2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1593+ words) Iran's ambassador-designate to Lebanon, Mohammad Reza Rauf Sheibani, has formally asked for a six-month residency permit as a foreign citizen after his diplomatic status ended, Al Arabiya reported on Tuesday, citing sources. The request was submitted in Sheibani's capacity as…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1564+ words) Iranians described deepening financial hardship and questioned whether economic pressure can change government policy as the dollar hit a historic 2 million rials, extending the currency's sharp decline on Sunday. The US dollar reached 2 million rials on Iran's open market, crossing…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1596+ words) Israel will settle for nothing short of the collapse of the Islamic Republic, its ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter told Iran International. “The regime has to fall,” Leiter said. “I think they are on the road to collapse…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1610+ words) Yemen’s assistant defense minister said Monday that a decision had been made to retake Sanaa from the Houthis, Al Jazeera reported. “The decision has been made to liberate Sanaa,” the official said, adding that this would “settle the matter.” No…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1639+ words) Days before he was killed, Ali Khamenei gave a poem to a translator, a senior cleric says. Iranian outlets published it as his prophecy of his own martyrdom. Then readers ran down the first letters: I am Ali Khamenei, born…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1637+ words) Iran’s rising wave of raids, arrests and property seizures against Bahá’ís amounts to “state-sponsored theft,” the Bahá’í International Community’s representative to the United Nations in Geneva said, citing hundreds of incidents since the January crackdown. Simin Fahandej told Iran International…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1612+ words) Mohsen Rezaei’s threats to halt Iranian oil exports, target countries cooperating with the United States and comments suggesting a possible nuclear shift have triggered a debate in Tehran over his authority to outline such policies as tensions escalate. Rezaei, secretary…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1725+ words) Mohsen Rezaei on Friday set out four Iranian conditions for an agreement with the United States, another sign that the former IRGC commander who once championed an “offensive doctrine” may be moving from advocating war to contemplating a deal at…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1665+ words) Messages sent to Iran International after the death of its 37-year-old presenter Farahnaz Espad have mixed personal tributes with reflections on exile, repression and hopes for political change among Iranians at home and abroad. Espad died on Aug. 17 after a…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1614+ words) Iran executed Ghaem Hosseini, also known as Arian, a foreign national convicted over his involvement in protests in Isfahan in January, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Thursday. The judiciary did not say which country Hosseini was from. Hosseini…...