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Oil-tanker-tracking companies estimate that Iran's oil and natural gas exports have halved due to competition with Russia in Asian markets, as most countries in the West shun Moscow over its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
A court in Iran has sentenced 26 followers of the Baha'i faith to prison terms ranging from two to five years, as well as other measures, on charges of "conspiracy to disrupt internal and external security" in what the religion's leaders say is another sign of the persecution they face.
Iran's military says two officials who worked in the field of aerospace have been killed in separate incidents inside the Islamic republic.
Iran's national currency fells to its lowest value ever against the U.S. dollar, hit by continuing U.S. sanctions as talks to revive the global 2015 nuclear deal falter.
The lawyer for a teachers' union activist, who has been on hunger strike for nine days after being jailed for meeting with French counterparts, says his client has been transferred to a prison in Tehran amid concerns about his deteriorating health.
Dozens of students have issued a joint statement calling on authorities to end "authoritarian" restrictions at Iranian universities, including tighter rules around the wearing of hijabs by female students.
The Iranian Teachers' Unions Coordination Council has called for a new round of street protests to demand higher wages and the immediate release of detained teachers from previous demonstrations as unrest in Iran continues to spread.
At least two people have been killed and several others injured after a three-story building in Iran collapsed, just 17 days after a similar accident took at least 43 lives.
Iran has turned off two surveillance devices used by UN inspectors to monitor uranium enrichment, making it more difficult for inspectors to monitor Tehran's nuclear program.
Pensioners and retired government employees, some carrying bare tablecloths as a symbol of how little they have, took to the streets across Iran for a third consecutive day of protests to demand a pension increase.
The Norway-based Iran Human Rights watchdog says it has found evidence that 12 people convicted of murder or drug-related charges had their punishments meted out in a mass execution on June 6 in the southeast city Zahedan.
Water shortages in the Iranian province of Isfahan led to mass protests in November 2021 and a brutal government response. Farmers in the province now say the situation has not improved and accuse officials of gross mismanagement.
At least 17 people have been killed and dozens more injured after a train derailed near the central Iranian city of Tabas.
An Iranian appeals court has upheld the 16-year prison sentence of two elite Iranian students who were convicted of endangering national security, charges family and rights groups have decried as "ridiculous" and "fictional."
With the cost of living skyrocketing, struggling Iranian pensioners and retired government employees held protests in more than 16 cities across Iran on June 6-7.
Pensioners and retired government employees have continued protests in more than a dozen Iranian cities for a second day as they seek a hike in pensions to offset rising prices amid the country's growing economic woes.
The family of an Iranian dissident journalist says their son has been missing since the end of last month and is likely to have been abducted by Iranian agents in Turkey, where he had taken refuge.
Pensioners and retired government employees have staged protests in more than 16 cities across Iran to complain over their financial situation and pensions, which they say aren't enough to live on given the rising cost of living.
An Iranian opposition group says it has hacked more than 5,000 surveillance cameras in Tehran to coincide with the commemoration of the death of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khomeini.
Rights groups and activists have sharply criticized the Iranian government for its brutal crackdown on protesters who have taken to the streets in several cities following the deadly collapse of a residential building in the southern city of Abadan.
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