Iran’s naval forces are fully prepared to confront any threat across its islands, coasts, and territorial waters, the Revolutionary Guards chief said during a visit to an IRGC naval base, warning that any move by adversaries will be met with a firm response.
Authorities shut down a sports club in central Iran for holding mixed-gender exercise sessions and arrested the organizers of a “coffee party” on Kish Island amid an ongoing struggle between clerical rulers and the public over social freedoms.
Military strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites would have only short-term effects and fail to destroy its capabilities, the UN atomic watchdog chief said, urging diplomacy as the sole path to a lasting solution to concerns over Tehran’s disputed nuclear program.
On the eve of a UN vote to restore sanctions on Iran, an independent art book fair in the courtyard of an old house in Tehran provided a rare haven from serial political horrors.
Iran has added 11 new aircraft to its civilian fleet as part of an ongoing effort to expand domestic air transport capacity, IRGC media reported on Sunday, citing the head of the Civil Aviation Organization.
Nineteen of Iran’s major dams are on the verge of drying up and three have completely run out of water, state media reported, citing data from the Iran Water Resources Management Company.
The deaths of dozens of Caspian seals along Iran’s northern coast have renewed concern over the fragile state of the Caspian Sea ecosystem, state media reported.
Former Iranian diplomat Hamid Baeidinejad said Iran’s nuclear issue will remain a defining challenge for decades, arguing that uranium enrichment is a permanent feature of the country’s national and diplomatic landscape.
Iran has formally protested to some neighboring countries for allowing what it described as “enemy drones, missiles and micro-aircraft” to fly through their airspace during recent regional hostilities, the commander of Iran’s Border Guard said.
Israeli financial daily Calcalist reported that Iran has possessed American stealth drone technology since 2011 and has since produced at least five radar-evading unmanned aerial vehicles.
Western countries rejected renewed negotiations with Tehran because of what Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described as excessive demands on Sunday.
Iran’s parliament on Sunday approved a long-debated plan to remove four zeros from the national currency, the rial, in a bid to simplify financial transactions and improve the efficiency of banknotes.
Iran’s upgraded Do-Namay 1 satellite, described as the country’s first hybrid remote-sensing and communications satellite, is ready for launch and expected to be placed in orbit in December, a senior aerospace official said.
An Iranian man recently deported from the United States described to Iran International grim scenes of neglect and mistreatment in US custody before being chained on a flight to Tehran where fellow detainees attempted suicide to resist return.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s sudden decree to freeze the assets of dozens of Iranian individuals and entities linked to Tehran’s nuclear program has jolted Tehran, provoking sharp criticism across Iranian media.
Iran's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, a 30-year-old boxing coach arrested in March 2020 protests over gas price hikes, his lawyer said Saturday, hours after the execution of seven other political prisoners.
With Russia’s UN Security Council presidency and China’s economic leverage, Tehran is betting Moscow and Beijing can shield it from the impact of UN sanctions through legal maneuvers, committee vetoes, and strategic investments.
Cosmetic surgery clinics in Iran are reporting record demand as social media trends push women toward extreme procedures often financed through credit and loans.
Israel’s military and defense establishment said on Saturday there was no indication of an imminent Iranian strike or an Israeli plan to hit Iran, Israeli media reported, after opposition politician Avigdor Liberman warned that Tehran was preparing a surprise attack.
Tehran University has formed two committees to investigate a deadly hydrogen cylinder blast at its engineering faculty laboratory that killed graduate student Mohammad Amin Kalateh, President Mohammad Hossein Omid said on Saturday.
Australia and New Zealand said they will implement revived United Nations sanctions on Iran, officials told Iran International, backing a decision by France, Germany and Britain to trigger the snapback mechanism over Tehran’s nuclear program.