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Tehran's hardliner Friday Prayer leader Ahmad Khatami has criticized President Ebrahim Raisi for failing to address economic hardships Iranians currently face.

Senior Republican Senator Marco Rubio has called for the release of Iranian dual citizen Emad Sharghi on his fourth year in an Iranian prison.

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi has called for the postponement of a visit by a UN official to assess impact of sanctions until Iran lets in the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights.

In an unprecedented move, morality guards began patrolling campuses of Iranian universities to force students comply with hijab and other Islamic regulations.

The Taliban said Wednesday they had arrested a man trying to sell an advanced United States military reconnaissance balloon to Iran.

Food prices are rising in Iran with retailers saying supplies have decreased, while officials insist there is plenty of stored sugar, oil and other necessities.

Iraq says it is filing an international lawsuit against Iran over allegedly diverting water that previously flowed into Iraq.

Iran’s religious and military figures Friday unleashed threats against “enemies”, particularly Israel, as they praised the IRGC for its activities in the region.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf's future as speaker of Iran’s parliament (Majles) may not be guaranteed following the scandal of his family's luxury shopping in Turkey.

Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran and world powers are not far from reaching a “good and lasting agreement”, but Iran will never back down from its “red lines.”

The United States said Thursday if Iran wanted sanctions relief beyond that of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal it must address US concerns beyond the pact.

Iranian Army’s Navy Commander says the country’s naval fleet will maintain a presence in the Indian Ocean as well as free waters of the world.

Reacting to four explosions Thursday in Afghanistan, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh expressed concern over a rising number of “bitter incidents.”

A senior Iranian military commander has insisted Tehran will not for the sake of renewing the 2015 nuclear deal drop the case of revenge for Qasem Soleimani.

The UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights is scheduled to visit Iran next month.

A scandal over a foreign trip by family of Iran’s conservative parliament speaker has turned into one of the hottest topics on Persian-language social media.

At least 40 people have been arrested as Iranian teachers held another round of nationwide protests demanding a fair pay and the release of their detained colleagues.

The outgoing commander of Israeli forces in the north facing Lebanon says Hezbollah has expanded its offensive capabilities but faces political problems at home.

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says it has arrested three agents of Israel’s Mossad in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.

If the former Iranian government had concluded a nuclear agreement with the United States in 2021, Iran would have been ahead of the game, some argue in Tehran.

Iran's hardliners say the impasse in nuclear talks results from President Joe Biden's “weakness”, not its demand for delisting the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).