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Ecuador has designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist organizations in a decree signed by President Daniel Noboa on Monday.

The head of Iran’s Space Research Center said on Tuesday that foreign global positioning systems (GPS) are not secure and that the country must develop its own national satellite navigation network to reduce dependence on foreign providers.

Armed men opened fire on a police vehicle in Sistan-Baluchestan province, killing at least two officers, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday.

Iranian authorities have failed to investigate serious human rights violations committed during and after the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests and continue to shield those responsible, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that possible negotiations with the United States will hinge on Washington’s readiness for a deal based on mutual interests without threats or intimidation, not on which regional state mediates.

Iran and five other countries have submitted a draft resolution to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s annual general conference calling for a ban on any attack or threat of attack against nuclear sites under UN safeguards, Iran’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

Iran rejected references to a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the final communique of the Arab-Islamic emergency summit in Doha, saying the approach would not resolve the issue and accusing US policies of sustaining Israeli aggression.

Iranian ultra-hardliners are criticizing Tehran's recent agreement with the IAEA in Cairo, despite its blessing by a top decision-making body linked to the Supreme Leader, but an outlet linked to the Revolutionary Guards offered support.

On the eve of the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody, families and victims of Iranians killed, tortured or injured by authorities have issued an open letter to world leaders calling for urgent international action to confront Tehran.

The Iran-backed armed Houthi group in Yemen is holding back on missile attacks on Israel and are instead launching more drones as smuggling of vital parts from Tehran dwindles amid seizures at sea, security analysts told Iran International.

A concert by famed Iranian artist Sirvan Khosravi held on the grounds of what were once the Shah’s palace in Tehran has become an emblem of the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom movement's legacy.

The United States marked the third anniversary of Mahsa "Jina" Amini’s death in Iran's police custody on Monday with a statement condemning the Islamic Republic leadership and pledging continued pressure on Tehran.

One person was killed and three others wounded in an armed clash at a gold mine in Saqqez, a Kurdish-majority city in northwestern Iran, local authorities said Monday, while a human rights group blamed government forces for the shooting.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi on Monday urged Iran to immediately implement the agreement it signed with the UN watchdog last week to resume inspections at the country’s bombed nuclear sites.

Ali Larijani, Iran’s newly appointed security chief, courted controversy on Monday by suggesting Americans could be driven to suicide when hearing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describe Israel as a bulwark of American civilization.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Israel’s September 9 strike on Hamas leaders in Doha amounted to terrorism and warned that no Arab or Muslim capital is safe from future attacks.

Iranian security bodies summoned and threatened families of people killed in 2022 nationwide protests that followed the death of a young woman named Mahsa Amini in morality police custody ahead of the third anniversary, source told Iran International.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday told reporters in Jerusalem that their surprise attacks on Iranian nuclear sites in June helped save the West from attack.

Iranian authorities have summoned 10 citizens in the northeastern city of Sabzevar to face charges linked to protests over repeated power and water cuts, the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported on Monday.

Israel’s leadership secretly discussed assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during the opening days of June’s war with Iran, leaked cabinet transcripts aired Sunday by Channel 13 revealed.

Iran’s nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami told the International Atomic Energy Agency’s annual general conference in Vienna on Monday that Tehran’s atomic program will not be destroyed by military operations, accusing Israel and the United States of illegal strikes on its facilities.