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Police arrested activists when hundreds protested in northwestern Iran Saturday to government neglect of the country's largest lake that has shrunk by 95 percent.

Iran's government has sent a bill to parliament to approve the outlines of a cooperation agreement with Russia for information and intelligence cybersecurity.

Iranian pensioners held nationwide demonstrations on Saturday, and chanted slogans against the Islamic Republic’s authorities.

Iran's Foreign Ministry has sanctioned a group of US officials and lawmakers over their alleged support for exiled Albania-based opposition group Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) organization.

President Biden said Saturday that he will not leave the Middle East to Russia, China and Iran - adding focus to this week’s Tehran visit of President Putin.

Iran's Supreme Leader has reappointed hardliner politician Ahmad Jannati, 95, to another six-year term as the head of the Guardian Council. He will finish his term when he turns 101.

Saudi Arabia and Iraq have signed a deal for connecting their electricity grids, which can help Iraq with its electricity woes and reduce energy dependence on Iran.

The United Nations has welcomed the life sentence by a Swedish Court for Hamid Nouri over executions of political prisoners in 1988.

Friday Prayers Imams and loyalist politicians, even some "reformists" echoed the party line in support of the government's campaign promoting compulsory hijab.

A delegation of Russian officials visited an airfield in central Iran at least twice in the last month to examine military drones it is looking to acquire for its ongoing war in Ukraine.

Washington and Riyadh agreed on the importance of stopping Iran from "acquiring a nuclear weapon", during a visit by US President Joe Biden, a joint statement said.

Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr, the most influential Shiite cleric in Iraq, held a rally on Friday amid stalled talks on forming a new government, a show of force against Iran-backed groups.

US President Joe Biden began his Saudi Arabia visit Friday with journalists and photographers looking for any signs revealed by choreographed meetings.

France has called on the Islamic Republic to release three film makers arrested earlier in the month in the latest criticism of Iran's record over human rights by major Western powers.

Fars News highlighted Friday a phone conversation between Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Ukrainian counterpart Dymytro Kuleba.

The Iran Navy announced Friday the launch of its first drone division in the Indian Ocean during US President Joe Biden's Middle East tour.

The Israeli defense minister has presented Joe Biden with a list of Jerusalem's clandestine military agreements with regional countries, including ones not signatories of the Abraham Accords.

President Joe Biden touches down in Saudi Arabia today aiming to balance various United States policies and interests.

Amnesty International has praised a Swedish court’s decision to sentence a former Iranian jailor to life imprisonment over executions of political prisoners in 1988.

Belgium's parliament session to decide on a prisoner swap treaty between Tehran and Brussels, slated for July 14, was postponed until Tuesday, July 19.

Saudi Arabia will allow overflights to and from Israel, in a decision welcomed by US President Joe Biden who is visiting the kingdom on Friday.