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New clashes hit Iran as opposition urges protests, strikesTwelve days of protests have shaken the clerical authorities under Ayatollah Ali Khamenei already battling economic crisis after years of s...
Iran lifts WhatsApp ban, but users hardly feel a changeArdavan Yousefi, a Tehran cafe owner, finds Iran's lifting of the WhatsApp ban insignificant due to widespread restrictions on other platfo...
Iran cyberspace council votes to lift ban on WhatsAppIran's top council responsible for safeguarding the internet voted Tuesday to lift a ban on the popular messaging application WhatsApp, whi...
Iran says no charges against student who stripped to underwearAn Iranian student who removed her clothes at a Tehran university, sparking outrage from officials, has not been indicted. While authoritie...
What changes are expected under Iran's new president?Iranians elected reformist Masoud Pezeshkian as the next president after Ebrahim Raisi's death, winning over 54% of votes with promises of ...
Polls open in Iran for presidential electionAround 61 million Iranians are eligible to vote in the polls where reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, 69, hopes for a breakthrough win against a ...
After funeral, Iran's focus shifts to vote for Raisi's successorFollowing the tragic death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, Iran prepares for a pivotal election to select his successor o...
View: Iran’s President Raisi, who died in chopper crash, was a failureIran president Helicopter Crash: Since the early 1980s, Iranian presidents have reflected the supreme leader's needs. Ebrahim Raisi, close ...
The US sanctions squeezing Iran leaders, oil and tradeIran stands as one of the world's most heavily sanctioned nations, with the United States imposing a comprehensive array of measures on the...
Iran sentences two women journalists to jail timeUnder the sentence, Negin Bagheri and Elnaz Mohammadi will serve one-fortieth of the term, or less than a month, in prison, their lawyer Am...
Over 5,000 schoolchildren poisoned: Iran lawmakerThe mystery poisonings have gripped Iran, triggering a wave of anger and demands for action from the authorities. They have also sparked in...
Iran sends more troops to Kurdish region as new protest flaresVideos showed dozens of men marching in the regional capital Zahedan, shouting slogans against Iran's supreme leader and the state's Bassij...
Gunmen attack major Shiite holy site in Iran, killing 15State TV blamed the attack on "takfiris," a term that refers to Sunni Muslim extremists who have targeted the country's Shiite majority in ...
Iran pushes militarily abroad amid unrest at homeThose moves show Iran's leaders trying to rally hard-line support within the country as demonstrations continue over the September 16 death...
Iranians keep up the heat on leaders with protests, strikesAn Iranian state coroner's report denied that Mahsa Amini had died due to blows to the head and limbs while in police custody and linked he...
Iran's nationwide Hijab protests pile pressure on stateAmini, 22, from the northwestern Kurdish city of Saqez, was arrested on Sept. 13 in Tehran for "unsuitable attire" by the morality police w...
Iranian government scrambles to contain unrest as it spreads to more towns and citiesHundreds of protesters, mostly women, took to the streets following the death of Mahsa Amini - a Kurd native, chanting anti-government slog...
50 killed in Iran as protests flare anew hours after pro-government ralliesThe street violence, which IHR says has spread to 80 towns and cities, was triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurd who ha...