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Prominent lawyer and rights defendant Nasrin Sotoudeh called for a referendum in Iran as the only path to establishing a secular democracy in the country.

Even as the US and its European allies grapple with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions with China, the smoldering crisis over Iran's nuclear program threatens to reignite.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Thursday met with anti-Israel groups during his two-day visit to Syria, Tehran's close ally, where he also signed several agreements.

Amid spreading strikes by tens of thousands of workers across Iran, truck owners and drivers have announced plans to hold a nationwide open-ended work stoppage.

The Islamic Republic hanged a member of the Baluch minority Thursday morning, bringing the number of the executed Baluch prisoners to 19, including two women, in five days.

With the deepening economic crisis and skyrocketing inflation, the sale of body organs abroad is reaching alarming levels in Iran, local media warns.

An online firm tracking crude oil shipments says Iran’s seizure of the Panama-flagged vessel Niovi was ‘staged’.

Iran blasted US concern over deepening ties between Tehran and Damascus with a scathing outburst against the "evil regime".

Britain’s shadow security minister has slammed threats from the Islamic Republic against journalists based in the UK covering Iran’s protests.

Iran has humiliated Israel by organizing “Islamic resistance”, commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force, Esmail Qaani said in Tehran on Wednesday.

An advisor to Iran’s negotiating team has said that Tehran is prepared to reach an agreement in nuclear talks based on a document presented to the parties last year.

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof cannot participate in the Cannes Film Festival as he is barred from leaving Iran.

The Iranian man took a jar of homemade pickles to the neighborhood shop and asked to barter it with a chicken as he had no money left, in the oil-rich country.

US State Department said Wednesday that closer ties between Iran and Syria should be of great concern, not just to US allies and the region, but to the world more broadly.

While President Ebrahim Raisi is in Syria, classified information obtained shows Tehran is procuring uranium from phosphate mines in Syria to make yellowcake.

Russia launched 26 Iranian-made Shahed drones against Ukraine overnight Wednesday, but the Ukrainian air force said it downed 21 out of 26 suicide UAVs.

Iranian teachers have called for further protests just hours after the Supreme Leader failed to address nationwide school poisonings.

Imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi accused the Islamic Republic of involvement in the poisoning of female students in Iran.

The European Union has slammed recent rocket and terrorist attacks against Israel, reiterating the country’s right to defend itself.

Three Iranian journalists currently behind bars have received the UN's most prestigious award for freedom of expression.

Media in Iran and the region have been speculating on the purpose and implications of President Ebrahim Raisi's two-day visit to Syria this week.