The collapse of water security in Iran has been decades in the making and is rooted in a mania for mega projects.

The assessment by the Washington, DC think tank outlined how Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SCNC) had directed military and civilian officials to designate successors in the event of leadership disruption to ensure continuation in the event of war.

The family of a British couple facing espionage charges in Iran say that a verdict and sentence on the case could be handed down within days.

An attorney representing two people who were deported to Iran this week alleges the U.S. removed them from the country without due process.

Russia does not recognize the return of United Nations sanctions on Iran, Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told reporters on Wednesday when asked if Moscow would enforce the measures. The United Nations reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program on Saturday evening,

More than 1,000 executions were recorded during the first nine months of 2025 - already surpassing last year's total.

The execution came as Iran vowed to confront what it called its enemies after the United Nations reimposed sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program this weekend.

Iran was hit with so-called snapback sanctions on Sunday local time, at a time of high tension in the Middle East. But what does that mean?

The Trump administration sees “snapback” sanctions as a key pressure tactic. For some U.S. allies, they raise fears of further instability.