Iranian Students News Agency

One person was killed in the Iranian city of Sirjan during protests that erupted after President Hassan Rouhani's government imposed gasoline rationing and price hikes of at least 50 percent, Iranian ISNA news agency reported on Nov. 16.   

Iran has officially stopped some commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers following an order from its national security council, an informed official in the country's atomic energy body told the ISNA news agency on May 15.

The United States' military presence in the Gulf used to be a serious threat but now it is an opportunity, a senior commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on May 12, according to the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA).

Kuwait has ordered the Iranian ambassador to leave the country within 45 days, according to Iran's ISNA news agency. It comes amid a diplomatic row between the two nations.

Iran’s senior cleric criticized what he perceived as women’s overly liberal choices of clothing “as if they were in Europe,” and accused the trend of being behind one of Iran’s rivers drying up.

Iran said on Nov. 2 it would pull out of Syria peace talks if it found them unconstructive, citing Saudi Arabia's negative role, according to the ISNA news agency. 

A court in Iran has convicted Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, Iran's ISNA news agency said on Oct. 11, but the U.S. newspaper said Tehran was working a political angle by not disclosing details.