Iran

The Iranian embassy in Saudi Arabia opened its doors on Wednesday for the first time in seven years, thanks to a historic agreement brokered by China and signed in Beijing in May

"The West has no dignity to talk about human rights, they are the enemies of mankind," reportedly affirmed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

Iranian authorities are preparing a new Hijab plan that includes fines of up to $6.000 for women who violate the country's mandatory Hijab rule, revealed hardline lawmaker and member of Parliament's cultural committee Hossein Jalali

The five young women from Ekbatan, who filmed a video in which they danced without veils, were reportedly detained for 48 hours and forced to repent for dancing in defiance of the bans imposed by the authorities

UN Nuclear Observatory inspectors have found uranium particles enriched to 83,7% at Iran's underground nuclear site in Fordo, according to a report seen by the Associated Press

Three Iranian players won medals at the 1st Asia-Pacific Rapid Chess Championship for the Deaf, including two gold medals, one male and one female

The head of the Iran-China Joint Chamber of Commerce said Iran will open a trade centre in China by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (20 March)

Jafar Panahi, the film director imprisoned on charges of carrying out anti-government propaganda with his work and banned from making films for 20 years, has been freed; the release came 48 hours after he began a hunger strike in protest

Ministry of Defence didn't provide information on who is suspected of carrying out the drone attack on the weapons factory in Isfahan; latest drone strike against Iran comes amid escalating regional and international tensions involving the country

Head of Islamic Revolutionary Guards, Hossein Salami, threatened authors of stripes published by satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, advising them to look to the fate of Salman Rushdie - the writer who was the target of a terrorist attack last summer

The country has drawn huge international condemnation after executing two young civilians - karate champion Mohammad Mehdi Karam and volunteer children's coach Seyed Mohammad Hosseini- for participating in anti-regime protests

Iran's currency fell to an all-time low against the dollar as nationwide anti-government protests reached their third month; the breakdown in negotiations to restore the Tehran nuclear deal also hurt the rial's value

Doctors around the world have raised their voices in favor of the basic human right of neutral medical care and expressed concern about deliberate violation of medical neutrality and non-interference with medical services by the Islamic Republic forces