He told delegates at the fourth ministers’ meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) that a six-million strong ...

Iran's once-youthful population is aging fast, fuelling economic fears as cash-strapped couples resist a government push for more children.

Iran has re-emerged at the centre of international attention, following Israeli attacks on the Middle East’s second-largest country on June 13. Stretching from the Caspian Sea in the north to the Gulf ...

In 1786, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar moved the capital of his newly unified kingdom of Iran to a then-quiet settlement at the ...

Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian delivers a speech during a rally at Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) Square. Mehdi Bolourian/Iranian Presidency/dpa Tehran is facing a water shortage so severe that its ...

On Sept 28, 2025, the UN Security Council snapback under Resolution 2231 reinstated multilateral sanctions on Iran related to insufficient compliance in international oversight of its nuclear ...