- Tehran, Iran - Iran began counting ballots on Saturday after a vote for parliament and a key clerical body, with local media estimating a low turnout and conservatives expected to dominate. Friday's elections were the first since widespread protests triggered by the September 2022 death in police custody of Mahsa Amini,...
Iran, Venezuela ink 20-year deal on cooperation in Tehran
Iran and Venezuela signed a 20-year deal on cooperation between the two countries in various sectors including energy, financial and defenseIran signs multiple trade deals with Oman during president’s visit
A delegation of 50 Iranian businessmen travelled to Oman last week, with Iran's minister for roads and urban development announcing plans for a joint shipping line and tourist flights.Iran urges Iraq against hosting ‘disruptive security presence’
Iran president accused Iraq's Kurdistan region of "negligence", adding that Iran is closely monitoring the movements of Israel.President Raisi of Iran arrives in Qatar for gas and nuclear talks
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Qatar on his first visit to a Gulf Arab state Monday for a major gas summit that will be dominated by tensions over Ukraine.US says only ‘a few weeks left’ to save Iran nuclear deal
Talks to restore the 2015 accord between Tehran and world powers -- United States, France, Britain, Russia, China, and Germany -- began last year but stopped in June as Iran elected ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi. The talks resumed in November but have made only chequered progress so far.Iran supplies gas for domestic consumption despite challenges: Minister
The Oil Minister of Iran Javad Owji has said that his country has not faced the need to cut the gas in any area despite decreased pressure problem, and thanked his colleagues and people for it, Iranian media reports said. The petroleum minister was referring to the gas consumption in...Barter best payment method in Iran-Pakistan trade: Official
The Secretary-General of Iran-Pakistan Joint Chamber of Commerce Fahimeh Damroudi said that barter is the best choice of exchange as the proper way of financial exchange does not exist. Reportedly, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has repeatedly underlined the importance of trade development with neighbors. As the president stressed, boost in...Iran detects new ‘realism’ from west in nuclear talks
Negotiations to restore the accord began last year but stopped in June as Iran elected ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi.Russia, Iran eye trade and economic collaboration
Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi in Moscow for discussion over expanding strategic cooperation.Iran seeks assurances on sanctions as nuclear talks resume
Iran said nuclear talks that are set to resume Monday in Vienna should focus on lifting sanctions on the Islamic republic and "guarantees" the US will return to the fold. Negotiations to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear deal resumed in late November, after a five-month hiatus following the election of...Iran to cut oil output, prioritize defense in new budget
The 2022-2023 budget allocates about $5 billion to boost "defense capacities and strategic research", up from $4 billion the previous year.Iran plans to double exports to neighboring countries in four years
Iran plans to double exports to regional countries within the four-year term of President Ebrahim Raisi, though the target is achievable even within the next two years and a half, said the country's Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Affairs Mehdi Safari. Safari, while presenting a report of the 100-day...Iran president says working to lift sanctions
Ebrahim Raisi, who took office in August, listed inflation, high prices, and tax evasion as among the top challenges facing his government. He was speaking during a television interview on Sunday, December 5, marking his first 100 days in power.US warns it will not let Iran ‘slow walk’ nuclear talks
The seventh round of nuclear talks ended Friday after five days in Vienna, with delegations returning to their national capitals and expected to go back to Austria next week. Iran had paused the talks in June following the election of ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi.Iran nuclear talks to resume November 29
The indirect negotiations in Vienna come amid mounting pressure on Iran, with Western nations warning that the clerical state's nuclear work is advancing to dangerous levels and Israel threatening to attack. EU envoy Enrique Mora, who led six rounds of talks earlier this year, will again chair the November 29...Iran petrol network partially restored after cyberattack
Among 4,300 fuel stations across the country, at present 1,450 are connected to the central fuel distribution system that provides subsidized fuel to motorists. A further 2,350 stations were delivering unsubsidized fuel.Iran agrees to restart talks to revive nuclear deal
Iran held six rounds of indirect negotiations in Vienna with President Joe Biden's administration on returning to the 2015 deal.United States, European Union pull up Iran over nuclear deal delay
The US and EU have said at the UN that Iran’s new government has shown no indication it was ready to revive the nuclear accord.Graft in focus as Iran’s spy thriller ‘Gando’ returns
In March, the sixth episode of Gando's second season triggered fierce debate with a plotline featuring a spy among Iran's nuclear negotiatorsShah’s son urges West to drive ‘nail in coffin’ of Iran clerical state
Pahlavi, like many others, has spoken before of the regime crumblingUS: Nuclear talks with Iran cannot go on indefinitely
Iran's president-elect has said his government will support talks that ‘guarantee national interests’ but will not allow negotiations for the sake of negotiations.Ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi ahead in partial results from Iran’s presidential election
Raisi is seen as close to the 81-year-old supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has ultimate political power in Iran Raisi's only rival from the reformist camp was the low-profile former central bank chief Abdolnaser Hemmati Iran was Saturday set to announce the winner of a presidential election in which...






















