Medicine shortages and rising prices in Iran are fueling widespread anxiety according to testimonials received by Iran International, as the reimposition of UN sanctions last month deepens economic pain for ordinary citizens.
Afghans deported from Iran amid a continuing crackdown on undocumented migrants said authorities there tortured them but deprivation back home was so extreme they are determined to return, Sky News reported on Wednesday.
Iran's foreign minister faced criticism this week for accusing Israel of paying social media users to advance its agenda, after his intervention into an online spat on Mideast influence operations led to scrutiny of Iran's own social media maneuvers.
Iranian traders, economists and digital market participants are alarmed by new state curbs on stablecoin holdings, telling Iran International the Central Bank’s decision will choke savings and drive capital offshore amid the historic devaluation of rial.
Toomaj Salehi, one of Iran's most prominent rappers, has hit out at the treatment of three fellow artists whom Iranian police videos showed shirtless with shaved heads giving what appeared to be forced confessions on alleged crimes.
Authorities shut down a sports club in central Iran for holding mixed-gender exercise sessions and arrested the organizers of a “coffee party” on Kish Island amid an ongoing struggle between clerical rulers and the public over social freedoms.
On the eve of a UN vote to restore sanctions on Iran, an independent art book fair in the courtyard of an old house in Tehran provided a rare haven from serial political horrors.
Cosmetic surgery clinics in Iran are reporting record demand as social media trends push women toward extreme procedures often financed through credit and loans.
Tehran University has formed two committees to investigate a deadly hydrogen cylinder blast at its engineering faculty laboratory that killed graduate student Mohammad Amin Kalateh, President Mohammad Hossein Omid said on Saturday.
At least four people were killed and about 20 injured when a passenger bus plunged into a valley on the Damavand–Firouzkouh road in the Alborz mountains northeast of Tehran, Red Crescent chief Shahin Fathi said on Friday, according to Iranian media.
At least 26 students have died in 13 accidents involving university buses across Iran over the past decade, the daily Ham-Mihan reported on Wednesday, reviving concerns about road safety and vehicle standards.
Iran’s deepening water emergency is straining both cities and rural communities, with one of Tehran’s key reservoirs taken offline and the once-vast Lake Urmia reduced to a salt desert, forcing migration and sparking deadly disputes over dwindling supplies.
An Iranian remake of Love Island has exploded online, sparking fierce debate about taboos, personal freedom and the responsibilities of new media.
Four Iranian directors are competing in the Academy Awards Best International Feature Film category this year, each representing a different country, with a shortlist of finalists due to be announced on March 2.
Curbs to prenatal screenings and abortions in Iran’s 2021 Youth Population law have contributed to the doubling of Down syndrome births, according to a report by Shargh newspaper.
Pop concerts and late summer parties are spreading across Iran as music, as dance and fashion become battlegrounds testing the limits of state control.
Officials in Tehran are scrambling to blunt the impact of impending UN sanctions later this month and avert another popular flare-up that even insiders warn is near.
Condom purchases in Iran jumped 26% during the country’s 12-day conflict with Israel in June, according to data from the country’s largest e-commerce platform Digikala.
Iranian serial killer Kolsoum Akbari, a 58-year-old woman convicted of murdering 11 former husbands over about 20 years by poisoning, was sentenced to 10 death penalties, Iranian media reported.
Mounting education costs in Iran are forcing growing numbers of children from low-income families out of school and into the workforce, a labor activist warned, as families say even public schools are demanding fees despite constitutional guarantees of free education.
An investigative report by a Tehran daily documented dozens of cases of Iranian boys abused in schools, sports and transport, shedding light on a mostly underreported pattern compared to widespread accounts of girls’ abuse.
Iran's Shi'ite establishment promotes temporary marriage as a way to prevent illicit relationships. Yet even devout families often disapprove, associating the practice with prostitution and social shame.