Iran’s foreign ministry denounced the Middle East section of Washington’s newly released national security strategy on Sunday, with spokesman Esmail Baghaei calling it Israel’s national security document while saying Tehran would nonetheless study the text.
Iran’s parliament speaker on Saturday condemned a GCC statement rejecting Iranian sovereignty over three Persian Gulf islands, warning that neighbors should not test the Iranian people's will to defend their territorial integrity.
Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi urged Iran to take “serious measures” to build trust with its neighbors and stop policies that, he said, “sometimes shake the stability of the region.”
The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Navy said a new missile tested during this week’s naval exercises has a range exceeding the length of the Persian Gulf, without specifying the exact distance.
Iran and Russia have signed a new cooperation agreement on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, Iranian state media reported, expanding their technology partnership as both countries deepen strategic ties under Western sanctions.
The editor-in-chief of Iran’s hardline daily Kayhan, overseen by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said Bahrain’s “main demand” is reunification with Iran, stepping up Tehran’s response to a recent GCC statement on the three disputed Persian Gulf islands.
An Iranian lawmaker says a sharp fall in the country’s oil revenue has disrupted imports of essential goods and created new pressure on the economy.
Washington remains committed to keeping the Strait of Hormuz open and preventing “outright enemies” from dominating the Persian Gulf and its energy supplies, US President Trump said in his 2025 National Security Strategy.
Iran’s national team coach Ardeshir Amir Ghalenoei has arrived in Washington with part of the country’s football delegation ahead of Friday’s World Cup draw, FIFA said.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards began the second phase of a naval drill with volleys of ballistic and cruise missiles aimed at targets in the Oman Sea, state media reported on Friday.
Iranian lawmaker Fada-Hossein Maleki said on Friday that the United States has sent messages indicating interest in negotiations, but Tehran has no plans to engage.
A lopsided war with Israel and the United States in June rattled Iran’s political order, but it survives through smarter coercion and the disarray of forces that might otherwise bring it down.
An Iranian taekwondo athlete withdrew from the world under 21 championships in Kenya after the competition draw placed her against an Israeli opponent in the first round.
Cybersecurity firm ESET said it found new activity by the Iran aligned MuddyWater group that targeted critical infrastructure in Israel and one organization in Egypt.
The US State Department said Rewards for Justice is offering up to 10 million dollars for information that helps identify or locate two Iran linked cyber actors tied to operations against US critical infrastructure.
Iran’s army has expanded electronic surveillance along its borders using advanced cameras and sensors, the commander of the army’s ground forces said on Tuesday.
Germany’s embassy in Tehran is operating with sharply reduced visa capacity and expects constraints to persist, the Foreign Office said, citing Iran’s restrictive accreditation of diplomatic staff and significant technical hurdles at post.
More than 150 Iranian lawmakers have accused the judiciary of failing to act against growing public defiance of the hijab, saying inaction has fueled what they called lawlessness in society, state media reported on Tuesday.
An Iranian court said it has ordered the United States government to pay more than $22 billion in damages for what it described as support for protesters during the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom movement, state media reported on Tuesday.
Iran’s foreign ministry accused the United States of endangering international peace at its weekly briefing on Monday, responding to Washington’s latest warnings against Venezuela.
Iran’s Karkheh Dam hydroelectric power plant has stopped generating electricity because of a sharp drop in the reservoir’s water level, state media reported on Saturday.
Iran’s army chief said on Saturday that foreign forces should leave the region, saying regional states are capable of maintaining security in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state media reported.