Behrouz Chamanara, a language professor at the University of Kurdistan, was fired in September, shortly after the local intelligence office rejected his qualifications; Chamanara declared that dismissals are used to 'impose silence' in universities

Reports of a meeting between Tehran's envoy to the UN and Elon Musk, close adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, have been denied by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Saturday

An Iranian student was arrested after she stripped off her clothes remaining in underwear in the courtyard of Department of Science and Research at Tehran's Azad University in protest against the headscarf requirement; she has not been heard from since

The ban on importing Apple's latest products has been lifted; the ban on importing iPhones had been in place since 2023 and now the models 14, 15 and 16 will be also registered in Iran

Statements by the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, who said that Tehran is ready to negotiate with France on the implementation of a UN resolution concerning southern Lebanon, have been challenged by Lebanon's interim Prime Minister