Iran and Pakistan share a border of nearly 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) along the provinces with smuggling activity, in particular of fuel, intense due to the porous nature of the frontier. A map ...

Reports of unexplained poisoning incidents at girls' schools across Iran have been skyrocketing in recent days. Since November, girls have reported falling ill with respiratory problems, nausea ...

Around the time of the incident in Iran, Israeli warplanes flying over Syria’s southern province of Daraa struck a military radar for government forces after it spotted the fighter jets ...

Iran has banned millions of Afghan refugees and migrants in the country from living in, traveling to, or seeking employment in just over half of the country's 31 provinces. On December 3 ...

Authorities in Iran ordered schools and offices in at least 10 provinces to close on Sunday to conserve energy as the country weathers a severe cold snap, state media reported. Freezing ...

One Iranian government official and later Iran’s state-run television broadcaster suggested sites may have been targeted by drones. IRNA said the defenses fired across several provinces.

At least 19 people were killed in Iran on Friday during antigovernment protests in a southeastern province that is home to a restive ethnic minority, as unrest spread to remote regions of the ...

Verifying information remains difficult in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan, which for decades has been home to violence involving heroin traffickers. The province is one of the least developed ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran fired air defense batteries early ... IRNA said the defenses fired across several provinces. It did not elaborate on what caused the batteries to fire, though ...

Authorities in Iran ordered schools and offices in at least 10 provinces to close on Sunday to conserve energy as the country weathers a severe cold snap, state media reported. Freezing ...