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An Iranian newspaper as accused the administration of incumbent Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi of seeking to cover up a recent financial corruption case involving billions of dollars.
An Iranian official says Parliament has replaced operations by morality police with cash fines in order to deal with those refusing to observe the Islamic Dress Code (hijab).
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has categorically dismissed a report released by a mission mandated by the United Nations over the 2022 death of the young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini and the unrest and deadly riots over the tragic incident across the country, lamenting that human rights mechanisms of the world body have turned into “a plaything” in the hands of certain western governments.
Iran’s population will reach 93.7 million in 2046. That’s according to the country’s Statistics Center, which warned that from the same year, the decline of the Iranian population will start.
Iran says it believes in ‘integrated and joint’ extraction with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia from the disputed Arash gas field in the Persian Gulf, warning Tehran will start drilling in the field if Kuwait does so.
Iran reserves the right to respond to any threat or move by the Israeli regime against its national security, the country’s permanent envoy to the United Nations has reiterated in a letter to the world body.
In a meeting with Armenia's Defense Minister, Soren Papikian, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi highlighted Tehran's commitment to fostering peace, stability, and security in the Caucasus.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stated every new parliament is a valuable asset, which will bring fresh hopes for the country.
The commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Esmail Qa'ani, has suggested that the regional resistance front can still face the Israeli regime with more surprises by fielding more of its capabilities.
Iran has confiscated a cargo of the US oil over a lawsuit filed by patients with a rare skin disease, whose lives are at risk due to Washington's sanctions.
The FBI has alleged that an Iranian intelligence agent is recruiting operatives in the United States to help kill current and former government officials who were involved in the January 2020 assassination of Tehran’s top general Qassem Soleimani.
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian in the Saudi port city of Jeddah on Tuesday, and stressed the importance of collective attempts by the Muslim nations within the framework of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the international organizations, including the United Nations, in support of the Palestinian people.
Iran’s former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called for the direct talks between Iran and the US over the revival of Tehran's nuclear deal, JCPOA.
Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani brushed aside the US’ objection to aerospace cooperation between Tehran and Moscow following the recent Iran satellite launching into space, using a Russian Syouz missile.
As the final results of the parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections in Iran came out, an Iranian daily has termed the 41-percent turnout in the polls, the lowest since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, ‘alarming.’
Vote count for Iran’s 290-seat parliament and the Assembly of Experts ended on Monday, three days after the elections, with the winners of 45 seats to be elected in the runoff polls.
Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Gharaei Ashtiani, the Iranian Defense Minister, has touched down in Doha to hold crucial meetings with Qatari defense and military officials.
Iran's state television has reported the execution of an individual involved in a plot to blow up a workshop complex of the Ministry of Defense in Isfahan.
