An Iranian scientist detained in the United States has left the country and is on his way back to his homeland, Iranian officials say, although they deny it is part of a prisoner swap.
In a thread of tweets on June 2, the Persian-language Twitter account of the U.S. Department of State refuted Iran's accusations of suppressing protesters and preventing the media from reporting it.
After a two-month trend of fewer coronavirus cases in Iran, infections are rising again.
After a sitting member of the Iranian Parliament on Monday made an announcement of the death toll of the November protests, a former lawmaker said members of the previous term of the parliament did not dare disclose the numbers because it was treated as a "security issue".
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he will visit Iran shortly to sign cooperation agreements in energy and other sectors after Iran sent five fuel tankers to the South American country.
foreign minister Javad Zarif said an Iranian professor jailed in the United States is on his way back to Iran. This might be a prisoner swap with the U.S.
As Iran's exports decline it is faced with a negative trade balance in 2020. Both sanctions and the coronavirus crisis pressure its economy.
A bus drivers' union activist in Iran was forced to surrender to receive 74 lashes as punishment for attending a May 1 rally.
Tehran said Monday that scientist Sirous Asgari, one of more than a dozen Iranians behind bars in the United States, is set to return to the Islamic republic within days.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Musavi says Tehran will continue to export fuel to Venezuela if the South American country requests more supplies.
Khuzestan has become the first region in Iran to officially ban women's boxing despite the Olympic Committee's demand to eliminate gender discrimination.
Two Iran Aseman Airlines (IAI) flights had to make emergency landings due to technical issues at Tehran Mehrabad Airport and Ahwaz Airport on Saturday and Sunday due to technical issues.
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