Iran

Iran executed at least 58 prisoners in March, a significant rise from the previous year’s tally for the same month, according to the Norway-based rights group Hengaw.

Iran has formally lodged a complaint with the United Nations Security Council over US President Donald Trump's threat to bomb the country.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval forces seized two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf on Monday, state media reported, accusing them of smuggling diesel fuel.

Food prices in Iran surged more than 70% in the past Iranian calendar year ending March 20, a member of the country’s Food Committee at the Chamber of Guilds said, driven by soaring costs for packaging and transport.

A top Iranian commander said US military bases in the region would be in the crosshairs after any attack, upping Tehran's rhetoric against Washington after US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb the country.

Iran's most senior Sunni leader said that direct negotiations with the United States and other world powers would be more effective than working through mediators, in a direct challenge to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Iran summoned the Swiss envoy in Tehran on Monday to deliver a formal warning following US President Donald Trump’s threat of bombing Iran if a nuclear deal is not reached, according to state media.

Iran has warned enemies against any potential attack on its territory, saying it is prepared to use its underground missile cities to impose a heavy cost on the US after Donald Trump ramped up his rhetoric against Tehran.

Protests over water shortages in central Iran escalated over the weekend after demonstrators set fire to a key water transfer station in Isfahan province, disrupting the supply line that channels water to hundreds of thousands of Iranians in the province of Yazd.

The future of indirect negotiations between Iran and the US hinges on Washington's behavior, the Iranian president said on Sunday following Tehran's response to a letter from President Donald Trump.

Senior officers in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard's intelligence organization stole around $21 million in cryptocurrency while pretending to investigate a corruption case, Iran International has found.

Calls are growing for the Iranian president to fulfill promises made during his campaign or step down, as the administration faces accusations of inaction amid mounting public dissatisfaction.

Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday emphasized the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of international negotiations and correspondence as it confirmed the exchange of messages with the United States.

Iran would strike a British-American naval base in the Indian Ocean if it is attacked by the US, The Telegraph reported citing an Iranian military official, after Washington deployed long-range bombers at the strategic airbase.

Iran’s formal response to US President Donald Trump’s recent letter reaffirms longstanding positions: no negotiations on its ballistic missile program or regional allies, and no nuclear talks beyond the framework of the 2015 nuclear deal, The New Arab reported Saturday.

The deputy governor of Tehran has defended the police action against a sit-in by supporters of mandatory hijab outside Iran’s parliament on Friday, saying the gathering was unauthorized.

Iran’s oil minister, Mohsen Paknejad, has denied that new sanctions and enforcement efforts by the Trump administration against Iran’s energy exports have had a significant impact.

The US government has resumed nearly all Iran-related aid programs that were paused under President Donald Trump’s executive order in January, Iran International can confirm based on an obtained document and interviews with grant recipients.