Iran

Iranian security forces early morning on Thursday arrested Aram Fathi, a Kurdish poet and civil activist from the city of Mariwan, a friend of the

Four members of the armed forces of Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) were killed on Tuesday in a heavy clash with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces in Sarvabad heights, sources told Avatoday.

Iran’s state TV is reporting that the country has ordered an emergency use of its first domestically developed coronavirus vaccine.

In a leaked audio file, a former Iranian Ministry of Intelligence Security Deputy reveals that the Islamic Republic's judiciary authorized “thugs” to systematically crack down on demonstrators and beat detained protesters in 2009.

Iran has reached a broad agreement with the US over the lifting of sanctions on its industrial sectors, including energy, Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry said.

Iran has paid off some $16.2 million in arrears it owed to the United Nations, allowing the country to regain voting rights, diplomats said Friday.

The United States said on Thursday it had dropped sanctions on three former Iranian officials and two companies that previously traded Iranian petrochemicals, Reuters reported on Friday.

Russia is set to supply Iran with an advanced satellite that would enable it to track potential military targets across the Middle East, and increase the country’s intelligence-gathering ability, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.

Washington told Tehran on Tuesday that it must let the UN atomic agency continue to monitor its activities, as they agreed on, or put wider talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal at risk, Reuters reported.

The director of the international nuclear watchdog agency, IAEA, said Iran's lack of cooperation over the past few months prevents him from being able to assure the public that the country is not building a nuclear weapon.