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
Asia Iran President Ebrahim Raisi began his trip to Africa in Nairobi, then head to Uganda and Zimbabwe; it is the first time in eleven years that an Iranian president has made a trip to Africa, namely taking 'a non-colonial approach to Africa'
Asia Iran An Iranian appeals court sentenced prominent activist and journalist Golrokh Iraee, detained since her arrest at the start of a protest movement, to five years
Asia Iran The Iranian Interests Section in Washington DC has been accused of corruption and one of its employees now faces prosecution
Asia Iran Parliament lawmakers voted to approve Abbas Aliabadi as the country's new Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade, for more than 15 years CEO of Iranian energy and infrastructure conglomerate MAPNA Group
Asia Iran A subsidiary of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran has unveiled an in-house production system that simplifies pest control in the food industry with the application of ionising radiation
Asia Iran Masha Amini's grave was attacked by vandals for the second time in a few months; her brother said 'no matter how many times they break it, we will fix it. Let's see who gets tired first"
Asia Iran Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that the country's path of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency in the technical field will soon see great progress