Oil exports, backbone of Iran's ailing economy, haven't been curbed notwithstanding US-imposed restrictions thank to China's willingness to buy record quantities, Tehran's prowess in circumventing sanctions and the fact that they aren't strictly enforced

A senior Iranian defence official stated that the country intends to increase the export of its defence products by 50%

Mohammad Rasoulof, winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival with 'Evil does not exist', accused of plotting against national security by making films and documentaries against the regime is sentenced to caning and five years in prison

An Iranian court sentenced to death the Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was accused of participating in the large anti-regime protests of 2022

"The only way to fight the Zionists is to form a coalition of Islamic armies," reportedly said the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy, Alireza Tangsiri