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While Iranians were bracing themselves for three-day nationwide strikes and protests starting Monday, several cities on Sunday were scenes of antigovernment rallies.

A reformist female politician says she urged Iran's top security official, Ali Shamkhani in a meeting on Sunday to pursue reforms and change the constitution.

French President Emmanuel Macron has denounced “lies” by Iranian authorities in face of the “unacceptable” imprisonment of French nationals.

An Iranian official claims “enemies” have offered a lot of money to protesters to attack security agents or chant anti-regime slogans.

A leaked audio file from a meeting of Iranian regime insiders indicates that at least 80 people detained during nationwide protests are in danger of execution.

A member of the Committee to Follow up on Situation of Arrested Artists says at least 40 filmmakers have been detained during the national uprising against the Islamic Republic.

Iran has executed four individuals and sentenced three others accused of working for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency and conducting kidnappings.

Leaked documents from Iran’s Fars news agency say the at least 115 military personnel have been arrested on charges of participating in the ongoing protest movement.

Iran’s Attorney General says the Islamic Republic has disbanded the “morality police” adding that it had nothing to do with the judiciary since its creation.

The United States has once again signaled that reviving the Iran nuclear deal is no longer a priority, and instead it will focus on Iranian weapons supplies to Russia.

Iran's ambassador to Afghanistan believes that the Taliban group is a disaster for Afghanistan, the region and the world, but Iran has no choice but to use this opportunity “to civilize them.”

A construction ceremony took place Saturday for the long-promised Darkhovin nuclear power plant, around 70km south of Ahvaz, provincial capital of Khuzestan.

University students in Iran Saturday held demonstrations in many cities, as diaspora communities continued their weekend rallies in support of the protest movement.

Iran's Prosecutor General says although he has always supported limiting access to the Internet, he has concluded that this kind of censorship is not effective.

The US Navy has intercepted a fishing trawler smuggling over 50 tons of ammunition, fuses and propellants for rockets in the Gulf of Oman on its way from Iran to Yemen.

The Atlantic Council, a leading Washington think-tank, this week announced a new forum to debate the future of Iran and offer policy recommendations.

Israeli Army’s chief of staff says the government is seeking to prevent “the formation of another Hezbollah” in Syria and Iraq.

UN human rights experts have expressed alarm over the deteriorating health of jailed activist Arash Sadeghi, a cancer patient, and called for his immediate release.

An Iranian state security body says over 200 people have lost their lives during the protests following the death of Mahsa Amini in mid-September.

Critics say the US ambassador in Lebanon was wrong to wear a headscarf in a meeting with Hezbollah supporters and her move weakens US support for protesting women in Iran.

Top Iranian officials appear to perceive or pretend to perceive the ongoing protests in Iran as an outcome of what they call a "media war" against the regime.