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Sun, 08 Sep 2024 00:10:00 GMT
Nurses and healthcare workers in multiple cities across central Iran, including Isfahan, Qom, and Kashan, held protests on Saturday demanding better wages and improved working conditions.
Sat, 07 Sep 2024 18:40:00 GMT
Hossein Salami, Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on 12 ships in the past that he called “Israeli”.
Sat, 07 Sep 2024 15:38:00 GMT
Majid Eshghi, head of Iran’s Securities and Exchange Organization, has officially stepped down following the public outcry over the revelation of billion-rial loans granted to him and several board members at low interest rates.
Sat, 07 Sep 2024 13:50:00 GMT
A tweet from a young Iranian woman sharing images of her designer birthday gifts during a family trip to Switzerland has sparked backlash against the country's rich elite amid a dire economic depression.
Sat, 07 Sep 2024 11:05:00 GMT
Twelve Afghan nationals were arrested on Friday in southwestern Iran, accused of attempting to "abduct several children and teenagers," according to a statement from Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Sat, 07 Sep 2024 10:30:00 GMT
Iran has reportedly supplied missiles to Russia for its war in Ukraine, defying Western opposition. This development coincides with Tehran’s increasing proximity to becoming a nuclear power, raising further global concerns
Sat, 07 Sep 2024 08:55:00 GMT
This week, Iran's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, pledged an "economic surgery" to address the nation’s worsening crisis. With millions of impoverished citizens expecting relief, he faces mounting pressure to deliver reforms.
Sat, 07 Sep 2024 04:52:00 GMT
Iran is doing more than ever to influence American voters in the run-up to the November elections, a senior US intelligence official said on Friday, in the latest warning about potential foreign influence in US politics.
Sat, 07 Sep 2024 01:10:00 GMT
Iran has completed its long-awaited shipment of ballistic missiles to Russia, defying Western warnings not to supply arms to Moscow, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing US and European officials.
Fri, 06 Sep 2024 22:30:00 GMT
The United States and Iraq have reached a preliminary agreement for the full withdrawal of US-led coalition forces from Iraq by the end of 2026, Reuters reported on Friday, amid continued attacks by Iran-backed militants against American troops.
Fri, 06 Sep 2024 18:41:00 GMT
Three Iranian Kurdish armed groups have been relocated to a "less accessible" camp in Iraqi Kurdistan after months of pressure from Tehran on both the Kurdistan Regional Government and Iraq’s central government.
Fri, 06 Sep 2024 16:31:18 GMT
As the anniversary of Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom protests approaches, security forces have begun a wave of arrests, repeating a pattern of repression targeting Iranian civil society and families of slain protestors.
Fri, 06 Sep 2024 16:03:00 GMT
Iran's Prosecutor’s Office has reportedly indicted prominent journalist and commentator Ahmad Zeidabadi following a heated debate with an ultra-hardliner politician on an Iranian online platform.
Fri, 06 Sep 2024 12:42:35 GMT
Iran International has learned that "Tosan," the company whose system was used in the hacking of over 20 Iranian banks, is now under control of security agencies, with its employees being interrogated.
Fri, 06 Sep 2024 09:42:25 GMT
Exposing Iran’s ruling elite, the pro-reform Shargh daily has revealed a letter detailing how five officials appointed under President Ebrahim Raisi granted themselves loans totaling 105 billion rials ($175,000).
Fri, 06 Sep 2024 09:07:09 GMT
The White House convened a meeting with representatives of Amazon, Alphabet's Google, Microsoft, Cloudflare and civil society activists on Thursday in a bid to encourage US tech giants to offer more digital bandwidth for government-funded internet censorship evasion tools.
Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:09:02 GMT
New details have emerged surrounding the Iranian plot to kill ex-President Donald Trump, claiming that Iran targeted "politicians, military people or bureaucrats" including President Joe Biden and former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley.
Fri, 06 Sep 2024 05:13:00 GMT
Kayhan’s daily’s frequent attacks on pro-reform and even hardline governments is well known in Tehran. However, many agree that the hardline paper has launched its offensive against the Pezeshkian administration unusually early.
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 22:59:11 GMT
The shift in Moscow’s policy regarding the Zangezur corridor through Armenia has angered Tehran where some see Vladimir Putin’s move as an attempt to prevent improvement in Tehran’s relations with the US.
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 19:15:46 GMT
Iran's new President Masoud Pezeshkian’s has admitted to alarming educational disparity between the wealthy and the poor and the decline of the educational system.
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 18:33:28 GMT
A series of Iranian-backed terror plots targeting Jews and Israeli-linked businesses in Europe were foiled by security services earlier this year, according to an investigation by the German daily Der Spiegel.
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:39:16 GMT
Iran's Parliament has proposed reducing the foreign national population by 10 percent annually, amid growing public controversy over the increasing Afghan influx.
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:37:34 GMT
Iran’s Ambassador to the UN, Amir-Saeid Iravani, has once again dismissed international claims about Tehran’s supporting Russia's war on Ukraine as “baseless and misleading.”
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:28:49 GMT
Exactly one year ago, Iran International published an article featuring Middle East expert Yigal Carmon’s prediction that an Iranian regime-backed terrorist group would attack Israel in the fall of 2023.
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 07:04:41 GMT
The eulogy reciter of Iran's Supreme Leader's office, Meysam Motiee, has traveled to Thailand in a bid to export the country's ideology abroad.
Wed, 04 Sep 2024 20:45:00 GMT
Iran has intensified its efforts to interfere in the US election, targeting the campaigns and supporters of both candidates, in an attempt that seems to be coordinated with Russia and aimed at sowing internal discord, according to the US officials and cybersecurity experts.
Wed, 04 Sep 2024 19:12:01 GMT
New data highlights a persistent decline in Iran's marriage rates since 2011, exposing the ineffectiveness of the Supreme Leader’s prolonged efforts to boost population growth amid deteriorating economic conditions.
Wed, 04 Sep 2024 16:12:21 GMT
The Pezeshkian administration's relationship with the media seems to be the weakest link in its efforts to connect with the Iranian public—a link that appears to have been broken from the very beginning.
Wed, 04 Sep 2024 13:03:14 GMT
A new political group, Iranians for Trump, has officially launched with the goal of engaging and mobilizing Iranian-American voters in support of former President Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.
Wed, 04 Sep 2024 11:41:21 GMT
In an escalation of US efforts to block Iran from acquiring sensitive military technology, Gholam Reza Goodarzi, a 76-year-old dual US-Iranian citizen, was arrested at George Bush International Airport.
Wed, 04 Sep 2024 09:59:33 GMT
The United States and its Western allies seem unable to curb the increasing Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, and a Navy commander may have offered some insight into the reason: not to anger Iran.
Wed, 04 Sep 2024 09:25:00 GMT
Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian had all his cabinet approved by the country’s parliament with no hiccups. He had the Supreme Leader's blessing for every name on his team. But will this blessed cabinet be able to oversee a shift in foreign policy and revive the nuclear deal?
Wed, 04 Sep 2024 09:22:32 GMT
Iran has hanged hundreds of people over the past year, drawing sharp criticism from the UN's special rapporteur on Iran, who condemned Tehran for its "unlawful executions" following a surge of death penalties carried out in August.
Wed, 04 Sep 2024 04:15:00 GMT
The recent death of Mohammad Mir-Mousavi, who succumbed to injuries from severe torture while in custody, has once again revealed the pervasive abuse within Iran's police, security, and judicial institutions.
Tue, 03 Sep 2024 23:04:00 GMT
Iran's nationwide nurses' strike which began last month shows no signs of abating as the government continues to ignore the demands for fair pay and better working conditions.
Tue, 03 Sep 2024 21:20:53 GMT
Republican congressman Pat Fallon, a member of the House armed services committee, has blamed the Biden-Harris administration for enabling Iran to support US-designated Hamas through weak sanctions enforcement.
Tue, 03 Sep 2024 18:54:00 GMT
Iranian authorities have been enraged by an Instagram post on the official page of the Australian embassy in Tehran that marked the annual LGBTQIA+ awareness day.
Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:57:14 GMT
A report by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies has questioned the true scale of the threat posed by Iran’s ballistic missiles to Israel and potentially other regional countries.
Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:57:06 GMT
The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen targeted a crude oil tanker in the Red Sea amidst its blockade targeting global shipping, with a Greek-operated vessel struck in the latest attack.
Tue, 03 Sep 2024 12:34:24 GMT
Iran's Central Bank Governor has been summoned by Parliament after reports surfaced of major loans being granted by the country's banks to their own employees and subsidiaries.
Tue, 03 Sep 2024 11:23:55 GMT
The head of a major trade association for large-scale builders in Iran is blasting sanctions for blocking the country's entry into Iraq's housing market, urging the two governments to come up with a solution.
Tue, 03 Sep 2024 10:28:57 GMT
As newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian formed his cabinet, the country’s Supreme Leader—widely recognized as the ultimate authority in Iran—made a vain effort to appear detached from the selection process.
Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:22:00 GMT
Concerns are mounting in Iran over the increasing number of Afghan migrants, particularly since 2023, when reports emerged that the interior minister and IRGC general Ahmad Vahidi, was encouraging the influx of Afghans into the country.
Tue, 03 Sep 2024 03:58:00 GMT
Iran is set to deliver ballistic missiles to Russia "imminently", Bloomberg reported on Monday, amid warnings by Ukraine's allies that the shipment will have serious consequences for the Islamic Republic.
Mon, 02 Sep 2024 20:55:00 GMT
Iran on Monday criticized Russia for supporting Azerbaijan's demand to get unimpeded access to its Nakhchivan enclave by opening the Zangezur transport corridor through Armenia, which would effectively cut off Iran's direct access to Armenia.
Mon, 02 Sep 2024 19:50:00 GMT
The fourth annual "Iran: Transitional Justice" conference, hosted by the Norway-based rights group Iran Human Rights (IHR), was held in Oslo on Saturday to discuss Iran's future.
Mon, 02 Sep 2024 19:04:00 GMT
The British government on Monday imposed fresh sanctions against three Iranian individuals as well as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force's Unit 700, which is said to be a critical conduit for arming Iran's regional proxies.
Mon, 02 Sep 2024 16:00:00 GMT
A political analyst in Tehran asserts that the rift between the ultraconservative Paydari party and the rest of the Iranian conservatives has become irreparable following the formation of the new cabinet.
Mon, 02 Sep 2024 14:08:00 GMT
Iranian media launched a barrage of criticism against the country's former Oil Minister, Javad Owji, accusing him of spreading falsehoods and deceiving the public during his tenure.
Mon, 02 Sep 2024 10:50:39 GMT
Iran's Vice President Mohammad-Reza Aref is facing widespread criticism from across the political spectrum after his controversial son attended an official meeting despite holding no position in the government.
Mon, 02 Sep 2024 09:26:43 GMT
Over a million Iranians have deposited approximately $3,800 each in banks, hoping to "win" one of the vehicles that Iran's leading automaker, Iran Khodro, raffled off last week pending the announcement of the results.
Mon, 02 Sep 2024 06:25:00 GMT
Iran’s Supreme Leader has approved diverting over $5.8 billion from the National Development Fund (NDF)—initially reserved for the nation's future—to settle the government’s immediate debts to wheat farmers and truck drivers.
Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT
The Australian embassy celebrated the annual LGBTIQA+ awareness day in Iran where homosexuality is strictly banned, and homosexuals face the threat of execution.
Sun, 01 Sep 2024 19:15:00 GMT
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated that he does not seek to be enemies with Iran but will not allow the country to possess nuclear weapons.
Sun, 01 Sep 2024 16:40:00 GMT
A final investigation report released on Sunday says poor weather was the main cause of the helicopter crash that killed Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage in May.
Sun, 01 Sep 2024 13:50:00 GMT
Mahmoud Sadeghi, a former Iranian lawmaker, has disclosed that over 1,500 university professors have been subjected to administrative punishments for their support of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests.
Sun, 01 Sep 2024 12:25:00 GMT
An Iranian company affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has employed Afghan fighters from the Fatemiyoun group and other former Afghan military personnel.
Sun, 01 Sep 2024 09:55:00 GMT
On August 27, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, told the newly elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, and his cabinet that talking to the enemy may be useful.
Sun, 01 Sep 2024 08:52:23 GMT
Concerns about how President Massoud Pezeshkian's cabinet has been operating since taking office are steadily increasing, especially regarding inequality in areas such as media, access to Internet and treatment of men and women in Iran.
Sun, 01 Sep 2024 07:40:14 GMT
In his first televised interview as President, Masoud Pezeshkian attempted to maintain the persona of a relatively candid politician but carefully sidestepped major issues and questions.
Sat, 31 Aug 2024 22:57:00 GMT
Clashes erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters in the occupied West Bank on Saturday as Israel continued its military operation in the volatile city of Jenin amid fears of a "third front" emerging in Israel's war on Iran-backed militants.
Sat, 31 Aug 2024 20:22:00 GMT
Lovingly restored luxury classic and vintage cars, often showcased at events across the country, evoke nostalgia for many Iranians, reminding them of the 'good old days' when a Western lifestyle was within easy reach.
Sat, 31 Aug 2024 16:57:00 GMT
Iran's Judiciary on Saturday handed a total of 12 years in prison to Iranian blogger Hossein Shanbehzadeh who was arrested in June after posting a single dot in response to a tweet by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Sat, 31 Aug 2024 15:52:00 GMT
In recent weeks, Iran has been consumed by concerns over a potential gasoline price hike. This anxiety stems not only from economic fears but also from the deep-seated distrust many Iranians have toward their government.
Sat, 31 Aug 2024 12:42:00 GMT
Iran's domestic economic issues, marked by fragmented growth and the dominance of powerful "mafias," are deterring investment, according to Sirous Talari, a board member of the Iranian & Foreign Joint Venture Investments Association (IFJIA).
Sat, 31 Aug 2024 10:40:00 GMT
The relationship between Iran and Russia is built on mutual benefits, and the strategic partnership formed in 2022 after Russia's invasion of Ukraine is now influencing Tehran and Moscow's foreign policies in their respective conflicts with Kyiv and Israel.
Sat, 31 Aug 2024 10:40:00 GMT
Behind the manicured veneers of Iran's capital, Tehran, the hidden toil of the unseen workforce remains invisible, the country's Afghan children.
Sat, 31 Aug 2024 09:05:00 GMT
Following the death of Mohammad Mir-Mousavi, an Iranian citizen who died from beatings while in police custody in the northern city of Lahijan, authorities dismissed the city's police chief.
Sat, 31 Aug 2024 05:36:00 GMT
The Tehran prosecutor's office has announced legal action against Iranian filmmaker Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and her daughter, actress Baran Kowsari for appearing in public without the mandatory hijab.
Fri, 30 Aug 2024 19:03:33 GMT
While the conservative-dominated Parliament's approval of his cabinet may have buoyed Masoud Pezeshkian, his administration now faces numerous serious challenges that require urgent attention.
Fri, 30 Aug 2024 17:42:40 GMT
The USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, currently deployed in the region to counter threats by Iran and its proxy groups, successfully rescued two distressed Iranian mariners, the US Navy announced.
Fri, 30 Aug 2024 14:15:00 GMT
A Bloomberg investigation has revealed how the son of Iran’s former national security chief has become a significant figure in global oil markets, even in the face of US sanctions.
Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:09:11 GMT
Iran's oil and electricity export revenues are blocked in Pakistan due to US sanctions, according to an Iranian Chamber of Commerce official.
Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:35:00 GMT
Saudi Arabia announced a ban on "misuse of the annual pilgrimage of Hajj for political or sectarian purposes," stressing that no one will be allowed entry to the country for "acts that disturb public security and law and order."
Fri, 30 Aug 2024 06:42:00 GMT
Andriy Kostin, Ukraine's Prosecutor General, announced that a case has been opened against an IRGC brigadier general, Abbas Mousavi Sharifi Mollasaraei, on suspicion of aiding Russia in war and war crimes against Ukrainian.
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 22:31:18 GMT
The CIA suppressed intelligence during the Obama administration that indicated Iran's nuclear weapons program was more advanced than believed, according to former NSA counterintelligence official John Schindler.
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 19:05:00 GMT
Iran continues to produce highly enriched uranium, and Tehran has not enhanced its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, despite a resolution urging it to do so at the agency's last board meeting, according to the IAEA .
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:35:00 GMT
In a Thursday speech, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian recounted feeling displeased during a management course in Thailand citing his displeasure for being instructed by "a short Thai woman."
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:58:00 GMT
An Israeli official, speaking to Iran International, revealed that "terrorists, with the support of the Islamic Republic," have established military bases in cities and refugee camps across the West Bank.
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:00:53 GMT
Iranian authorities and state media describe the Arbaeen Walk to religious sites in Iraq, which saw the participation of over 3.6 million Iranians this year, as a demonstration of “Shia soft power.”
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:05:00 GMT
The head of the Islamic Center of Hamburg (IZH), Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh, has been ordered to leave Germany after the center and its affiliates were banned for promoting radical Islamist goals.
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 08:05:00 GMT
Following the circulation of shocking images of a tortured man's body on Iranian social media, authorities announced the arrest of five police officers implicated in the detainee's death.
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 06:33:00 GMT
An economist in Tehran says members of President Masoud Pezeshkian's economic team are not on the same page, as the government must deal with a massive economic crisis gripping the country since 2019.
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 21:51:00 GMT
A suspicious incident in one of the facilities of Iran's Revolutionary Guard in the central province of Isfahan has left multiple casualties, according to an official statement by the IRGC.
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 21:12:00 GMT
Femicide and honor killings remain a reality in Iran, where patriarchal laws continue to claim the lives of innocent women. The latest case to emerge is the murder of 17-year-old Mobina Zeynivand, a young girl from Ilam province in western Iran.
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:54:00 GMT
Iran-based hackers supporting the Islamic Republic continue to enable ransomware attacks against organizations in the US, Azerbaijan Republic, Israel, and the UAE, US intelligence services warned.
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:27:00 GMT
A lecturer purged in the wake of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests has confirmed that he has been allowed to return to work, sparking hopes that tens of others who suffered the same fate may also be reinstated.
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:06:00 GMT
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has directed the minister of health to intensify efforts to remove obstacles to population growth, which will infringe on women's personal freedoms and health.
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:08:45 GMT
Chinese customs data reveals that in July, Malaysia exported 1.53 million barrels of oil per day (mb/d) to China, a figure that has increased 12-fold since July 2018, when the United States began imposing sanctions on Iran.
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:42:00 GMT
Former Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's mid-August resignation as an aide to Iran's president was short-lived—he’s already back, proving that political exits can be as brief as a tweet.
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 08:44:00 GMT
Iran’s exiled Queen, Farah Pahlavi, and her son, Prince Reza Pahlavi, will be honored as recipients of the Architect of Peace Award, the Richard Nixon Foundation has announced.
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 07:00:00 GMT
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei told Iran's new government there is "no barrier" to engaging with the "enemy" on the nuclear issue. While Western media framed this as 'opening the door' to talks, some Iran watchers remain skeptical.
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:02:00 GMT
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has criticized the lack of logic in importing gasoline at high market prices only to sell it domestically at much lower, heavily subsidized rates.
Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:55:00 GMT
The Iranian ambassador to Austria, Abbas Bagherpour Ardekani, has ignited a political firestorm with a social media post that has drawn condemnation and calls for diplomatic response.
Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:11:00 GMT
The US military has published a rare warning ad on the dating app Tinder, highlighting its readiness to counter threats by Iran and Hezbollah to attack Israel in retaliation for the killing of senior 'Resistance Front' leaders.
Tue, 27 Aug 2024 14:35:00 GMT
A 21-year-old man, Amirreza Ajam Akrami, was publicly executed in Shahroud, northern Iran, on Monday, according to the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) organization. This execution marks the first public hanging in Iran in 2024.
Tue, 27 Aug 2024 13:21:00 GMT
As labor protests in Iran gain momentum, oil and gas workers have joined the movement, underscoring the deepening concerns over economic and working conditions across the country.
Tue, 27 Aug 2024 10:32:00 GMT
In his characteristic ambiguous style, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei hinted at a willingness to "cooperate" with the West while warning the government about the dangers of placing trust in them.
Tue, 27 Aug 2024 10:14:00 GMT
As Iran's government claims to be deporting more Afghan migrants, new details have emerged about a plan to charge large sums from those trying to remain in the country.
Tue, 27 Aug 2024 06:20:00 GMT
Israel and Hezbollah have stepped back from a regional war—for now. While daily rocket barrages persist along the Israel-Lebanon border, no clear winners have emerged, and the situation remains fragile and uncertain.