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The candidacy of Masoud Pezeshkian who was a relative unknown until recently, has raised the hopes of Iran's reformists

Iran picks moderate Pezeshkian to replace Raisi

Iran's president-elect, a relative moderate who beat a hardline rival to win election but who will likely be constrained in how much change he can effect, urged Iranians to stick with him on "the difficult road ahead".

World • 06 Jul 24

Hundreds of cases of respiratory distress have been reported in the past three months

Iran schoolgirls treated after new mystery poisoning

Dozens of Iranian schoolgirls needed hospital treatment after another mysterious poisoning, a news agency reported, the latest in a spate of suspected attacks in the Islamic republic.

World • 28 Feb 23

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaking about the protests (Pic: Iranian leader press office)

Iran intensifies crackdown amid UN criticism

Iran is weaponising the death penalty to frighten the public and crush dissent, and its execution of protesters without due process amounts to state-sanctioned killing, the UN has said.

World • 10 Jan 23

Protests led by women have continued across Iran for 21 consecutive nights

Iran says Mahsa Amini died of 'illness'

An Iranian coroner's report has denied Mahsa Amini had died due to blows to the head and limbs while in the custody of Iran's morality police and linked her death to pre-existing medical conditions, state media said.

Iran • 08 Oct 22

Police in Tehran have announced an investigation into the woman's death

Swiss diplomat in Iran found dead after high-rise fall

The first secretary at the Swiss embassy in Tehran was found dead after falling from a high-rise building where she lived in the north of the city, a spokesman for emergency services was quoted as saying by Iranian news agencies.

World • 04 May 21

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lifted nuclear research limits in September

Calls for Iran to honour commitments under nuclear deal

France, Germany and Britain have called on Iran to return to "full respect" of its commitments under Tehran's 2015 nuclear accord with world powers.

World • 12 Jan 20

An Iranian woman watches her country play from a fan zone at the 2018 World Cup in Russia

Women free to attend Iran World Cup football qualifier

Thousands of Iranian women fans are to attend a football match freely tomorrow for the first time in decades, after FIFA threatened to suspend the country over its controversial male-only policy.

World • 09 Oct 19

Vali Asr Square in the Iranian capital Tehran

Third Australian held in Iran is Melbourne academic

One of three Australians recently revealed to be detained in Iran was identified by her family as a Melbourne University lecturer.

World • 14 Sep 19

Iran's foreign ministry announced the suspension

Iran to suspend some nuclear deal commitments

Iran has decided to suspend some of its commitments under a landmark 2015 nuclear deal with major powers abandoned by Washington last year, the foreign ministry announced.

World • 08 May 19

FBI Director Christopher Wray, CIA Director Gina Haspel and the Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats

US intelligence chiefs contradict Trump's world view

US intelligence chiefs have contradicted some of President Donald Trump's most fundamental foreign policy claims.

US • 30 Jan 19

EU and Iranian officials at the talks in Tehran

Iran wary as EU presents plans to save nuclear deal

Iran has said it would wait to see whether Europe produces tangible results in overcoming US sanctions before it decides whether to stay in the nuclear deal.

Iran • 19 May 18

Donald Trump met with his top security advisers before he making his decision

Trump to decide on possible sanctions for Iran

The US President Donald Trump will not make any announcement today on the possible re-imposition of sanctions on Iran that were eased under the 2015 nuclear deal.

US • 11 Jan 18

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he would address the country 'when the time is right'

Iran's leader blames 'enemies' for deadly unrest

Iran's Supreme Leader has accused enemies of the country of being behind days of street unrest, as the death toll from anti-government demonstrations rose to 21.

Iran • 02 Jan 18

The latest protests are the worst social unrest in Iran since 2009

Iranian police say one officer shot during protests

A protester shot and killed a policeman during demonstrations in Iran, police said, the first reported fatality among security forces struggling to contain unrest challenging the clerical leadership.

Iran • 01 Jan 18

A child is rescued from the Parliament building in Tehran

13 dead in attacks on Iranian parliament, mausoleum

The number of people killed in gun and bomb attacks in Tehran has risen to 13, Iran's deputy interior minister has said.

World • 07 Jun 17

Death for Democracy Series2 EP12

“You cannot believe Government doing such things to their own people. You cannot believe a human being could do such things to another human being..."

Voices • 28 Nov 16

Barack Obama said the money was to settle a dispute over arms contracts

Obama rejects ransom payment claims to Iran

US President Barack Obama has rejected claims by Republicans that $400 million his administration paid to Iran amounted to a ransom payment for the release of US prisoners.

News • 05 Aug 16

Radical Iranian students storm the US embassy in Tehran on 4 November 1979

Compensation for US citizens taken hostage in 1979

US citizens who were taken hostage in Iran in 1979 are to receive compensation.

News • 25 Dec 15

Iran and six world powers - Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States - took part in the talks

Obama calls King Salman on Iran nuclear deal

President Barack Obama called Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud today to discuss the deal reached by the US and international negotiators over Iran's nuclear programme.

News • 02 Apr 15

Milad Tower, Tehran, the day after a sandstorm engulfed the Iranian capital

Sandstorm leaves four dead in Tehran

A huge sandstorm and record winds has killed at least four people in Tehran, plunging Iran's capital into darkness during rush hour and forcing thousands to run for cover.

News • 03 Jun 14

44 killed in Tehran bus crash

At least 44 people were killed and 39 injured in Iran when two intercity buses collided outside the capital Tehran and caught fire.

News • 10 Sep 13

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