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An official from the Iranian ministry of education says students are no longer required to learn English, but Arabic is still mandatory.

The police in Tehran arrested Mohammed Sadeghi, a young actor, during a raid on his home in an effort to clamp down on the anti-hijab movement.

A famous victim of Iran's hijab rules, Sepideh Rashno has published details of how she was assaulted by several agents in her apartment last July, that electrified public opinion before the death of now famous Mahsa Amini.

Tens of former Iranian ambassadors and senior diplomats have issued a statement warning about the perils of Iran’s controversial pro-East foreign policy.

Tehran’s claims about Russia reiterating its support for Iran’s territorial integrity have been put in doubt by a Russian TASS news agency report.

A staunch opponent of Iran’s Supreme Leader who received a 10-month jail sentence has said he is ready to go to prison “in Ali Khamenei’s dictatorial regime.”

The ‘morality’ police in Iran have returned to the streets of Tehran and other cities ahead of the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death in police custody.

A woman should wash corpses for burial and an actress must attend counseling “to cure her anti-social personality disorder” for flouting the hijab.

A US senator hailed legislation passed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to support action against Iran's killing of protesters and systematic persecution of women.

Iran's former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran has the wrong understanding of its relations with Russia, which is based on miscalculations.

Iran’s energy minister says Tehran will not compromise the rights of the nation regarding its water share from the Hirmand River as it battles with the Taliban.

The office of top Sunni cleric Mowlavi Abdolhamid has refuted government allegations that many of the students and teachers of his seminary are in Iran illegally.

Police in Cyprus confirmed claims by Israel’s Mossad secret service that an Iranian hit squad planned to kill Israelis, the Associated Press reported Saturday.

Iran's exiled prince Reza Pahlavi, a top opposition figure, has slammed the weakness of the Islamic regime in defending the country's territorial integrity.

Iran's health ministry says the country's health care network is facing a shortage of 60,000 personnel as tens of thousands have emigrated under financial pressure.

Revolutionary Guard commander Hossein Salami, visiting Iran's oil-rich Khuzestan, threatened "full war" against any opposition as the province struggled without water.

One hundred political, Iranian Kurdish civil and human rights activists demanded accountability from the regime regarding the killing of Kurdish political prisoners.

Despite Russia’s siding with the UAE this week regarding sovereignty over three Iranian islands, Moscow has tried to somewhat contain the fallout.

Four border guards were injured in a booby trap car bomb near the Mirjaveh border with Pakistan in Iran’s Baluch populated southeast.

After adopting a more active posture to deter Iran in the Persian Gulf, the Pentagon said Friday it will deploy more warplanes to protect shipping in the region.

A barter of Iranian natural gas for Iraqi oil as described by the Iraqi prime minister this week would likely violate US sanctions on Tehran.