Hassan Firuzabadi, senior military adviser to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was responding to questions from local media on the recent arrest of environmentalists

Iran military official: West used lizards for nuclear spying

The foreign minister urged Turkey to remain committed to political measures to settle the Syrian crisis

Respect Syria's territorial integrity, Iran urges Turkey

Chief prosecutor Mohammad Jafar Montazeri said that the escalating protests were trivial and childish which may be influenced by foreigners

WATCH: Police arrests 29 women in Iran following hijab protest

Social media witnessed posts featuring pictures and videos of Iranian women removing their headscarves

Iran: Women take off their hijab to fight veil law

News reports say that the temblor rocked the village of Hojedk, located about 700 kilometers, or 400 miles, south of Tehran early on Thursday

Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 hits western Iran

Close to 21 people were reported dead with multiple injured in clashes that prompted the Iranian regime to temporarily block access to social media

US lawmakers condemn Iran's crackdown on protesters

There was a heavy police presence in Tehran as small groups of protesters ran through the city centre shouting anti-regime slogans, local agencies reported

Fresh protests in Iran; policeman killed, 3 injured

The wave of anti-government demonstrations in several cities are the biggest challenge to Iran's leaders since unrest in 2009

Iran said protesters should pay a high price if they break the law

Forty of those arrested were "leaders" and that their protests had not been related to the economy

200 arrested during Saturday protests in Tehran

The government was reported to have banned internet access on local devices

Iran protests: Government temporarily restricts social media on mobiles

There was chaos around the University of Tehran as several hundred people scuffled with police and shouted slogans against the regime for several hours

Protests hit Tehran as government warns against 'illegal gatherings'

Under the deal, nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran were lifted last year, in return for Tehran curbing its nuclear programme

Iran says Trump cannot cause collapse of nuclear deal

Islamic State, a Sunni Muslim group, sees Iran, which is predominantly Shi'ite, as one of its biggest enemies in the region

Islamic State releases video threatening new attacks in Iran

EU comments came despite Tehran's charges that new US sanctions breach the agreement

Despite Iran reservations, EU says all parties sticking to Iran nuclear deal

The choice is between current President Hassan Rouhani and his policy of opening up to the world and the hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi who has called for a much tougher line with the West

Iran votes today

A police spokesman in Germany said that terrorism was suspected, without revealing any immediate indications of an Islamist link

Iran condemns shooting spree by German-Iranian gunman in Munich

Iran, Boeing reach deal on purchase of 100 planes: Tehran

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