The Latest Breaking News from Tehran

Candidates can technically announce their withdrawal until the time of the election on Friday morning.

Iran’s presidential election on June 28 may provide Tehran an opportunity to press reset on foreign policy issues after years of increasing hawkishness. Indeed, a key campaign issue has been the extent to which the candidates may – or may not – pivot to more engagement with the West.

Iranians vote on Friday to elect a new president from six candidates, including a lone reformist who hopes he can challenge the dominance of conservatives in the Islamic republic.

Iran will elect a new president Friday after the death of hardline President Ebrahim Raisi

Taxi drivers tap on their phones, ignoring police, in the hope to make money

Iran's Supreme Court overturns Toomaj Salehi's death sentence, sparking international criticism over Tehran's crackdown on dissent.

With just a week remaining before a presidential election, Iranians are divided over whether voting will address pressing economic issues and mandatory hijab laws.

All deaths from the blaze at Qaem Hospital were in the intensive care unit, according to local authorities.

Hamid Noury was serving life sentence over suspected role in mass execution at Iranian prison in 1988

Iran and Sweden announced a prisoner exchange on Saturday that saw a former Iranian official released in Sweden in exchange for a European Union diplomat and a second Swede.

Former Iranian official Hamid Nouri released in exchange for Swedish citizens Johan Floderus and Saeed Azizi.