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Passengers on Tehran’s subway shouted anti-government slogans on Tuesday after a major service disruption left commuters stranded between stations, according to videos sent to Iran International.

Iranian national Mahdieh Esfandiari has been put forward in a prisoner exchange arrangement with France, Deputy Foreign Minister Vahid Jalalzadeh said on Tuesday.

An outlet affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) described the mass No Kings demonstrations across the United States as a “prelude to civil war,” portraying the rallies as evidence of deepening political and social divisions.

Tehran’s catalogue of political feuds appears to have grown with the dwindling presence of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei following the June war with Israel—a trend that, Iranian scholars warn, could push a country already rife with discontent to the brink.

The United States will not allow Tehran to possess nuclear weapons, a White House official told Iran International on Monday, hours after Iran's Supreme Leader suggested Washington has no authority to decide what Tehran does with its nuclear capabilities.

Despite years of official rhetoric about a “strategic partnership,” new data show that Russia has slipped from Iran’s list of main trading partners.

New construction has been detected at an Iranian nuclear site once suspected of links to a weapons program and destroyed in an Israeli airstrike last year, a Washington-based think tank said on Monday, citing satellite imagery.

An Iranian protester shot during the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom uprising is living in constant pain with more than 80 lead pellets lodged in his body — and now fears deportation from Turkey to Iran, where he could face severe punishment.

Iran’s ultra-hardliners have launched a new political party this month amid intensified factional rivalry following the June war with Israel and the return of UN sanctions. Here’s what we know so far about the New Islamic Civilization Party.

President Donald Trump on Monday said US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities in June “lifted a dark cloud” over the Middle East and paved the way for Gaza peace deal between Israel and Hamas.

Iran is the last obstacle to a new Middle East, US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said on Monday, calling for Syria’s reintegration and Lebanon’s break from Tehran-backed Hezbollah to secure what he called “a generation of cooperation.”

Tehran's establishment is defending former security chief Ali Shamkhani on privacy grounds after a video of his daughter’s wedding leaked online, angering many Iranians who say the elite shields itself while invading the privacy of ordinary citizens.

About 120,000 Iranians die each year from nutrition-related causes, an Iranian official said on Monday, as soaring food prices and declining consumption of key staples such as dairy, meat, fruits, and vegetables deepen the country’s public health crisis.

At least 1,500 engineering and technical faculty members have left Iran’s leading universities over the past five years, according to Karan Abri-Nia, secretary of the Iranian University Professors’ Trade Union.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dismissed US President Donald Trump’s claim that Washington had destroyed Iran’s nuclear program, adding that the United States has no authority over Tehran’s nuclear activities.

Israeli diplomats have been added to WhatsApp groups allegedly operated from Iran as the cyber war between the two countries continues, Israeli media reported on Monday.

Prices of Iranian-made and assembled cars have surged as the rial weakened against the dollar, with major manufacturers raising official rates to offset mounting costs, Iranian media reported on Monday.

The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Major General Mohammad Pakpour, offered condolences over the killing of Yemeni Houthi military chief Mohammed Abdul Karim al-Ghamari in an Israeli strike and pledged to deepen ties with the Iran-aligned group.

The provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 2231 have officially expired, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Monday, adding that the framework that endorsed the 2015 nuclear agreement came to an end.

A lawmaker warned on Sunday that Iran’s new energy plan could raise gasoline prices by up to 266%, even as officials deny any plan to hike fuel costs — a move widely seen as a potential trigger for protests amid rising poverty.

The UN nuclear watchdog's inspectors do not believe that Iran has hidden large quantities of its highly enriched uranium at different locations, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief told the Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung.