More Iranian women are choosing to forgo the country's mandatory hijab. This shift was unthinkable just a few years ago in the Islamic Republic.

Many Iranians point to mismanagement and corruption as the root of the economy’s difficulties. In front of billboards urging citizens to conserve water, sprinklers drench grass verges along the roadside. Fountains play merrily in country clubs frequented by the elite.

Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned what he called the United States’ “bullying approach” toward Venezuela, issuing the remarks as President Donald Trump expands military operations across the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.

Iran will introduce a new gasoline price tier on Dec. 6, raising the cost of fuel purchased beyond monthly quotas to 50,000 rials per liter, which is about 4 cents on the Iranian exchange market.

Hamzeh Safavi, a soft-spoken professor of Middle Eastern studies at Tehran University, is not unique among Iranian intellectuals in calling for a fundamental reassessment of how the Islamic republic engages with the world.

Iran’s foreign minister said his country would halt plans for a reinstatement of nuclear inspections at a time of heightened concern over Iran’s enriched uranium.

A prolonged drought along with years of overconsumption, an inefficient agricultural sector and mismanagement have led to the problem, analysts say.

Iran is legally obliged to cooperate with the IAEA under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. But it has not yet provided inspectors with access to nuclear sites.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described claims that Iran sent messages to the U.S. in a bid to reach out to Washington as a "total lie."