Ozempic and other weight-loss injections have become the latest luxury craze among affluent Iranians, as the nation struggles with a chronic shortage and soaring cost of essential medications.
Nahid Shirpisheh, an Iranian prisoner whose son Pouya Bakhtiari was killed during the 2019 protests, has attempted suicide in Zanjan Central Prison after enduring weeks of abuse and neglect, her daughter announced.
The family of two British nationals detained in Iran has expressed their concern and confirmed they are working with relevant authorities to ensure the safe return of their loved ones who were on a round-the-world motorbike trip.
An Iranian drama series was abruptly banned after just one episode for depicting women without hijab, dance scenes and using wigs and hats to portray life before the 1979 Islamic Revolution more realistically.
A child trafficking ring based in the religious city of Mashhad has been busted by security forces, according to an online news outlet, resulting in several arrests and raising alarm about the prevalence of similar abuses elsewhere.
Almost four in ten marriages in Iran end in divorce, according to the latest official figures, giving rise to theocrats' cries of a crisis that may not be as obvious to some of the women gaining their freedom.
A surge in counterfeit drugs has worsened Iran’s strained medicine market, forcing many with serious conditions to rely on the black market for scarce medication.
The clerical establishment in Tehran has lost the battle for the hearts and minds of Generation Z and hopes now to win the loyalty of Gen Alpha, Middle East analyst Holly Dagres told Iran International.
Public participation in the ancient Zoroastrian Sadeh festival, once nearly forgotten but now surging in popularity among Iranians, is being banned anew by authorities in the Islamic Republic.
An Iranian sociologist has warned that middle-class citizens pushed below the poverty line by persistently high inflation and forced into the lower class are the most likely to spark a revolt against the ruling system.
In northern and central Tehran, certain streets have become buzzing hangouts where the well-off youth gather in trendy cafes to eat, drink, and quietly but glaringly challenge Iran’s rulers with their outfits.
After a cleric attributed the lack of rain to concerts, the Islamic Republic's local religious-ideological department canceled all music events in southwest Iran.