Tehran

Iran’s current capital is experiencing a number of issues, such as heavy traffic and a sinking soil surface. As a radical measure, Iran is thinking about transferring it to a completely other area on the Gulf...

The foreign ministry of Sweden announced on Sunday that Tehran had summoned the country’s temporary charge d’affaires due to “baseless & spiteful accusations.” This came after Stockholm’s intelligence agency claimed that Iran was “using criminal networks”...

Following his death in a helicopter crash, Iranian authorities said on Monday that President Ebrahim Raisi’s funeral procession would take place in Tehran on Wednesday. “On Wednesday morning, we will have the funeral procession in the...

Iran’s foreign ministry rejected Monday as “worthless” Washington’s claims that a drone attack targeting a tanker off the coast of India was “fired from Iran”. Saturday’s targeting of a Japanese-owned chemical tanker came amid a flurry...

On Thursday, Iranian protesters continued to protest against the deadly crackdown by security forces that has been going on for nearly six weeks, even though Tehran has vowed to punish those responsible for the mass shooting...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi landed in Tehran on Tuesday in his first visit overseas he took power, Iranian state television reported. PM Kadhimi, who was greeted by officials at Mehrabad airport in Tehran, is supposed...

Iran allowed some shuttered Tehran businesses to reopen Saturday despite the Middle East’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak, as many faced a bitter choice between risking infection and economic ruin. Top officials argue that Iran’s sanctions-hit economy cannot...

Iran allowed some shuttered Tehran businesses to reopen on Saturday despite the Middle East’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak, as many faced a bitter choice between risking infection and economic ruin. Top officials argue that Iran’s sanctions-hit economy...

Floods in Iran have killed 76 people and caused more than $2.2 billion in damages in recent weeks, officials said Sunday, with warnings still in place for large swathes of the country. “With the death of...

All schools in Tehran will remain closed on Tuesday because of dangerously high levels of air pollution blanketing the Iranian capital, authorities said. State television said the closure of primary schools on Monday was being extended...