Sunday, 26 February, 2023 , 14:54 AFP — An Iranian deputy minister on Sunday said "some people" were poisoning schoolgirls in the holy city of Qom with the aim of shutting down education for girls, state media reported.

Sunday, 26 February, 2023 , 14:17 AFP — Iran has released a Spanish woman, Ana Baneira, who had been in detention since November, Spain's foreign minister said on Sunday.

Sunday, 26 February, 2023 , 11:06 AFP — Iran has released a Spanish woman who had been detained in the country since November, Spain's foreign minister said Sunday.

Thursday, 23 February, 2023 , 14:27 AFP — Switzerland's ambassador to Iran on Thursday faced accusations of betraying the women-led protest movement after she wore all-enveloping black Islamic dress on a visit to a holy shrine alongside clerics.

Wednesday, 22 February, 2023 , 19:44 AFP — Iran said it executed on Wednesday a Kurdish militant who had been convicted of killing a police officer, a move condemned by rights groups who called him a political prisoner.

Wednesday, 22 February, 2023 , 19:23 AFP — Iran on Wednesday executed Arash Ahmadi, a militant linked to an outlawed Kurdish rebel group who was convicted of killing a police major in 2018, state media reported.

Wednesday, 22 February, 2023 , 16:45 AFP — Animal lovers in a Turkish city ravaged by a deadly earthquake protested Wednesday after officials sought to demolish a damaged building thought to contain several animals, AFP correspondents saw.

Wednesday, 22 February, 2023 , 12:25 AFP — Iran's top diplomat Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held talks with neighbouring ally Iraq Wednesday to discuss stalled talks with arch-rival Saudi Arabia to ease regional tensions, as well as on border security.

Tuesday, 21 February, 2023 , 16:42 AFP — Germany condemned as "inhuman" a death sentence an Iranian court handed down Tuesday against an Iranian-German national who supporters say was abducted abroad and forcibly returned to Iran for a show trial.

Tuesday, 21 February, 2023 , 13:09 AFP — An Iranian court on Tuesday sentenced to death on terror charges an Iranian-German national who supporters say was abducted in the Gulf and forcibly returned to Iran for a show trial.