During recent weeks Iran's hardliners dominating the state have been increasingly tightening enforcement of unwritten rules concerning compulsory hijab.
Two ships carrying Iranian LPG or liquid natural gas detained earlier by Singapore have been released, Lloyd’s List Intelligence reported July 31.
Rail workers blocked the tracks linking the port of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan Province to the Iranian capital Tehran for the second consecutive day on Tuesday July 30.
Iran's Information Technology and Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Jahromi Azari says the country's communication satellite Nahid-1 will be ready for launch in two weeks.
Iran’s president has warned his French counterpart that the 2015 nuclear deal might not survive if European signatories do not honor their “commitments” and fail to cooperate with Iran.
Amnesty International has condemned remarks by an Iranian cleric who defended his involvement in mass executions of Islamic Republic opponents in 1988.
Iranian oil exports have dropped in July to as low as 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) due to sanctions and rising tension with the United States and Britain.
The United States has stepped up diplomatic pressure on Germany to join efforts to secure the strategic Strait of Hormuz as Iran has detained a British oil tanker and other vessels face a risk.
The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has "demolished" a network of all-female "western-style" parties in Hamadan (the ancient city of Ecbatana), western Iran.
The former mayor of Tehran, Mohammad Ali Najafi has been sentenced to Qisas (an eye for an eye or retribution in-kind) for killing his second wife.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reiterated that his country will keep the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf open to maritime traffic, amid high tensions with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Commander of the Iranian army’s navy who is visiting Russia has announced an agreement for joint naval exercises between Iranian and Russian forces in the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf.
The Iranian parliament held a session behind closed doors on Monday, July 29, to discuss the problem of providing essential goods, including food, across the country.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has dismissed the idea of a tanker swap with Iran in a Monday morning interview with BBC World Service.
The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry says Mohammad Javad Zarif has complained in a letter to Khamenei about the way his character was depicted in a controversial series on state TV.
Hundreds of retired teachers in Iran held rallies on Sunday, July 28, in front of the Islamic Republic's Majles (parliament) and offices of Plan and Budget Organization (PBO), to demand adjustment pays.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Iran has rejected his offer made July 25 to go to Tehran to address the Iranian people.
The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi has disclosed that Tehran has enriched 24 tons of uranium after signing the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
The Islamic Republic President, Hassan Rouhani, has offered his congratulations to the new UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, expressing hope that bilateral relations will further develop during his tenure.
Iran on Sunday condemned as "provocative" a British proposal for a European-led naval mission to escort tankers in the Persian Gulf, amid soaring tensions over the seizure of ships.
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