7+ hour, 39+ min ago   (1662+ words) The Treasury Department’s opener for Operation Economic Outcast, launched Monday to cut Iran’s remaining income, suggests Washington sees Dubai, Istanbul and Baghdad — not Beijing — as the critical channels for Tehran’s money. The regime needs hard currency to defend the rial,…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago   (1663+ words) Iranian authorities handed teachers and education union activists a combined 40 years, one month and 16 days in prison over the past school year, according to a report by the research unit of the Teachers’ Movement Research Institute. The institute said its…...

4+ hour, 40+ min ago   (1657+ words) Painful Hug is “a deeply personal image made during wartime in Tehran, expressing fear, protection, and a longing for peace through the simple gesture of an embrace,” the IPA said in a statement. IPA juror Patti O’Halloran highlighted the tension…...

7+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1654+ words) A senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps official said Saturday that the United States had pursued the overthrow of the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution and that nuclear issues were among several pretexts for pressure, the IRGC-affiliated Fars news agency reported....

10+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1627+ words) Iran’s ambassador to Germany Majid Nili said Europe would have to accept the reality of a “strong Iran,” while Tehran would continue pursuing dialogue based on mutual respect, in an interview with state-run IRNA. “Despite the existing political atmosphere and…...

11+ hour, 5+ min ago   (1619+ words) Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Saturday that an armed group was intercepted shortly after entering the Saravan area of Sistan-Baluchestan province, state-run IRNA reported. The IRGC claimed the group was linked to Israel and the United States and had planned…...

7+ hour, 24+ min ago   (1653+ words) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday that implementing the Islamabad MoU with domestic unity could help Iran overcome its problems, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported. “The government believes that if, based on internal unity, we implement the memorandum approved…...

2+ hour, 7+ min ago   (1643+ words) Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Saturday that Iran and Oman had reached an understanding over the Strait of Hormuz, but that it would not be implemented until the United States fulfilled its commitments under the Islamabad MoU, Iranian…...

9+ hour, 56+ min ago   (1641+ words) Iranian parliament speaker and top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Saturday that recent regional developments showed Muslim countries were increasingly turning toward cooperation with each other rather than relying on outside powers. “Security built on the presence and intervention of…...

8+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1657+ words) Iran-backed Iraqi armed group Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada said in a statement that it would cooperate with efforts to bring weapons under state control only if 10 conditions were met, foremost among them the complete withdrawal of US forces from Iraq, Shafaq…...