Iran

Iran’s armed forces chief of staff, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, said on Tuesday that Britain’s seizure of an Iranian oil tanker last week, would not remain “unanswered,” Reuters reported.

An Iranian parliament member revealed on Monday cases of bribery corruption in the parliament by ministers who are trying to win the vote of members during impeachment process. 

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake on Monday hit the city of Masjed Soleiman in Iran’s south west province of Khuzestan, local media reported.

Reza Mehregan, one of the fourteen political activists who have signed a petition urging Iranian Supreme Leader to resign, announced on his Twitter account that, "He was the target of a street attack by three strangers, using Taser."

In a joint press conference, broadcasted by local media on Sunday, Iran’s government spokesman and Deputy Foreign Minister officially announced Tehran’s new steps toward exceeding of nuclear deal known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA.)

In a provocative speech, Tehran’s Friday Prayer Imam Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani suggested in case of US attack against Iran, his country can assail Israel’s nuclear reactor in Dimona region.

Islamic Republic of Iran is using prisoners who are waiting their death penalty, donate their organs from their body for transplantation and Iranian doctors criticize the law in a letter.

Tehran could start negotiation if the US sanction were lifted and the country’s Supreme Leader allowed it to happen, Iran’s intelligence minister told state news agency IRNA.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander, Hossein Salami, said on Wednesday that the United States is afraid of war with Iran and therefore focusing on an economic conflict instead.

Labor activist Esmaeil Bakhshi, who is now spending his prison terms for second time, was fired from Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Industries and the company denied paying his salary.