Former Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi suggested Iran and the United States could resume talks by changing the framing of negotiations to a shared goal that Tehran should not have nuclear weapons.
Air pollution returned to Iran’s capital and several other cities, pushing air quality back into unhealthy levels for vulnerable groups and prompting renewed health warnings, according to official data released on Friday.
Sweden has received unconfirmed information that a Swedish citizen detained in Iran on espionage charges has been sentenced to death, Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard said on Friday.
At least 17 Kurdish citizens have been detained in recent days in multiple Iranian cities, according to a Kurdish human rights group, amid what activists describe as increased security pressure on minorities and civil activists.
Iran explored advanced nuclear weapon concepts based on pure fusion before its war with Israel, an Israeli media report said, describing research into a theoretical approach that does not require uranium or plutonium.
Soaring costs have pushed many Iranian families to buy nuts and sweets on credit ahead of Yalda Night, the traditional winter celebration marking the longest night of the year, as sharp price increases squeeze household budgets in the final days of December.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said he hopes there will be no war with Iran and urged Tehran to reconsider its nuclear ambitions, Israeli media outlet Ynet reported early Friday.
Israeli authorities arrested a Russian citizen working in Israel on suspicion of carrying out espionage tasks for Iranian intelligence, including photographing ships and infrastructure at Israeli ports, Israeli media reported on Friday.
Rights abuses against women political prisoners in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison have intensified since a 12-day war with Israel, an informed source told Iran International, with an inmate's suicide attempt highlighting mounting pressure in the ward.
A Jewish woman who says she spent years engaging with senior figures linked to Iran’s ruling establishment has shared what she describes as insider accounts from those interactions in a sit-down interview with Iran International.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has acknowledged that Israel held a missile advantage during the June conflict between the two foes, while reaffirming Tehran’s commitment to maintaining and expanding its missile program.
Iran is seeking to deepen ties with Tunisia as it looks to rebuild regional influence after recent setbacks, according to an Atlantic Council analysis published on Wednesday.
Iran has built a covert network to keep its aviation sector operating despite sweeping international sanctions, using front companies, smuggling routes and deceptive flight practices, according to a joint report by the Institute for National Security Studies and ColEven.
Iranians across generations increasingly see migration not as a dream but as an escape from a future that feels out of reach, a survival strategy driven by economic collapse, shrinking opportunities, and a sense of confinement they say follows them both at home and abroad.
The US Senate on Wednesday passed the Fiscal Year 2026 Intelligence Authorization Act as part of the National Defense Authorization Act, sending it to President Trump for signature.
The France-based lawyer for jailed Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi said on Wednesday she will ask the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged crimes by Iran including the sudden death of a rights lawyer this month.
Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett confirmed that his Telegram account was hacked but insisted his phone was not accessed, the Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday.
A seriously ill Iranian Christian convert who broke her spine in Evin Prison is among five Christians handed combined prison terms totaling more than 50 years, a rights group said.
Free speech. Open dialogue. People having access to one another, the ordinary ability to speak freely and exchange ideas. These might be the downfall of the system patiently built up by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, not foreign weapons.
Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday rejected a claim by an Iran-linked hacking group that it had infiltrated his mobile phone.
Israel is reassessing the impact of its June military campaign on Iran’s ballistic missile program as analysts say Tehran is keen to rebuild its core deterrent in a move that could set the stage for renewed war.
Iran and Russia signed a cooperation document between their foreign ministries on Wednesday after talks in Moscow, setting out a consultations program for the years 2026 to 2028.