A bipartisan group of U.S. House lawmakers on April 27 introduced the Open Technology Fund Authorization Act to help fight social media and news censorship by "oppressive governments" such as Iran, North Korea, China and Russia.
Tanker tracking sources say Iran’s oil exports to Syria have increased substantially in recent weeks and currently several cargoes have reached the Baniyas port in Syria.
The United States faces a tough, messy battle if it uses a threat to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran as leverage to get the 15-member Security Council to extend and strengthen an arms embargo on Tehran, diplomats said.
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.
France on Monday condemned Iran over the executions this month of two young offenders who it said where minors at the time of their crimes, accusing Tehran of violating its international obligations.
Israeli warplanes flying over Lebanon fired missiles toward areas near Damascus early Monday, in what is said was an attack on Iranian forces and its proxies.
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.
An official of the Iranian Customs on April 26 confirmed that a fourth consignment of pharmaceutical ingredients purchased from Germany worth around 259,000 euros (about $280,000) has been delivered to Iran.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reportedly granted a fresh extension on a waiver to let Iraq import electricity from neighboring Iran.
Millions of live chickens have been buried in Iran, and many more will be dumped soon, says the chairman of the board of directors of the Tehran Poultry Farmers' Union.
The sister of an award-winning university student has released a video demanding an explanation from Iran’s security organs for the April 10 arrest of her brother.
Days after Amnesty International published a report on the high number of executions in Iran and several other countries, human rights monitors say Iran has executed three more people in minority-populated provinces.
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