Asia Iran President Massoud Pezeshkian, who has a reformist orientation, is explicitly criticising a law that tightens controls and penalties for women who do not wear the veil properly, supported by parliament and the Guardian Council
Asia Iran The country said it intends to keep military advisers in Syria after Aleppo, its ally's second city, was overrun by militants in a surprise offensive
Asia Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death sentence for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leader, following recent arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court
Asia Iran 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
Asia Iran 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
Asia Iran 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
Asia 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
Asia Iran International oil traders have been anxiously watching Israel's expected military response to Iran's latest missile attack, with prices likely to depend on what happens in the country
Asia Iran Law to protect "family by promoting the culture of chastity and the hijab' tightens penalties for women who do not wear the veil in public with fines, restrictions on internet use, imprisonment, confiscation of vehicles and bans on travelling abroad
Asia Iran 34 female prisoners began a hunger strike in an Iranian prison on Sunday to mark two years since the start of protests against clerical authorities, said Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi's foundation
Asia Iran An increasing number of Iranian women have been sentenced to death in a frame of rising executions in the country, which have grown since unprecedented anti-establishment protests broke out in 2022
Asia Iran The only language institute recognized by the German Embassy in Iran was shut down after the closure of Islamic religious centers in Germany, considered Islamophobic and a "hostile action"
Asia Iran According to the Russian news agency TASS, the Iranian ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, stated that the country is ready to transit Russian gas through its territory