A member of Iranian parliament says that the legislature votes only for thirty percent of the national budget and it has no chance to vote for the rest.
Former president Mohammad Khatami was prevented by security agencies to leave his house to attend a public ceremony.
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are set to hold talks on February 25 with Russian leader Vladimir Putin over implementation of a 30-day United Nations cease-fire in Syria, the French presidency says.
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution demanding a 30-day cease-fire across Syria "without delay" to allow aid deliveries and medical evacuations.
Iran is ranked 130 out of 180 world countries on the global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2017, published by Transparency International on Wednesday, February 2017.
Iran's civil aviation organization has grounded ATR-72 planes belonging to Aseman Airlines after one of them crashed this week with 66 people on board, state media reported on February 23.
U.S. President Donald Trump has accused Russia, Iran, and the Syrian government of being responsible for a "humanitarian disgrace" in Syria as Western leaders continued to press for a cease-fire in the war-torn Middle East country.
Oil that reached islands in southern Japan earlier this month is highly likely to have come from the sunken Iranian tanker Sanchi, the Japan Coast Guard said on Thursday.
The protests in Iran against compulsory veil continues, as more women remove their head-scarfs in public as a sign of defiance.
The United States has criticized Russia over the bombing of Syria's eastern Ghouta, saying Moscow has a "unique responsibility" for more than 400 people being killed in the Damascus suburb this month.
Iran remains in compliance with the 2015 nuclear accord signed with six world powers, the United Nations atomic watchdog says.
Three suspected Bahraini militants wanted on terrorism charges died at sea in unexplained circumstances this month and another is missing.
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