Iran

Cement sales in Iran decreased in June compared to the previous month, but still registered a remarkable 24% year-on-year increase

A runoff will be held between former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili (who got 9,4 million votes) and heart surgeon Masoud Pezeshkian (10,4 million) after no one got more than 50% of the vote in the presidential election; turnout was 39,9%

The country condemned the inclusion of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the list of terrorist organisations as 'an unwise and unconventional step, politically motivated' after Canada joined with Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Sweden and the USA

Following the UN Atomic Observatory declaring that Iran is expanding its nuclear capabilities, France, Germany and Britain condemned the country's 'latest measures'

The sudden death of President Ebrahim Raisi has thrown the succession plans of Iran's senior Supreme Leader into crisis, as he had long been a protégé of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was thought to be grooming Raisi as his successor

A senior Iranian defence official stated that the country intends to increase the export of its defence products by 50%

Mohammad Rasoulof, winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival with 'Evil does not exist', accused of plotting against national security by making films and documentaries against the regime is sentenced to caning and five years in prison

Oil exports, backbone of Iran's ailing economy, haven't been curbed notwithstanding US-imposed restrictions thank to China's willingness to buy record quantities, Tehran's prowess in circumventing sanctions and the fact that they aren't strictly enforced

An Iranian court sentenced to death the Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was accused of participating in the large anti-regime protests of 2022

"The only way to fight the Zionists is to form a coalition of Islamic armies," reportedly said the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy, Alireza Tangsiri

3.000 foreign traders and businessmen are expected to attend the Islamic Republic of Iran's 6th International Exhibition of Export Potential called "Iran Expo 2024" this month at the Tehran International Permanent Fairground