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Tehran sent 'small' number of drones to Moscow but no missiles, foreign minister claims

Terrorists and sex offenders exempt from mobilisation

Former PM was leading a protest march to the capital to demand snap elections

A 'new beginning' for war-torn Ethiopia following peace talks in South Africa

Official says Kyiv has taken down hundreds of Iran-built Shahed-136 drones

Parents and brother 'detained' in their home as thousands visit young woman's grave

Defence minister's trip to Ankara the first such visit in a decade

Reza Haghighatnejad, who left Iran in 2008, died of cancer in Germany on Tuesday

Santiago Sanchez is being held at a detention centre in Sanandaj, rights group says

Defence Minister Benny Gantz says state will continue to 'support and stand with the West'

Families of detainees and former prisoners speak of night interrogations and mock executions

Elnaz Rekabi is only second athlete not to adhere to the country's hijab rule, as protests continue in Iran over death of a young woman

Six people remain in hospital after blaze at jail notorious for human rights abuses

Whether online or on the streets, young Iranians tell 'The National' they are determined to make their voices heard

Clashes also spread to West Bank following recent shootings