Bahrain has been hit by waves of unrest since 2011, when security forces crushed protests demanding a constitutional monarchy and an elected prime minister.

Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency was expected to meet Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Atomic Energy Organization chief Mohammad Eslami, who is also one of Iran's vice presidents.

Tehran on Friday criticized as "illegitimate" a Western statement that assured Arab allies their security interests would be taken into account during talks aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal.

An IAEA report, which said Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium is in excess of the limit laid down in the 2015 nuclear deal, will be discussed during the IAEA's Board of Governors, scheduled for next week with diplomats preparing to revive the deal.

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog will visit Tehran Monday to discuss Iran's nuclear program, the spokesman for Iran's atomic agency said, as several key dates approach.

Iran has invited the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency for talks after the UN official expressed concern over a lack of contact with Iranian authorities, Tehran said Monday. UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi "has been invited" to Tehran and a visit date has been put forward, foreign...

An Iranian general has said Israel and the United States were likely to have been behind a cyber attack that interrupted the distribution of fuel at service stations. In July, Iran's transportation ministry said a "cyber disruption" had affected its computer systems and website.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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...

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

As Iran's neighbour to the west, Iraq has sought a mediating role between Tehran and Arab nations and since April, it has tried to broker talks with Saudi Arabia to soothe tensions between the regional rivals.

Foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said President Joe Biden was following the same "dead end" policies as Donald Trump. Khatibzadeh’s remarks came a day after the US Treasury announced financial sanctions against four Iranians accused of planning the kidnapping in the US of an American journalist of Iranian descent.

The ministry said the deaths of 684 people in the past 24 hours brought the total number of fatalities to 102,038

The country of 83 million has seen upwards of 98,000 deaths from Covid-19, making it already the Middle East's deadliest outbreak

It was the ultraconservative Raisi's first reported call with a Western leader since taking office last week

The Islamic Republic "is not only Israel's problem, but it is the world's problem. Its behaviour threatens the freedom of navigation and global commerce", the Israeli official added.

The demonstration was a spillover from protests in the oil-rich Khuzestan province, where water protests began more than 10 days ago

Iran put anti-riot measures in place in Tehran on Wednesday following continued water protests in Khuzestan

You might think the family business did not seem so inviting to young Iranian filmmaker Panah Panahi, given that his acclaimed father has faced years of persecution at the hands of the authorities.

The plant was off-grid for two weeks, leading to power cuts in the country Officials blamed 'a technical fault' for the shutdown Iran's only nuclear power plant has been brought back online, its manager said early Monday, after two weeks off-grid amid a power shortage and rolling blackouts across the...

Semnan Province, the administrative region to the east of Tehran, is home to the largest number of licensed facilities Iran approved cryptocurrency mining as a legal activity two years ago Iran has issued licenses to 30 cryptocurrency mining centers, the Financial Tribune revealed this week, quoting official figures published on...