The Islamic Republic of Iran today is a Shiite Islamic republic with a Sunni minority under a theocratic regime which is ruled by President Hassan Rouhani since 2013. Historically, it is home to some of the world's oldest civilizations including the Persian empire. Since the 1979 Islamic revolution Iran has become more and more conservative.
Iran is thought to have fissile material and technical knowledge to build a nuclear bomb, leading experts to suspect the country will slowly continue to develop its weapon.
Mohsen Sazegara, who set up the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, has spent the past 20 years living in the US after he became a dissident against the Iranian regime.
Abbas Araqchi returns as Iran’s Foreign Minister, focusing on nuclear discussions and regional diplomacy amid ongoing tensions with Israel.
A preliminary report by Iran's military had said in May that no evidence of foul play or attack had been found so far during investigations into the crash.
The challenge for Iran in retaliation was trying to go beyond its April attack on Israel. Iran now wants to message about how it reserves the right to at some later date.
"The road to our salvation is unity and solidarity," Pezeshkian said on Wednesday in his speech to the 285 parliamentarians present to give their vote of confidence to the cabinet.
The US statement said Iran has conducted influence operations targeting the American public in a bid to fan political divisions and "cyber operations targeting presidential campaigns."
Israel has not taken responsibility for the killing, but it has been widely presumed to have carried it out.
Police had been ordered to impound the car of 31-year-old Arezou Badri as she had been seen driving with her hair exposed - but fired on the car when she refused to stop.
The report first originated from a Fox News article, citing a report in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jarida.