‘Unidentified’ drone hits Baghdad base: Iraq security officials
An "unidentified" drone struck a military base in Baghdad early Tuesday while another fell in the west of the capital, Iraqi security sources said.
Iran says studying draft deal to restore nuclear agreement
The EU has been mediating between negotiators from Iran and a U.S. delegation to revive nuclear deal.Iran says it will continue to enrich uranium even after a deal
Iran has said that it will continue to enrich uranium to 20 percent purity even after sanctions against it are lifted and a 2015 nuclear deal is brought back to life.Iran says decisions needed from West to seal nuclear deal
"No matter how close we are to the finish line, there is not necessarily a guarantee to cross it," Ali Bagheri tweeted after flying back to Tehran.Iran calls for ‘restraint’ in Ukraine, blames West
Iran urged "restraint" from both Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday while blaming the United States and NATO for the sharp escalation of tensions.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.Iranian jet fighter crashes, three killed, reports state TV
Jet fighter crashed in a residential area of the northwestern city of Tabriz.Iran MPs demand Western guarantees in nuclear talks
Iranian MPs urged the government Sunday to secure Western guarantees at Vienna talks to restore the 2015 nuclear deal, state media reported, amid signs a deal could be close. In a letter addressed to President Ebrahim Raisi and read at parliament, 250 MPs out of the 290-strong assembly, set out...Saudi Arabia looks to start fifth round of direct talks with Iran
Saudi Arabia may initiate another round of direct talks with Iran despite a “lack of substantive progress” in previous rounds.Iranian teachers protest in many cities for better salaries
Thousands of Iranian teachers have protested in more than 100 cities against delays in salary and pension reforms, a local newspaper reported Sunday.Israel sees Iran nuclear deal ‘shortly,’ warns it will be weaker
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett , who has been a staunch opponent of the 2015 deal, said his country will not be bound by a restored agreement and will retain the freedom to act if Iran advances towards producing a nuclear weapon.The chances of reviving Iran nuclear accord are dwindling: Scholz
The chances of reviving the Iran nuclear accord are dwindling and the "moment of truth" has arrived for Tehran's leadership, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Saturday.Iran, Qatar to form joint gas extraction study group
The oil ministers of Iran and Qatar will discuss gas swap, common stances in the global market and forming a joint study group on the sidelines of the upcoming GECF in Doha, an informed source in Iran’s Oil Ministry told IRNA. The Gas Exporting Countries Forum will be held next...US says nuclear deal possible within days if Iran ‘shows seriousness’
The Vienna talks, which involve Iran as well as Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia directly, and the United States indirectly, resumed in late November.Khamenei ridicules claims Iran wants atomic bomb
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed as "absurd" claims his country wants to acquire atomic weapons, in remarks on Thursday amid signs of a breakthrough in nuclear talks.Iran calls for US ‘political statement’ on nuclear deal
Iran urged the US Congress on Wednesday to issue a "political statement" that Washington will stay committed to a possible agreement in Vienna talks to restore the 2015 nuclear deal. The accord offered Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program, but then US president Donald Trump...Israeli PM starts first-ever Bahrain visit
The visit is the latest such initiative following the US-brokered 2020 Abraham Accords.Iran says Vienna nuclear deal talks ‘complicated’ but ‘no impasse’
Iran is engaged in negotiations with Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia directly and with the United States indirectly to revive the deal formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which offered Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program.Novel crisis: Iran’s booking shrink as US sanctions bite
The price of a book in Iran depends on the fluctuation of its currency as the country relies on paper imports for publishing which must be paid in foreign currency.Iranians get behind wheel to mark 43rd anniversary of Islamic revolution
Thousands of Iranians drove through Tehran on Friday to mark the 43rd anniversary of the country's Islamic Revolution, staying in vehicles rather than marching on foot amid Covid restrictions. Due to the pandemic, state television said this year, as the previous year, there should be "no gathering or marching" by...US President under pressure as Iran nuclear talks resume
The subject of the Iran nuclear deal has been somewhat on mute in Washington after 10 months of indirect talks failed to achieve the breakthrough that US President Joe Biden hoped for and a revival of the 2015 nuclear deal repudiated by his predecessor Donald Trump.12 injured in foiled Houthi drone attack on Saudi Arabian airport
Fragments fell to the ground after the interception of the drone over Abha International Airport, which has previously been targeted in similar assaults by the Houthi rebels. The injured included citizens of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, the Philippines and Sri Lanka as well as two Saudis.France’s TotalEnergies signs $27bn oil, gas, solar deal in Iraq
French giant TotalEnergies signed a $27-billion contract to invest in oil, gas and solar production in Iraq Sunday, as the country faces an acute energy crisis. The announcement of the deal, supposed in part to reduce Iraq's reliance on fossil fuels, came as Oil Minister Ihsan Ismail signed the contract...Iran Guards unveil missile said to put Israel within reach
The missile has a range of 1,450 kilometers (about 900 miles), runs on solid fuel, and is capable of penetrating anti-missile systems. It was unveiled during a visit to a surface-to-surface missile base of the Guards' air force, with the chief of the aerospace department Amirali Hajizadeh present.Iran develops a missile that can reach up to Israel
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday announced the development of a surface-to-surface missile whose stated range would put arch foe Israel within reach. The Guards' Sepahnews website said the missile has a range of 1,450 kilometers (about 900 miles).US says Iran nuclear deal ‘in sight’ but urgent need to finalize
Former US president Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, and reimposed tough economic sanctions on the country, prompting it to begin pulling back from its commitments under the pact and step up its nuclear activities.‘Jail restaurant’ in Iran frees bad-debt inmates
Two Iranian ex-prisoners have opened a ‘jail restaurant’ to help raise funds to free convicts who are behind bars for unpaid debts.Talks to revive 2015 Iran nuclear deal to resume in Vienna
Parties to the deal have been negotiating in Vienna since last year with indirect US participation. Talks were most recently halted at the end of last month, and the negotiators returned to their capitals for consultations.Tehran and Washington ‘fail to produce balance’ in Vienna talks
Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Shamkhani said that despite "limited progress in the #ViennaTalks, we are still far from achieving the necessary balance in the commitments of the parties'. Talks on reviving the agreement were halted last week and the negotiators returned to their capitals for consultations.Iran terms US sanctions relief ‘good but not enough’
US steps on lifting sanctions are "good but not enough", Iran said Saturday, following Washington's announcement it was waiving sanctions on Iran's civil nuclear program.US waives sanctions for Iran civil nuclear program
The resumption of the waiver, ended by the Donald Trump administration in 2020, ‘would be essential to ensuring Iran's swift compliance’ if a new deal on controlling Tehran's nuclear program can be reached in talks in Vienna, a US State Department official has said.Denmark court convicts Iranians of spying for Saudi Arabia
A Danish court on Friday convicted three leaders of an Iranian Arab separatist group based in the Scandinavian country of spying for Saudi intelligence between 2012 and 2020.Iran FM hopes Iran-Saudi cooperation will solve Islamic world issues
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian expressed hope that interaction between Iran and Saudi Arabia will help solve regional and Islamic world problems. Amirabdollahian also reviewed the problems plaguing the Islamic world and the Islamic Ummah, the bilateral and multilateral cooperation between Iran and the OIC, the reopening of Iran's representative...Israel strikes on Hezbollah near Damascus
Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes on Syrian territory since 2011, targeting government positions as well as Hezbollah fighters.France calls for more efforts to save Iran nuclear talks
French President Emmanuel Macron stressed the "need to accelerate" efforts to achieve progress in the Iranian nuclear talks, during a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi.Iran condemns rocket attack on Baghdad airport
Iran's foreign ministry on Saturday condemned a rocket attack against Baghdad airport that took place the previous day as an act that seeks to "destabilize" Iraq.Iran protestors attack Afghan trucks over water rights
Protesters in Iran's southeast attacked trucks belonging to Afghan drivers during a demonstration on Friday over water rights for a river that flows from Afghanistan, Iranian state media said.Women attend Iran-Iraq match in Tehran stadium
The last time Iranian women were allowed to attend a football match of their national team, after decades of being banned from stadiums, was October 2019. Since then, national team matches were held with no spectators due to Covid-19 restrictions.Iran arrests 17 for filming candid camera horror pranks
Iranian police have arrested 17 university graduates on suspicion of filming candid camera horror pranks that boosted their social media followings but "sowed panic" in Tehran streets.Iran’s trade transactions with neighbors tripled over past months: Official
With rise in trade transactions, the Iranian economic activity also grew notablyChabahar trade zone chief arrested in Iran
Prosecutor has placed Abdorahim Kordi in custody, citing a statement from the intelligence branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.Iran urges people to dress warmly to cut gas use
Iran has the world's second largest gas reserves after Russia, and the fourth largest oil reserves. Gas is almost free in Iran because it is heavily subsidized.US navy stops ship carrying ‘explosive precursor’ from Iran
The US navy said Sunday it had stopped a ship carrying 40 tons of a fertilizer that can be used to make explosives as it traveled from Iran along a route previously used to smuggle weapons to Yemen's Houthi rebels.South Korea pays Iran’s UN dues with frozen assets
South Korea has used $18 million of frozen Iranian assets to pay Tehran's dues to the UN, Seoul said Sunday, in a move to immediately restore the country's voting power. The payment was made Friday in cooperation with the US and the UN after Iran made an "emergency request" to...‘Not time to give up’, says Biden on Iran nuclear talks
President Joe Biden is still bullish on being able to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.Putin to host Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi in Moscow on Wednesday
Russian President Vladimir Putin will host his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi in Moscow on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, amid talks aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal. The meeting will be Raisi's most important official visit abroad since he took office, and the first visit by an Iranian president to Russia since...US vows to hold Houthi rebels accountable for UAE attack
The United Arab Emirates of which Abu Dhabi is the capital is part of a Riyadh-led military coalition that supports Yemen's government against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who have repeatedly targeted Saudi Arabia with cross-border strikes.Iran says diplomats in Saudi for Organization of Islamic Cooperation posts
Iranian diplomats are in Saudi Arabia to start work at a global organization representing Muslims, a first since the two rivals cut ties in 2016, Iran's foreign ministry announced on Monday. "The delegation is now in Jeddah to start its work at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation," Saeed Khatibzadeh said...Twitter bans account linked to Khamenei for Trump video threat
The account, @KhameneiSite, this week posted an animated video showing an unmanned aircraft targeting former US president Donald Trump, who ordered a drone strike in Baghdad two years ago that killed top Iranian commander General Qassem Soleimani.Iran, Syria to establish joint free zone, joint bank
Qasemi, who headed a high-ranking delegation to Syria, met with senior officials from Syria.Iran and China push for fulfillment of 25-year agreement
More than fifty years after establishing diplomatic ties, China and Iran accelerate implementation of the Iran-China 25-year cooperation program, which can pave the ground for expanding all-out ties. The Chinese and Iranian foreign ministers met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.