The Latest Breaking News from Tehran

Washington-Tehran gulf deepens as nuclear negotiations stall and unrest spreads across Iran

Reports accuse Iran of plotting attacks against Saudi and US targets in the Middle East as tensions rise

Iran’s currency has dropped to its lowest value against the dollar, as nationwide unrest and a stalemate in negotiations to revive Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers have been weighing heavily on the rial

Iranian authorities announced on Monday they will hold public trials for 1,000 people in the capital, Tehran, over the protests that have convulsed the country. The mass indictments mark the government's first major legal action aimed at quashing dissent since unrest erupted over six weeks ago.

Powerful branch of armed forces menaces protesters with threats of violence and jail

Iranian officials criticise UN rapporteur while large number of journalists calls for freeing of arrested colleagues.

Iran's hardline judiciary will hold public trials of about 1,000 people indicted over unrest in Tehran, a semi-official news agency said on Monday, intensifying efforts to crush weeks of protests ignited by Mahsa Amini's death in police custody. One of the boldest challenges to Iran's clerical leaders since the 1979…

About 1,000 people have been indicted in Tehran over rioting and the trials will be held in public this week, the semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted the head of the judiciary in the Iranian capital as saying on Monday.

Raids on student campuses spark protests despite threats made by chief of security force that unrest must stop