Swedish foundation says move made to expand dialogue and celebrate 'the importance of free science, free culture and free, peaceful societies'

Intelligence unit of country's defense ministry says Islamic Republic thwarted 'one of the largest sabotage plots targeting Iran’s missile, aviation and airspace military industry'

'Criminal practices' will not go without a response, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian vows during visit to Damascus

Judiciary says Mehdi Yarrahi's new video 'defies the morals and customs of the Islamic society'; he has consistently backed women's rights protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death

The 1953 ouster of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh to cement the rule of the Shah still haunts the country and its Islamist rulers

Group, which includes Western rivals Russia and China, also to welcome Argentina, Egypt, and Ethiopia in 2024; Tehran hails 'strategic victory for Iran's foreign policy'

No further details immediately available on latest sortie over Syrian capital

Raisi says Western countries 'violated diplomatic immunity' by imprisoning envoy convicted of planning to blow up Iranian opposition event in France

Nazila Maroufian, who was first arrested after interviewing Mahsa Amini's father, says she has no regrets after pictures twice landed her in jail

Advocacy group says recent weeks have seen 180 incidents of persecution against members of faith, which is shunned in Islamic Republic