An explosion rocked a key oil refinery in Iran's southwestern city of Abadan overnight, state media said Friday, reporting no casualties. The explosion was caused by the "bursting of one of the furnaces of the sulphur production unit of Abadan refinery", state news agency IRNA said. The blast "did not...

In a speech to French ambassadors, France's president Emmanuel Macron said he hoped the deal could be concluded within next few days. The Biden administration is also eager to restore the deal trashed by former president Donald Trump and says that Iran has backed down on some demands that held...

The NGO cited numerous cases of "unlawful killings, pushbacks by shooting and other unlawful returns, arbitrary detention, and torture and other ill-treatment of Afghans at the hands of both Iranian and Turkish officials."

The US Central Command's 5th Fleet said a support ship from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, the Shahid Baziar, was spotted towing the seven-meter (23-foot) Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel (USV) late Monday.

The Iran nuclear deal with world powers still appears to be far from certain as President Raisi now says that the deal is pointless unless the UN nuclear watchdog put an end to its probe of undeclared sites. Iran has repeatedly urged the agency to end the issue before any...

Prime Minister Yair Lapid said that Israel's "diplomatic fight" against the deal included its  national security advisor and defense minister holding recent meetings in the United States.

For nearly a year, Iraq has struggled to break a political deadlock that has left the country without a new government, prime minister or president, due to disagreement between factions over forming a coalition. Now with Sadr calling for parliament to be dissolved, it will only deepen the uncertainty.

The United States remains adamant that Tehran cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency to clear up suspicions about earlier work at three undeclared sites. In June, the IAEA's board of governors adopted a resolution censuring Iran for failing to adequately explain the previous discovery of traces of enriched uranium...

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Wednesday urged Western powers to halt talks aimed at reviving a nuclear deal that he said would fill Iran's coffers and "undermine" Middle East stability. The 2015 accord, which is designed to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, has been on life-support since...

The air strikes ordered by US President Joe Biden hit nine bunkers in a complex, in eastern Syria, used for ammunition storage and logistics by Iranian-backed militias. A US military spokesman said air strikes “targeted infrastructure facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.”

Iranian army displayed its first division of ships and submarines capable of carrying armed drones in July when US President Joe Biden was touring the Middle East.

The United States is expected shortly to respond to Iran through European Union mediators, after a year and a half of indirect diplomacy that just weeks ago looked on the verge of collapsing. US officials said Iran dropped demands to block some UN nuclear inspections after also relaxing on insistence...

Denying suggestions that it is stalling a potential agreement to resurrect the Iran nuclear deal, State Department spokesman Ned Price said that the US has taken additional time to' seriously review' the Iranian comments in response to the EU text sent to both Tehran and Washington.

A meeting on resurrecting the Iran nuclear deal could be held 'this week' after Tehran submitted its response to an EU proposal, the European Union's top diplomat said Monday. Efforts to revive the JCPOA - the 2015 agreement between world powers and Tehran aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions -...

In line with UAE efforts to strengthen relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) reported that Saif Mohammed Al Zaabi, UAE Ambassador to Tehran, will resume his duties in the coming days.

According to the parliamentary report, which was published by several local media outlets, the firm paid huge sums of money to officials at government institutions and other influential bodies.

Supporters of cleric and political kingmaker Moqtada Sadr are pitted against Shiite opponents from a pro-Iran faction called the Coordination Framework.

The European Union said Tuesday it was studying Iran's response to a "final" draft agreement on reviving a 2015 nuclear accord with major powers it presented at talks in Vienna. The United States had already said Monday that it was informing EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell of its response...

A deal would mean that Iran's crude output of 2.5 million barrels per day would no longer be subject to international sanctions, which would help relieve supply constraints that have been pushing up prices.

The American side has verbally accepted the two demands from Iran, said Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. "If our opinion is accepted, we are ready to conclude and announce the accord at a meeting of foreign ministers," he said.

Three days after the assault on Salman Rushdie, Iran has denied any link with the attacker who stabbed British writer at a literary event in New York, blaming the writer himself. The foreign ministry spokesman said that Rushdie had insulted Muslims and the sacred matters of Islam.

Kuwait recalled its ambassador and the United Arab Emirates downgraded relations with Iran after Saudi Arabia that year cut ties with its regional rival, with Bahrain following suit. That came after Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran following Riyadh's execution of Shiite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr.

Russia has come under increasingly tough sanctions since its February invasion of Ukraine, while Iran has faced stringent sanctions reimposed in 2018 when the United States unilaterally pulled out of a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.

The attacker, the father of the victim that forest ranger had allegedly killed, fled from the scene with his accomplice. Shortly before the killing, another relative of the victim attacked the prison guard accompanying the forest ranger with an axe, wounding him in the hand.

Iran may accept the final compromise worked out in Vienna to save the 2015 nuclear agreement, its official news agency IRNA said on Friday. The deal meant to curb Iran's nuclear programme has been moribund since the withdrawal of the United States under president Donald Trump in 2018. The major...

Iran plans to commission three more versions of a satellite launched this week by Russia, Tehran's government spokesman said Friday. The Khayyam blasted into orbit on Tuesday, prompting US accusations that it is intended for spying. Iran dismissed Washington's claim as "childish." "The construction of three other Khayyam satellites with...

Iran's Space Agency said the Khayyam satellite is entirely designed and built to meet the needs of the country in crisis and urban management, natural resources, mines, and agriculture.

The opening match is scheduled to be held at the 60,000-capacity Al Bayt stadium, one of seven new venues purpose-built for the tournament since Qatar was awarded the World Cup in 2010.

An Iranian satellite launched by Russia blasted off from Kazakhstan early Tuesday and went into orbit amid controversy that Moscow might use it to improve its surveillance of military targets in Ukraine. A live feed from Russian space agency Roscosmos showed the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the Khayyam...

Iran said Monday it is examining a "final text" presented by the European Union at the negotiations in Vienna aimed at restoring a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. The comments came after a European official said the EU has tabled the "final" version of the text, negotiations...

Sadr, a longtime political and religious force in the oil-rich but war-scarred country, has for months been in a political standoff with a rival Shiite alliance backed by Iran. Worshippers converged on a vast square inside the normally secure Green Zone, home to government and diplomatic buildings, including the parliament...

Negotiations in Vienna began in April 2021 to restore the deal, but have stalled for the past five months amid differences between Tehran and Washington on several issues. The two sides have negotiated indirectly through the European Union coordinator in a bid to bring the US back into the deal...

News of the launch follows Putin's visit to Iran on July 19, when he met President Ebrahim Raisi and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Negotiations between Iran and world powers, which began in late November 2021 to reintegrate Joe Biden's United States into the agreement, have been stalled since March.

Iranian lawmakers voted Wednesday to ratify a prisoner exchange treaty with Belgium, where the deal has been criticized for potentially enabling an Iranian diplomat jailed on terrorism charges to return home.

The sanctions block any assets the entities own under US jurisdiction and ban US persons or entities from doing business with them, effectively constricting their access to the global financial system.

The USA has alleged Ebrahim Raisi was involved in mass execution of detained leftists in 1988 while he was chief prosecutor of the Tehran revolutionary court. However, Raisi has denied the allegations on two occasions -- in 2018 and 2020.

Having pledged to help especially the poor, the ultraconservative cleric now faces runaway consumer prices that have sparked protests.

Iran said Monday it remains "optimistic" about a possible revival of the 2015 nuclear deal after the European Union tabled a proposal aiming for a compromise in the talks stalled since March.

Iran said Monday it remains "optimistic" about a possible revival of the 2015 nuclear deal after the European Union tabled a proposal aiming for a compromise in the talks stalled since March. "We remain optimistic that the negotiation process will lead us to a logical and reasonable outcome," foreign ministry...

At least 80 people have been killed and 30 others are missing in floods that have wreaked havoc across Iran for more than a week, state media reported Saturday. Tehran province is the hardest-hit with 35 deaths, and the nearby Mazandaran province having the highest number of missing people at...

Iran said it had arrested a Swedish national on allegations of espionage, while Sweden's foreign ministry said the case related to an arrest previously revealed in May.

The storming of Iraq's parliament by hundreds of supporters of populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr has piled pressure on his political opponents working to form a government nearly 10 months after an election.

Iran said Monday it will not be rushed into a "quick" deal reviving its faltering 2015 nuclear accord with world powers, as negotiations remain deadlocked. "They demand that Iran makes a quick decision, (insisting that) time is limited and Iran must respond quickly," foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said at...

King Abdullah II protested in an interview against attacks on Jordan's borders by "militias linked to Iran", following deadly clashes with drug smugglers on the frontier with Syria. Abdullah called for "a change of behavior by Iran" and said that Jordan "does not want tensions in the region".

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday told his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi that reviving the landmark 2015 deal on Tehran's nuclear capabilities was "still possible" but must happen "as soon as possible".

Iran's intelligence ministry announced Saturday the arrest of agents linked to Israel's Mossad who entered the Islamic republic to carry out attacks against "sensitive" sites, state news agency IRNA reported. The statement did not say how many suspects were arrested or give their nationalities, nor did it identify the targets...

It will be a public meeting, (unlike) previous encounters that were held privately at a low level between intelligence and security officials, said Iraqi foreign minister Fuad Hussein.

A global summit in Albania dedicated to advocating regime change in Iran has been postponed due to security threats, an exiled Iranian opposition group said Friday.

Since civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes against its neighbor.