Iranian officials on May 8 warned the residents of Tehran to be prepared for another possible earthquake after a shallow 5.1 magnitude quake jolted the capital in the early hours of Friday.
The Iranian government's ban on holding religious gatherings due to coronavirus epidemic has inspired a "eulogists of Imams" to hold his ceremonies as a drive-in event during the month of Ramadhan.
Digging a deep grave to bury a COVID-19 victim in a tiny northern Iranian village has revealed remnants of a soldier and some artefacts buried with him from the Parthian era (247 BC – 224 AD).
A Revolutionary Court in Iran has sentenced a husband and wife who are among Iranian lifestyle and sports Instagram influencers to a total of 16 years in prison, 74 lashes and a cash fine.
In an exclusive interview with Radio Liberty on Thursday the EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell said the United States can no longer be considered as a participating member of the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran.
The U.S. Department of Defense is considering awarding Purple Hearts to U.S. troops who suffered traumatic brain injuries (TBI) during the Iranian missile attack of January 8 on bases in Iraq hosting American troops.
Speaking at an administration ministers' meeting on April 29 the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made a jab at the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who on April 22 referred to the Persian Gulf as "Arabian Gulf".
Experts are working to decipher a newly discovered inscription unearthed in an ancient necropolis near Persepolis, Hamid Fadai, an official of the Cultural Heritage Organization of Iran, said on April 27.
An Iranian Health Ministry deputy on April 27 said re-opening of businesses does not mean "going back to normal" and can be reversed if coronavirus infections and deaths go up.
A court of appeals has upheld a one-year jail sentence for a novelist for publishing a novel in France two years ago to avoid censorship in Iran, and publishing articles in a Netherlands-based website.
Instagram has shut down the account of Iranian rapper Amir-Hossein Maqsoudlou after activists and Instagram users reported him for inappropriate posts asking underage girls to join his 'team' for sex.
In a statement released on Thursday, twenty human rights organizations called on Iran to immediately free female prisoners of conscience and other political prisoners who have not been allowed to go on furlough despite the catastrophic situation on the ground, particularly in prisons.
Sources close to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani's Office in Iran say the Iraqi-Iranian Shiite marja' has donated at least $1.5 million for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in Iran, particularly in Qom.
An official of the Iranian Agriculture Ministry on April 20 said a huge new wave of locusts is expected to invade the southern provinces of Iran in two weeks.
Iran's Judiciary Spokesman on Friday said the administration of President Hassan Rouhani had solicited the Judiciary to grant furlough to imprisoned dual-citizens and political prisoners to protect them from coronavirus infection in prison.
An official of the Public Relations of the Revolutionary Guard in Fars Province on Saturday said the Guards' intelligence agents have seized huge supplies of limes hoarded for s
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Commander Major General Hossein Salami on April 15 said the IRGC has invented a machine that can detect coronavirus within a radius of about 100 meters.
An advisory report by the research arm of the Iranian parliament on Tuesday has estimated that the real number of coronavirus cases in the country may be up to 10 times higher than the cases identified by the Health Ministry.
An op-ed by the Chinese envoy in Tehran that was published in the Iranian government mouthpiece, Iran Newspaper, on Monday may backfire and make more Iranians angered by his attitude criticize their own government for "capitulation" to China.
An official of Tehran Municipality on Sunday told the members of the City Council that 10,000 new graves are being prepared in the capital's largest cemetery for possible coronavirus victims.
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