A hacking group known as Black Shadow claimed responsibility for the attack.

The sanctions boosted pressure on Iran ahead of the reopening of negotiations on the country's nuclear program. The sanctions came nine days after an attack on a US military base in Al-Tanf in Syria that involved drones, and two days after Iran said it would return to talks to revive...

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.  

Women were able to watch a game at the 80,000-seat Azadi stadium in October 2019, when Iran thrashed Cambodia 14-0.

Iran held six rounds of indirect negotiations in Vienna with President Joe Biden's administration on returning to the 2015 deal.

Details of the attack and its source are under investigation, state TV added, without giving further details.

The drop in the water levels of the Sirwan river, which begins in Iran and flows through the Darbandikhan dam and the Diyala to join the Tigris, has been attributed both to low levels of precipitation and the building of more dams in Iran which retain water.

The EU and world powers are scrambling to try to get negotiations in Vienna back on track.

Amir Lazar, chief of Israeli air force operations, told reporters the drills "don't focus on Iran", but army officials have said the Islamic republic remains Israel's top strategic threat and at the centre of much of its military planning.

The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco all agreed to normalize ties with Israel in 2020, as Washington under the administration of then US President Donald Trump made Arab-Israeli rapprochement a foreign policy priority.

The agreement between Iran and world powers to find a long-term solution to the now two-decade-old crisis over its controversial nuclear program has been moribund since former US president Donald Trump walked out of the deal in May 2018.

The Enghelab golf course had 18 holes when it was built decades ago but over the years the fairways have been eaten away by development.

Naftali took office in June, taking over from Benjamin Netanyahu who was in power for 12 straight years and had close ties with Putin. As he left for Sochi on Friday, Bennett said Israel's relations with Moscow are an "important element" of the country's foreign policy.

The Iranian banking system has paid 12.41 quadrillion rials (over $295.49 billion) of facilities to domestic economic sectors in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22). This is 57.9 percent higher than the amount in the same period from the previous year.

The designation as Oscar-qualifying event came despite high tensions between Washington and Tehran, which have had no diplomatic relations since 1979.

The Conquest (Fatah) Alliance, the political arm of the multi-party Hashed, won around 15 of 329 seats.

Many banks and businesses, including pharmaceutical and medical companies around the world, over-comply with sanctions out of fear of potential penalties.

The fund also warned that the longer-term risk of the uneven recovery could permanently widen wealth, income, and social gaps.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that talks with the 4+1 Group will restart on Thursday in Brussels.

Iran and Britain, China, France and Russia besides the EU opened talks in Vienna in April.

An Iranian court has sentenced the former governor of Iran’s central bank to 10 years in prison for violating the country’s currency system, a judiciary spokesperson said Saturday.

Seven people were killed as snipers opened fire on a rally by Hezbollah, the powerful group allied with Saudi Arabia's regional rival Iran, and fellow Shiite movement Amal as they protested against a judge investigating last year's devastating port blast.

Firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr may be Iraq's big election winner but he will still have to haggle with his opponents, linked to armed pro-Iranian groups, to forge a new government. 

The talks came a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned of "other options" if diplomacy failed.

Azerbaijan-Iran ties soured weeks ago over allegations that Israel's military was active in Azerbaijan.

Enrique Mora's visit is a follow-up to consultations between the two sides on matters of shared interest, particularly Iran-EU relations, Afghanistan and the nuclear agreement, the Iranian foreign ministry said.

Regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran are showing signs of warming relations and a foreign diplomat in Riyadh has said that the two sides "were on the verge of agreeing" on a deal.

Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Oji has reportedly said the country requires at this investment to maintain the production level of the gas fields over the next six to eight years. Meanwhile, a project to study methods to increase the recovery factor gas fields will start by late March 2022.

Tehran has decided to resume nuclear talks in Vienna after the new administration reviewed the previous round of talks, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said.

Iraq's relations with Iran have improved since the fall of Saddam and, since 2017, the ties with Saudi Arabia have also become better.

Iran is set to deliver more fuel in the coming days to Lebanon for distribution by the Shiite movement.

A new single-member constituency system for electing Iraq's 329 lawmakers is supposed to boost independents versus the traditional political blocs that are largely centered on religious, ethnic and clan affiliations. The election is being held a year early in a rare concession to the youth-led protest movement that broke out...

Tehran threatens Seoul with legal action unless it releases more than $7 billion in funds for oil shipments. Iran was South Korea's third-largest Middle Eastern trade partner before the US unilaterally withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal and reimposed crippling sanctions.

The deal, which gave Iran sanctions relief in return for curbs on its nuclear programme, has been on life support since 2018.

Women spectators will be allowed to see a football match in Iran for the first time in two years.

The import of home appliances made by these two South Korean companies is now banned by Iran, following an apparent request from local manufacturers, who may now ramp up production of similar products indigenously.

Teheran: Iran's army is to hold maneuvers near the Azerbaijan border from Friday, state media announced, despite strong criticism from Baku. "The maneuvers scheduled to start on Friday will involve armored units as well as artillery, drones and military helicopters," the army's ground forces commander General Kioumars Heydari told the...

The discussions, hosted by Iraq as it seeks to act as a regional mediator, were launched under Iran's former, moderate president Hassan Rouhani, who was replaced in August by Raisi.

In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, Bennett claimed the Islamic republic had in recent years taken "a major leap forward" in its nuclear production capacity

The first initiative of its kind in Iraq, where Israel's sworn enemy Iran has a very strong influence, the conference took place on Friday and was organised by the New York-based Center for Peace Communications (CPC). More than 300 Iraqis, including tribal leaders, attended a conference in autonomous Kurdistan.

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.

Iran’s moves could ultimately contribute to building regional relations based on mutual cooperation and respect.

Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Khatibzadeh said the talks were "good" and called for countries to settle regional issues between themselves, without foreign interference. Saudi King Salman on Wednesday expressed hope that talks with Iran would "lead to tangible outcomes to...

Talks between Iran and the five other countries still party to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal were launched in April aimed at bringing the United States back into the agreement.

Tucked in an alleyway of the Grand Bazaar, Kazem Mabhutian’s 1.5-square-metre chaikhaneh (tea house) is invisible from the main street.

Iran has been trying to enter the SCO for years, and was close last year, but Tajikisatn objected to it.

Lebanon has been without a government for more than a year, and the main priority of Prime Minister Najib Mikati's newly-selected cabinet would be to guarantee petrol and electricity supplies and curb other shortages that are crippling the country.

Analysts said the reshuffle was intended as a warning that a much tougher policy could lie ahead if talks drag on over bringing Washington back into a landmark nuclear deal

BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has said that the first delivery of Iranian fuel would arrive Thursday in Lebanon to help ease dire shortages in the embattled country. Lebanon is facing one of its worst-ever economic crises, with more than three out of four Lebanese considered to be under the...

The deal struck with Iran on Sunday over access to surveillance equipment at Iranian nuclear facilities allows space for diplomatic talks, according to IAEA director general Rafael Grossi. It soothes a sore point in deadlocked talks to resuscitate the 2015 deal to curb Iran's nuclear programme.