Iran News News Iran » Government: Repression in Iran worsened after 12-day war with Israel in June, UN probe finds
United Nations factfinders denounce Iran’s intensification of oppression since the country’s 12-day war with Israel in June, noting more than 21,000 arrests and mistreatment of minorities and ...
News Iran » Government: Iran’s president calls for new capital to replace Tehran
In 1786, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar moved the capital of his newly unified kingdom of Iran to a then-quiet settlement at the foot of the northern mountains: Tehran. Now, more than two centuries later, ...
News Iran » Government: Mobsters get 25-year sentences in Iran-backed murder-for-hire plot of Masih Alinejad
Alinejad is a fervent critic of the Iranian government and its morality police, which prosecutors say “enraged the regime.” ...
News Iran » Government: What We’re Watching: Canada’s government on the brink again, Far-right setback in the Netherlands, Iran’s capital city on the move?
Canada’s government could collapse next week. P rime Minister Mark Carney’s credibility took a serious hit after Ontario’s anti-tariff ad soured relations with US President ...
News Iran » Government: Iran intensified crackdown on journalists and minorities after 12-day war with Israel: UN
Iran has also ramped up executions, with more than 1,200 to date in 2025 – already exceeding the 2024 total, which was the highest recorded figure in Iran since 2015 ...
News Iran » Government: Iranian Hackers Hit Over 100 Government Entities with Version 4 of the Phoenix Malware Backdoor
A phishing campaign by state-sponsored Iranian hackers has targeted over 100 government entities and other organizations with version 4 of the Phoenix malware backdoor.
News Iran » Government: Iran: Human rights investigators alarmed by ‘surge in repression’ and spike in executions following Israeli airstrikes
The Independent UN Fact-Finding Mission investigating alleged rights abuses in Iran says there has been a “surge in repression and extraordinary spike in executions” there since Israeli hit the ...
News Iran » Government: Western intelligence says Iran is rearming despite UN sanctions, with China’s help
Iran appears to be stepping up the rebuilding of its ballistic missile program, despite the reintroduction last month of United Nations sanctions that ban arms sales to the country and ballistic ...
News Iran » Government: Yemen, Iran Discuss Peace Roadmap Implementation
Senior diplomats from Yemen and Iran talked about the latest political developments and weighed plans to advance the implementation of the Yemen peace roadmap.
News Iran » Government: Baseless posts claiming Iran abolished hijab rule spread online
Women in Iran are increasingly testing the boundaries of the country's strict Islamic dress code but a law requiring women to wear the hijab remains in force, according to rights groups and a ...
News Iran » Government: Why is the UN directing tourists into Iran?
If I were tasked with compiling a list of countries that tourists should avoid right now, Iran and Ukraine would rank high on that list.
News Iran » Government: Repression in Iran worsened after 12-day war with Israel: UN probe
Iran has ramped up executions, with more than 1,200 to date in 2025. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.