Iran's 27th International Textile and Machinery Exhibition kicked off at the Tehran Permanent International Fair, with more than 200 companies from all over the country participating to showcase their domestic production

The country reportedly claimed to have developed a hypersonic 'super missile' capable of penetrating any country's defence systems, bringing the UN Nuclear Watch to raise concern

Human Rights Watch - a pressure group - explicitly accused Iranian authorities of using fabricated national security threats to crack down on protesters across the country

A month of protests across the country, sparked by death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of moral police, has awakened large international attention towards the moves of the clerical regime in place since the 1979 Islamic Revolution

Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi competed without a headscarf in a competition in Seoul, South Korea; she said she did so 'inadvertently' amid concerns for her safety after many thought she was supporting protesters