Iranians have begun voting in two elections that will usher in a new parliament and Assembly of Experts as opinion polls project a low turnout amid calls for a boycott of what many see as "engineered" balloting.
The killing of a young Afghan street sweeper in the Iranian capital has led to suggestions that he fell victim to "one of the regime's fire-at-will nightcrawlers."
Several people have been detained in Iran for allegedly calling for a boycott of parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections scheduled for March 1.
A German-Iranian woman has been ordered back to jail in Tehran after several weeks of medical leave despite mounting concerns over her health, her daughter said on February 29.
Operatives from Iran and its Lebanese ally Hizballah are working inside Yemen to support Huthi insurgents' attacks on international shipping, the U.S. special envoy for Yemen told a Senate subcommittee on February 27.