In light of the 12-day Israeli war on Iran, Iraq’s Shiite religious authority renewed its call for arms to be limited to the state alone and warned against returning to what it described as “eras of oppression and tyranny."

Iranians are growing increasingly frustrated as gas and electricity outages persist in a country rich in energy resources—yet one that now struggles to keep the lights on.

The Iranian regime is intensifying its control over journalists and political activists who criticize its mismanagement, repression of freedoms, and security agencies' misconduct.

The death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian, and others has highlighted the deteriorating state of Iran's presidential aircraft fleet due to a lack of necessary spare parts.

On the morning of May 20, 2024, the official IRNA news agency announced the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Abdollahian, and their accompanying delegation in a helicopter crash in East Azerbaijan Province, in the northwest of the country.