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An Iranian lawmaker says a sharp fall in the country’s oil revenue has disrupted imports of essential goods and created new pressure on the economy.

Iran and Russia have signed a new cooperation agreement on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, Iranian state media reported, expanding their technology partnership as both countries deepen strategic ties under Western sanctions.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards began the second phase of a naval drill with volleys of ballistic and cruise missiles aimed at targets in the Oman Sea, state media reported on Friday.

A UK parliamentary briefing published on Friday says Iranian operatives are increasingly seeking to carry out kidnappings, physical attacks and assassinations against dissidents and opponents in Britain.

Iran is ready to expand cooperation with Belarus “without any restrictions,” First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said on Wednesday in Tehran, following the conclusion of the 18th Iran–Belarus Joint Economic Committee.

Iran has resumed large-scale production of ballistic missiles about six months after its 12-day war with Israel, a senior IDF official told lawmakers in a closed Knesset briefing, according to Israeli news outlet Ynet.

The Israeli military said on Sunday it had uncovered what it called an Iran-directed secret money-exchange network run by Gaza-born operatives in Turkey, alleging it funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to Hamas leadership.

Iran’s judiciary has filed a case against Esmail Kahrom, a veteran ecologist and former adviser to the Department of Environment, after he said the government could fix Iran’s high-pollution mazut fuel with the cost of 10 missiles.

Iran has seized a vessel it says was carrying smuggled fuel, marking the latest escalation in a growing series of maritime confrontations in the already volatile waters near the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran is expanding its network of schools abroad with two new institutions in Iraq’s Kurdistan region and the reopening of a school in Saudi Arabia, the country’s education minister announced on Sunday.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday condemning the systematic persecution of Iran’s Baha’i community and urging EU governments to impose sanctions on officials involved in rights abuses.