The unconventional pronouncements of a Qom-based senior cleric, Kamal al-Haydari, about Shiite jurisprudence and jurists, have once again infuriated state-recognized "Ayatollahs" and traditional clergies close to the Iranian government.
The life story of a man who built his entire life and world on dancing in women's clothing is getting the cinematic treatment.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has criticized French President Emmanuel Macron over his defense of the right to show cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Khamenei's tweets have also been criticized for questioning the Holocaust.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the U.S. sanctions imposed on the nation were taking their "last breaths."
Top officials in Iran say the upcoming U.S. election doesn't matter, but nearly everyone else there seems to be holding their breath.
The spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Health, Sima Sadat Lari, criticized the holding of a religious celebration in Iran's second-largest city, Mashhad, saying that having such a ceremony was "indeed a crime."
The head of the Iran-South Korea Chamber of Commerce, Hossein Tanhaei, has said that Iran's blocked money in South Korea amounts to "$8.5 billion" and the release of the money "depends on the outcome of the U.S. presidential election."
The covering up of images of women on gravestones in a cemetery in northern Iran resulted in outrage and led to the images being fixed and the cemetery apologizing for the “mistake.”
In an open letter to world leaders and the United Nations Secretary-General, 74 Iranian political and civil activists wrote that the agreement between Iran and China "is a threat to world peace and stability."
Official data released by Iran's major trading partners, including China, show the continuing widespread impact of U.S. government sanctions on Tehran's foreign trade and the significant decline in Iranian exports to these countries in the first nine months of 2020.
Following the release of a video of security forces beating a citizen to death in the North Khorasan province Esfarayen, the province’s Military Prosecutor, Mojtaba Zare', said that the victim's family had filed a complaint entitled "shooting led to the murder."
A member of the Iranian Supreme Medical Council, Hossein Gheshlaghi, says the number of coronavirus victims in Iran is three to four times higher than the official figures announced by the country's Ministry of Health.
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