Iran

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday it successfully launched a military satellite into orbit amid tensions with US. 

Iran's rank for media freedom is 173 out of the 180 countries in the latest press freedom index of Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Friday said that Iran’s crude oil production in March was only 2.18 million barrels a day, 52,000 barrels less than February.

Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) urged Iranian president Hassan Rouhani to free lawyers who are imprisoned for their human right activities.

In yet another shocking move, Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Iranian Army on Friday claimed they have invented disinfection vehicles, mobile hospitals and other medical equipment as the country marked its army day.

At least 23 Iranians in the central province of Isfahan were detained on charges of “publishing rumors about the coronavirus outbreak and disrupting public opinion,” a police force told Avatoday.

An international organization representing Baha’is expressed its concerns over the situation of as far as 100 prisoners of the community being held by Iranian securi

Iranian Supreme Leader’s representative in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds force accused UNICEF of “promoting western lifestyle and destroying the unity of Iranian families.”

Videos from Iran show members of Basiji forces are collecting money from citizens to help fight coronavirus outbreak in the country.

The international human rights watchdog Amnesty International said dozens of Iranian prisoners are believed to have been killed by security forces after brutal force was used to put down protests over fears related to coronavirus spreading in the country’s jails.