A leader of Japan's Yakuza crime syndicate who tried to sell Iran weapons-grade plutonium has pleaded guilty to charges of trafficking narcotics, weapons and nuclear material.

Iran is reeling from a cratering economy and stinging military setbacks across its sphere of influence in the Middle East.

An Iranian government spokesperson announced that the country is moving its capital city to the south by the coast, inciting both support and backlash.

Exclusive: Trump’s former secretary of state and foreign policy chief told an Iranian pro-democracy conference in Paris that the change of administration in Washington will mark an end to the current

For weeks, Iranian officials have downplayed the fall of their ally in Syria. But an important general has offered a remarkably candid view of the blow to Iran, and its military’s prospects.

Iran's military power and influence has been badly weakened and clashes with Israel and the fall of Bashar Assad in Syria have left it reeling.

Human rights groups accuse Iran's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of using capital punishment as a tool following nationwide protests.

The 37-year-old nurse is currently imprisoned in Sana’a, the Yemeni capital, which is under the control of Iran-backed Houthis. “It’s a relief of sorts. Iran officials could use their good offices with Houthis for the reach-out with family of the victim.

Trump’s policy of “maximum pressure” was first imposed after he scrapped the Obama-negotiated Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) also known as the Iran deal.

Iran's Islamic regime executed a record 1,000 people last year. But only four were hanged in public suggesting, experts say, that it is limiting the number of large gatherings for fear of renewed protests.