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Thousands held anti-government protests Thursday in Abadan where a building collapse Monday has claimed 24 lives so far, and chanted against the Supreme Leader.

An official from the Saudi foreign ministry has rejected reports about a possible meeting between Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers, saying nothing has been scheduled for the foreseeable future.

Chaos and confusion are noticeable in Iran’s government-controlled media and among politicians in recent days, as multiple crises have converged to present unprecedented challenges.

While people in a number of Iranian cities have poured into streets in solidarity with the protesters in Abadan, unconfirmed reports say some other parts of the ramshackle Metropol building have collapsed.

In an attack on abortion in Iran, the Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, proclaimed Thursday that 1,000 “Shiite children are murdered by their parents every day.”

An official says the Iranian football federation will seek $10 million in damages from Canada Soccer for canceling a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 friendly match.

Iran's foreign minister says the country’s demand to remove the Revolutionary Guards from the US list of foreign terrorist organizations is a "minor" issue in the negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.

An explosion in one of the research centers at Iran’s Parchin military complex near the capital Tehran has killed one engineer and injured another employee.

Canada Soccer has cancelled a controversial friendly match with Iran’s national team after many Iranians objected to the visit of Iranian football officials.

A gathering to mourn victims who died in the collapse of a new building in Abadan, south-western Iran, turned into anti-government protests Wednesday evening.

The New York Times has quoted an Israeli intelligence official as saying that Tel Aviv has informed American officials it was responsible for the killing of a Revolutionary Guard colonel in Tehran.

In one of the most lackluster elections in Iran's parliament (Majles), Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf was re-elected as the speaker of parliament for the third time.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Wednesday the Greek chargé d'affaires to protest the seizure of a vessel carrying Iranian crude oil in Greece's territorial waters.

Tehran and Moscow have signed a number of major memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to expand energy and trade ties, as Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak visited Iran.

The director of UN's nuclear watchdog says talks with Iran over the origin of uranium particles found at undeclared sites are at "a very difficult juncture."

A hacktivist group has revealed that Iran’s Judiciary asked the intelligence services to get ready for protests before the government raised prices this May.

All schools, universities, and businesses in Tehran and other cities of the province were closed Wednesday, some for the second day, due to air pollution.

Robert Malley, US Iran envoy, defended the Biden administration’s approach to Iran before a critical Senate committee Wednesday as the best option available.

Vice President for Economic Affairs Mohsen Rezaei says Iran is facing yet another difficult year, as recent price hikes led to several days of protests.

Iran gained access to secret UN nuclear watchdog documents two decades ago, which helped Tehran mislead investigators, The Wall Street Journal said Wednesday.

United States senators have differing hopes for Wednesday’s report to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by Iran special envoy Rob Malley.