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Unconfirmed reports say scores of the workers have reportedly died and many more are injured after an explosion at a chemical factory in southern Iran.

After months of reports about an inevitable cabinet reshuffle in Iran, finally the minister of labor resigned Tuesday amid worsening economic and social crises.

Two IRGC Aerospace Force officers whose deaths were announced Sunday were engaged in "developing arms for Lebanon's Hezbollah," Iran International has learned.

A board member of the Tehran Real Estate Consultants Union says rents have risen 300 percent in the last three years in the capital, with the bulk of this occurring in the last few months.

Saudi Arabia has refused to accept 6,500 Iranian Hajj pilgrims who had been vaccinated against coronavirus with Iranian-made Barekat vaccines.

More shop owners and merchants in Iran’s capital Tehran as well as smaller cities Monday joined a strike that started on Sunday, protesting newly imposed taxes.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has criticized the Islamic Republic of Iran's interference in Iraq's internal affairs, saying Baghdad's tone has changed vis-à-vis Tehran.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman on Monday dismissed a critical resolution passed last week by the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, criticizing Iran for its lack of cooperation.

Israel has warned Iran not to harm its citizens who are in Turkey, after a travel advisory for Israelis to avoid visiting the country where Iranian agents are known to operate.

Iran has denied that a Boeing 747 impounded in Argentina over links with the Revolutionary Guard belongs to any Iranian aviation company.

As protests in Iran spread to Tehran on Sunday and continued on Monday, criticism of the government's economic and foreign policies intensified in the media.

Qatar’s state-owned petroleum company has signed a deal with France’s TotalEnergies for developing its South Pars/North Dome Gas-Condensate field shared with Iran.

Iran’s oil shipments in May dropped by 50 percent, in a sign that Moscow is selling more oil to China and taking Tehran’s market share, a report on Monday said.

In a mysterious turn of events, the death of two IRGC’s Aerospace Force officers was announced in Iran on Sunday, with hardliner media calling them “martyrs.”

Iran has sentenced 26 followers of the Baha'i faith from 2-5 year prison terms each as well as barring them from leaving the country for some years.

Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran is resisting excessive demands presented “by the other side” in talks to restore the 2015 nuclear deal that have stalled since March.

Security forces clashed with protesters in Tehran on Sunday while several other cities were scenes of protests over the dire economic situation engulfing Iran.

While Iran’s currency is losing value every day, Iran’s Economic Security Police has arrested more than 30 people over allegations of market manipulation.

The US government’s Rewards for Justice program has offered up to $15 million for information that can disrupt Iran’s IRGC and its Quds Force financial networks.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has denied Iran's allegations that The Israeli Mossad is present in Erbil, stressing that Iran must refrain from attacks on the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.

Whoever allows Israel to establish presence in the Persian Gulf will encounter security problems, Iran's IRGC Navy commander warned neighbors on Saturday.