Asia Iran The Iranian men's weightlifting team took first place at the World Junior Weightlifting Championships 2023 in Mexico, after collecting five gold, nine silver and one bronze medal
Asia Iran According to one of two confidential International Atomic Energy Agency reports viewed by Reuters, the country continues to stonewall the agency in monitoring its work; it would have enough uranium enriched to 60% purity to produce three bombs
Asia Iran An Iranian court ordered a five-year prison sentence against a French citizen tried on national security charges; France called the sentence 'unacceptable' as there appears to be no evidence to support it
Asia Iran The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought - awarded by the European Parliament - went this year to Iranian Mahsa Jina Amini and the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement
Asia Iran The condition of a 16-year-old Iranian girl, in a coma after an alleged assault on the Tehran metro because she wasn't wearing proper attire, has 'deteriorated' in hospital, local media reported
Asia Iran Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, VP of the Centre for the Defence of Human Rights, 'who has been fighting against the death penalty and for women's rights for years, and who is still imprisoned in Tehran'
Asia Iran Iranian women who violate the strict Islamic dress code that requires them to cover their heads and dress modestly face up to 10 years in prison under toughening approved Wednesday
Asia Iran Ahead of the first anniversary of Jina Mahsa Amini's death on 16 September, her family wrote that they intended to mourn at her grave site; since last year, Amini's family has been under close surveillance by the Iranian authorities
Asia Iran The cost of living in Iran has reached unprecedented levels, with the year-on-year inflation rate for households across the country rising to +39,8% in August
Asia Iran Iran - with Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the UAE - has been invited by the BRICS group of nations to become new members of the bloc
Asia Iran Executions for political reasons are increasing at a fast pace, according to the Centre for Human Rights in Iran, which reports 17 executions in the last 10 months, adding that they were mostly young people with 'blatantly illegal' prosecution
Asia Iran Two days of national holidays have been ordered, as well as the closure of many businesses, due to the unprecedented heat wave that is hitting the country
Asia Iran The morality police returned to the streets 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked protests across the country