Iran's military and economic setbacks have deepened this year after it was worsted in a US-Israeli war and hit by mounting sanctions, two prominent experts told an Iran International panel, drawing parallels with the waning days of the Soviet Union.
The privileged children of Iran’s ruling elite are building futures overseas that their parents have withheld from millions of Iranians for almost half a century.
A senior media adviser in Iran’s government resigned on Friday after mounting disputes over the administration’s communications direction and recent appointments, adding to a growing wave of departures across President Masoud Pezeshkian’s administration.
US President Donald Trump said Iran now wants to negotiate a deal after the US strikes on its nuclear sites in June, arguing that renewed US military strength had changed Tehran’s stance.
Iran Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi said using Persian Gulf water for Tehran could be done in an emergency as a last resort, since the long haul and treatment costs make the plan uneconomic in normal times.
Europeans may have intended to pressure Tehran when they demanded last month an end to Iran’s “occupation” of the three Persian Gulf islands, but the move instead exposed how badly they misread Iran’s public mood.
A senior member in Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's office said on Thursday that Iran's leader views talks with the United States as acceptable if they mitigate threats to the country and advanced its interests.
Israel’s destruction remains a core aim for the Islamic Republic, Iran’s top armed forces spokesman said on Thursday at a memorial ceremony in Tehran, as senior officials sharpened their rhetoric amid growing talk of another clash with Israel.
Iran will run a drill to test its mobile phone warning system on Friday, Iranian media said, sending test alerts to selected users between 10 and 12 local time as officials speak more often of renewed conflict with Israel.
A British couple held in Iran on spying charges have begun a hunger strike inside Evin prison, their son told the BBC on Thursday, saying his mother described the move as her only means of protest.
Syria will help the US take on Iran’s Guards and Hezbollah as part of a sharp turn in its ties with Washington, US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said on Thursday in a post on his X.
Iran has yet to allow UN inspectors to visit nuclear sites hit by Israeli and US airstrikes in June, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a confidential report on Wednesday, saying verification of Tehran’s enriched uranium “long overdue.”
A confidential survey has found that more than nine in ten Iranians are unhappy with the country’s direction, the Tehran-based news site Rouydad24 reported on Wednesday citing an unnamed polling organization.
A Guards-linked outlet has criticized an Iranian standards official for sitting at the same roundtable as an Israeli representative at last month’s ISO meeting in Rwanda, warning that such contact could carry legal penalties.
The son of a British couple jailed in Iran on spying charges has implored the UK government to secure their release before Christmas, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
Thousands of contract workers at the South Pars gas complex in southern Iran held a large protest on Tuesday demanding better working conditions, fair pay, and the removal of private labor contractors, Iranian labor outlets reported.
President Masoud Pezeshkian told parliament on Tuesday that Iran’s cohesion and stability hinge on the Supreme Leader’s security, warning that an attack on him during the June war could have provoked internal clashes posing a greater threat than any external enemy.
The US is trying to set up military bases near Iran’s southern port on the Gulf of Oman to tighten control over regional energy and trade routes, a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday.
Iran accused the United States of sending mixed signals on reviving nuclear talks, saying the June strikes on its nuclear facilities war undermined ongoing diplomacy and efforts toward a peaceful agreement.
Iran’s foreign ministry has channeled much of its political and diplomatic capacity into strengthening regional alliances and supporting what it describes as ‘axis of resistance,’ Minister Abbas Araghchi told parliament on Monday.
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman on Monday denied Tehran plotted to assassinate Israel's ambassador to Mexico after Western media reports citing US and Israeli officials said Mexican security officials foiled the plan earlier this year.
A senior advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader accused Britain of directing this year’s Manama Dialogue conference in Bahrain, saying the event was used as a platform for attacks on Tehran by governments that themselves back armed groups in Sudan and Yemen.