Iran

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and parliament speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf are due to attend the funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut on Sunday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Iran this week to discuss bilateral relations, as well as regional and international developments, Iran's foreign ministry announced on Saturday.

Security forces arrested Iranian rapper Arash Seyedi, known as Eycin and his producer Rasam Sohrabi during a live underground performance at a cafe in western Tehran on Thursday, eyewitnesses told Iran International.

A man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie was found guilty of attempted murder by a New York court on Friday, in the latest twist to a decades-long ordeal for the famous novelist menaced by an Iranian death warrant.

Hundreds of prominent filmmakers including top global celebrities have signed an open letter demanding Iranian authorities drop propaganda and obscenity charges against the two directors of recent film "My Favorite Cake".

US President Donald Trump favors diplomacy over war but is determined to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview on Thursday.

Iran’s armed forces are set to begin a large-scale military exercise dubbed Zolfaghar 1403 on Saturday as tensions with Israel and the United States persist over Tehran’s nuclear program.

A high-ranking general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has said that a third large-scale missile attack on Israel will wipe out the country and destroy Tel Aviv and Haifa.

French President Emmanuel Macron said he will travel to Washington to convince US President Donald Trump that showing weakness toward Russian President Vladimir Putin would make it harder to confront China and Iran.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad al-Nakhalah praised Iran for its support of allied armed groups in the region, calling it a crucial factor in their military operations against Israel.

Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei has dismissed talks with the United States but history shows that his defiance can be a strategic bluff as much as it may be a genuine rejection of negotiation.

Dozens of Iranians were among nearly 100 migrants transferred Tuesday night to a detention camp deep in the Panamanian jungle, The New York Times reported.

At least 975 people were executed in Iran in 2024, a staggering 17% increase from the 834 executions recorded the previous year, according to a joint report released by the Iran Human Rights Organization (IHRNGO) and Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM).

A disassembled Iranian-designed Shahed 136 military drone seized in Ukraine arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland this week and was displayed as part of a political conference addressing the ongoing threat of Iran.

Iran has repaired damage to its air defenses from an Oct. 26 Israeli attack, a senior military official said on Wednesday, adding that Tehran would punish Israel and any power helping it strike Iran.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi criticized the Iranian government's rights records and called for a global efforts to undermine what she called Tehran's gender apartheid.

With Iran maintaining its stance against talks with the United States, it is pressing ahead with plans to triple its military budget for the new Iranian year in March, signaling preparations for potential military scenarios.

The Governor of Iran's Central Bank traveled to Yekaterinburg, Russia, to meet with his Russian counterpart and continue talks on advancing financial and banking cooperation between the two countries.