Iran's Prosecutor-General Mohammad-Javad Montazeri is urging President Hassan Rouhani to cancel the ban on holding mourning ceremonies of the Islamic month of Muharram in mosques and Tekyehs, places designed specifically for such ceremonies during the mourning month.
A member of Tehran City Council said on Sunday that since the coronavirus outbreak in February 10, 200 residents of the capital have died of COVID-19.
Fourty-four prominent attorneys in Iran have urged political prisoners to end their hunger strikes and have demanded the release of inmates amid the pandemic.
The Islamic Republic is handing out prison terms to people who protested against the government while no one has been convicted of killing hundreds of protesters.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday said it would be a "good idea" to look into buying missiles from Iran, a day after Colombia said Venezuela was considering such a plan amid growing ties between Caracas and Tehran.
Mike Pompeo and Jared Kushner will be visiting Israel and the UAE to discuss normalization of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
Tehran Municipality has apologized after hardliners attacked it for the missing word "Islamic" in a street sign.
In a tweet on Saturday the International Atomic Agency (IAEA) Chief Rafael Grossi said he will travel to Tehran on Monday to address the outstanding questions related to the Agency's safeguards in Iran.
A 72-year-old activist defending workers' rights in Iran has been summoned to serve a three-year jail sentence for his protests against the regime.
A veteran football coach in Iran has criticized the Islamic Republic for not recognizing Israel and hardliners have launched attacks on him on social media.
The joint commission on the Iran nuclear agreement will meet in Vienna on September 1, the European Union has said, after the U.S. and its European allies sparred over Washington's bid to reimpose UN sanctions on Tehran.
The United States on Friday said it was imposing visa restrictions on 13 Iranian officials it accused of involvement in "gross violations of human rights" .
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