IRAN

England, who meet Iran in Group B, will be desperate to start strongly as they target an end to their decades-long trophy drought after two near misses in recent years.

Iranian security forces opened fire on anti-hijab protesters and beat women in capital Tehran.

Iran has been facing massive protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody.

An Iranian man who lived inside the Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport for 18 years passed away at the same airport on Saturday.

The journalists were working in the UK for the independent Farsi-language channel, said the broadcaster, which has been covering Iran's anti-regime protests.

Protests in Iran entered a more violent phase on Sunday as students, who defied an ultimatum by the Revolutionary Guards and a warning from the president, were met with tear gas and gunfire from security forces, social media videos showed.

An Iranian hermit who was known as the "world's dirtiest man" passed away at the age of 94, months after he took his first bath in decades.

European Union leaders will discuss reducing their economic dependency on China, aiding Kyiv and punishing Iran for its involvement in the war that Russia is waging on Ukraine, when they meet for a second day of talks in Brussels on Friday.

Women across the world have come out in support of women in Iran as they continue their protests against the country's morality police

Thousands of men and women have taken to the streets in Iran after a woman who was arrested for breaking hijab laws died in police custody last week.

An Iranian woman who was given a death sentence died of a heart attack after seeing 16 men executed before her turn.

A 19-year-old woman was forced to execute her own mother under Iran's barbaric laws

Iran will respond to the European Union's "final" draft text to save a 2015 nuclear deal by midnight on Monday, its foreign minister said, calling on the United States to show flexibility to resolve three remaining issues.

Oil dropped over $1 a barrel on Tuesday, approaching a multi-month low hit last week.

Iran has now banned women from appearing in advertisements over an ice cream ad that went against "public decency."

Britain's spy chief said on Thursday he was skeptical that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei actually wants to revive a nuclear deal with world powers but said Tehran won't try to halt talks either.

Iran hosts Putin, Erdogan for talks overshadowed by Ukraine war

The situation has placed the club's pre-season tour of the US in jeopardy

Iran, Russia, Turkey presidents to talk Syria war in Tehran

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have detained several foreigners, including Britain's second most senior envoy in Tehran, for alleged acts of spying such as taking soil samples in restricted areas, state television reported on Wednesday.

Iran said on Wednesday it sought a strong and lasting nuclear agreement with world powers following talks with U.S.