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US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said on Sunday that Iran must not obtain a nuclear weapon, calling it an “existential threat,” during remarks at the ADIPEC energy conference in Abu Dhabi.

Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday accused Israel of misleading the United States on a fabricated Iranian nuclear threat and called on President Donald Trump to change course.

Israeli prosecutors on Sunday indicted a 23-year-old hotel worker from Tiberias on charges of spying for Iran, in the latest in a series of espionage cases tied to Iran over the past months.

A young man in Western Iran was found dead shortly after posting a video of himself burning a photo of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in an incident police called suicide but social media users branded a state killing.

The price of graves in the religious city of Mashhad in the northeast has surged to billions of rials, forcing families to bury their dead in nearby villages, according to a report published by the reformist daily Shargh on Sunday.

An Iranian lawmaker has accused the son of First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref of holding German citizenship, saying that the appointment of Aref in President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government is therefore “illegal.”

Tehran’s main water reservoir has enough supply for less than two weeks, a senior official warned on Sunday, as prolonged drought and plunging rainfall leave the capital facing one of its worst shortages in decades.

An Iranian official has dismissed online reports alleging that a son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei purchased a hotel in Budapest to finance aid for Gaza, calling the claims “fake and fabricated.”

Around 60% of Iran’s wetlands have dried up as the country endures one of its driest years in two decades, with rainfall down by 20% compared to the long-term average, according to a report by Tasnim news agency on Sunday.

Iranian media reported that a security officer was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the southeastern city of Iranshahr.

Iran’s government confirmed that the foreign ministry received messages related to possible negotiations, following reports in foreign media that Washington had conveyed a proposal to restart nuclear talks through Oman.

Iran is determined to rebuild its nuclear facilities, President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday, stressing that the country’s program is peaceful and not aimed at a bomb.

Iran’s political establishment has intensified its backlash against former president Hassan Rouhani and former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif over their recent remarks on Russia, with parliament members and former officials accusing them of undermining national unity.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf dismissed reports that the government had reached an agreement with Telegram to restore access to the banned messaging app, calling the claims false, state media reported on Sunday.

Former Iranian official Mohammad‑Javad Larijani said his country has developed a new theoretical doctrine: one in which a state capable of building a nuclear bomb in under two weeks chooses not to do so.

A senior Iranian economist warned on Saturday that annual inflation could exceed 60% by the end of the year (March 2026), as the government struggles to contain soaring prices and widening poverty amid renewed sanctions and fiscal strain.

Tehran seeks peace but will deliver a decisive response if attacked, Iran’s deputy foreign minister said in an interview with CTV Belarus on the sidelines of the Eurasian Security Conference in Minsk, according to Iranian media.

Venezuela is seeking military help from Russia, China and Iran — from drone technology to missile support — as it faces a rising US military buildup in the Caribbean, according to internal US documents reported by The Washington Post.

At least 241 prisoners were executed in Iran in October 2025 — a nearly 50% rise compared to the same month last year — marking the highest monthly toll in two decades, the Norway-based Hengaw human rights organization said on Saturday.

Two members of the Revolutionary Guard’s Basij paramilitary forces were killed in an armed attack on the Khash–Zahedan road, local authorities announced on Saturday, in the latest of a series of clashes with Sunni militants in Iran’s restive southeast.

From street crackdowns to televised sermons, Iran’s hardline officials have turned women’s exposed midriffs into a new battleground in the fight over compulsory hijab—revealing how deeply they fear women’s agency over their own bodies.