Iranian president decries the damage of recent American punitive actions, says US administration will yet 'bow down before the Iranian nation'

AJC cites execution of wrestler, judoka told not to compete against Israeli, and only female Olympic medalist who defected over sexism, saying republic goes against spirit of games

Judges and prisons penalized for role in conviction and hanging of Navid Afkari, which drew international condemnation, as well as for persecution of Baha'i and other rights abuses

Salman castigates Iranian attempts to sow 'chaos, extremism and religious fanaticism'; calls to disarm Hezbollah; stops short of directly endorsing Israel-UAE-Bahrain accords

No casualties reported in incident, which follows a number of mysterious blasts and blazes throughout Iran

Health Ministry says there has been a rise in coronavirus infections in most provinces alongside a decline in adhering to protocols and the wearing of face masks

Addressing UN atomic watchdog, Ali Akbar Salehi says accord ‘caught in quasi-stalemate situation’ since US pullout, but asserts there’s broad agreement it merits fighting for

Officials offers no evidence for assertion that Tehran will have enough material for bomb by year's end; over 2 dozen individuals and entities linked to arms trade to be penalized

Husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, who provided legal defense to women arrested for opposing hijab laws, says she is 'severely weakened' after forgoing food for over 40 days

Iran's director of the National Coronavirus Control Center says the whole country 'is in red' when it comes to the color system