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
Asia Iran The country's demand for electricity has increased steadily in recent years, reaching levels seen in industrial and populous countries such as Germany, stated Iran's Energy Minister
Asia Iran The Iranian authorities have ruled that several public offices and private activities will remain closed on Sunday due to a heat wave in the country; the maximum temperature has reached 45 °C in 10 provinces
Asia Iran Cement sales in Iran decreased in June compared to the previous month, but still registered a remarkable 24% year-on-year increase
Asia Iran 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%
Asia Iran 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
Asia Iran Following the UN Atomic Observatory declaring that Iran is expanding its nuclear capabilities, France, Germany and Britain condemned the country's 'latest measures'
Asia Iran The main coalition of reformists in Iran has declared that it will only participate in this month's presidential elections if at least one of its candidates is approved to run
Asia Iran 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
Asia Iran A senior Iranian defence official stated that the country intends to increase the export of its defence products by 50%