Iran, Turkey agree to build $1.6 billion trade rail link
Iran and Turkey have agreed to start building a new joint rail line that will serve as a strategic trade corridor between Asia and Europe, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday.
Iran and Turkey have agreed to start building a new joint rail line that will serve as a strategic trade corridor between Asia and Europe, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy said it had seized an Eswatini-flagged vessel in the Persian Gulf carrying about 350,000 liters of smuggled gasoil, according to state-linked media.
Former Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said Iran remains in a fragile security limbo months after the 12-day war in June, warning that the country cannot restore stability or economic confidence without rebuilding deterrence and addressing persistent public insecurity.
The decision by Iran’s state broadcaster to produce a film about a female presenter whose image went viral when Israeli missiles hit its headquarters has sparked a wave of criticism and accusations of political propaganda.
The office of Iran's Supreme Leader has come under fire from hardline supporters after its online newspaper posted a photo of a woman killed in June’s war with Israel without a headscarf, sparking a rare public dispute within the pro-theocracy camp.
Iran is expanding its network of schools abroad with two new institutions in Iraq’s Kurdistan region and the reopening of a school in Saudi Arabia, the country’s education minister announced on Sunday.
Iranian police detained more than 20 people during a raid on a birthday party at a film star’s home in Tehran and seized 38 liters of homemade alcohol, Iranian media reported.
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Ankara would do “whatever we can” to help resolve Iran’s nuclear issue through dialogue and international law, Iranian state media reported on Sunday, following talks in Tehran with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi.
Iran’s diesel contains sulfur levels up to 15,000 parts per million (PPM), far above the global standard of 10 PPM, a senior industry representative said, warning that poor-quality fuel is contributing to severe air pollution in major cities.
Iran's foreign ministry on Saturday denounced US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a closure of Venezuela’s airspace, calling it a serious breach of international law and a threat to global aviation safety.
Under unprecedented strain at home and abroad after the June war, Tehran is adopting new tones and messaging to steady its own base.
Tehran's crackdowns on media persist despite the state’s mounting political and economic troubles, with bans of various forms imposed on those who drifts beyond acceptable bounds.
Authorities in the western Iranian city of Baneh have increased pressure on local journalists and social media administrators following days of severe water shortages, a Kurdish rights group reported.
The US dollar surged to 1,160,000 rials in Iran’s unofficial market on Saturday, adding to inflationary pressures and deepening worries about the country’s worsening economic outlook.
The US State Department on Friday hit out at Iran's government for providing officials and loyal elites access to uncensored internet through so-called “white SIM cards,” while ordinary Iranians remain restricted and forced to rely on VPNs.
The Trump administration has responded to a message from Iran’s president, conveyed through the Saudi crown prince, by saying its three conditions for any negotiations with Tehran remain unchanged, sources told Iran International.
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday condemning the systematic persecution of Iran’s Baha’i community and urging EU governments to impose sanctions on officials involved in rights abuses.
Canada told Iran International on Thursday it does not automatically reject Iranian men’s permanent residency applications solely for compulsory IRGC service, after a conscript said he was ruled inadmissible for his involuntary service.
Iran on Thursday condemned Australia's listing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a state sponsor of terrorism, calling it a politically motivated and unjustified move.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) remains a central conduit for Iranian funds reaching Hezbollah despite international sanctions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Syrian and Iranian drug manufacturers have shifted their activities to Yemen after the overthrow of the Assad dynasty last year, according to a global anti-drug body and a Yemeni official cited by AFP on Thursday.
At an official ceremony in Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's compound on Thursday, a religious official chanted to congregants that US President Donald Trump's death was nigh and that Iran would vanquish Israel.
At eleven o’clock each night, Tehran time, my studio, half a world away, seems to inherit the city’s fatigue. The callers gather like silhouettes behind a scrim of static.
The Iran projected on social media these days—brunch parties, rooftop concerts, fashion shows—is real, but only as a tiny fragment of the country’s reality, where most ordinary people struggle to make ends meet.
This week marked the anniversary of a vast Berlin rally in October 2022 gathering tens of thousands filled in solidarity with Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom protest movement—a day that now feels almost impossibly distant.
Iran’s nuclear strategy has entered an ambiguous new phase, said veteran non-proliferation expert Mark Fitzpatrick, and Israel’s attacks in June could have left intact Tehran's ability to pivot toward a bomb if it so chose.
Iran has started burning mazut, a heavy fuel oil, at several power plants despite worsening air pollution, Fars News reported on Sunday, signalling a renewed reliance on high-sulphur feedstock as winter demand rises and smog intensifies.
