles), demands more seats in the next election in March.

Political prisoner Mahboubeh Rezaei, has reacted to her 26-year jail term in Evin Prison under charges of undermining national security with a vow to continue her activism.

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi has been released from prison after over a year of imprisonment, including 252 days in solitary confinement, upon posting bail.

Iran-backed Iraqi militia dismissed US sanctions a day after it was announced by the Biden administration, calling it “ridiculous”.

Iranians are expressing outrage on social media over the renaming of two beloved pre-Islamic festivals, viewed as an attempt to erode "ancient Iranian culture."

Reza Morad Sahraei, the Minister of Education in the Islamic Republic of Iran, insists on the need for gender-specific school curricula.

Iran’s former vice president under Hassan Rouhani, Es’haq Jahangiri, has been sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for “false accusations against the parliament speaker.”

A US jury has convicted two Texas men of trying to sell Iranian petroleum in violation of sanctions imposed by Washington and of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

An Iranian official has acknowledged that the country’s net electricity export has reached zero, due to internal power deficit.