10+ hour, 9+ min ago   (1675+ words) Soda Ebrahimi Shamsabadi, a 33-year-old blogger from Bandar Abbas who has been detained since March, has been sentenced to death, according to information obtained by Iran International. The court also sentenced her to between two and five years in prison,…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1690+ words) Soaring food prices in Iran are increasingly reflected in reports of theft, with groceries appearing in cases ranging from first-time shoplifting to warehouse raids and armed robbery. A butcher in Karaj told Iran International that some customers now ask for…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1627+ words) A dispute over Iran’s proposed measures to combat foreign infiltration escalated Thursday, with a senior lawmaker accusing President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government of acting illegally after the cabinet opposed a parliamentary committee report on the controversial legislation. The cabinet has opposed…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1614+ words) A senior Iranian lawmaker on Thursday called the cabinet's opposition to a parliamentary committee report on a controversial foreign infiltration bill illegal, saying the government had exceeded its authority. Alireza Salimi, a member of parliament's presidium, said only parliament had…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1672+ words) Iran's cabinet has opposed a report by parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee concerning a controversial bill aimed at countering infiltration by foreign intelligence services, governments and organizations, state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday. The published notice did…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1642+ words) Sunni Kurdish cleric Mamosta Mohammad Nezhati was killed in northwestern Iran, the Revolutionary Guards said in a statement reported on Wednesday by the semi-official Mehr news agency. The Guards' West Azarbaijan provincial command said Nezhati was a local cleric and…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1617+ words) Iranian authorities are holding back from enforcing mandatory hijab as extensively as they would like because of “war conditions,” a senior official said Wednesday, even as pressure grows for tougher enforcement. “Look at how the enemy has managed to promote…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1639+ words) Eighteen prisoners held at Dastgerd prison in the central Iranian city of Isfahan could face death sentences over unrest and a fire at the facility, according to a judicial document obtained by Iran International. The case has been sent to…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1615+ words) Iran's exports to Afghanistan have fallen by at least 25% since the US-Iran war began this year, while competitors have moved quickly to expand their share of the Afghan market, the head of the Iran-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce said on…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1664+ words) Oil, gas and Iran economic analyst Iran’s decision to double the price of gasoline sold outside subsidized quotas could generate less than $500 million in additional annual revenue under current consumption patterns, but can it resolve the structural pressures behind the…...