Category: 1. Iran

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The visits come amid shifting regional dynamics and Tehran’s ongoing strategy to rebuild trust and cooperation with Persian Gulf states. As tensions fluctuate across West Asia, direct diplomacy with Saudi…

Iran has issued its first drilling order in the Caspian Sea in nearly 30 years, aiming to revive long-stalled exploration in the region, Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said on Friday.

Paknejad said the new operations could unlock substantial…

Zahra Mirzaei, a 36-year-old Iranian women’s rights activist and a PhD candidate in law, was brutally murdered in her Tehran home in what authorities describe as a premeditated crime by her cousin and his wife, allegedly motivated by greed. 

An Iranian graduate student detained for six weeks as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has decided to voluntarily leave the United States, even after the government dropped the initial charge that led to his arrest, the…

The football association of western Iranian province of Lorestan has announced the provisional suspension of two fan leaders affiliated with Kheybar FC following a physical assault on Afshin Peyrovani, team manager of Persepolis FC. 

EHRAN – Nassaji football team was relegated in the penultimate week of the 2024/25 Iran Persian Gulf Pro League (PGPL), joining Havadar in the Azadegan League next season.

Stuck with management issues, Nassaji drew 3-3 with PGPL champions…

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter.

I’m RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I examine how Iranians are rallying against a reported plan by the…