Iran’s former deputy parliament speaker on Monday dismissed his past remarks about pursuing a nuclear bomb as a personal opinion, after U.S. President Donald Trump shared a video of the comments and state media criticized him as “inconsiderate.”
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian had a phone conversation with Vladimir Putin on Monday ahead of critical nuclear talks with European powers in Geneva, as the end-August deadline for the reimposition of UN sanctions looms.
A second round of conflict with Iran is imminent, a former Israeli intelligence officer said on Sunday, two months after a US-brokered ceasefire ended a 12-day war between the two archenemies.
A new round of nuclear talks between the Islamic Republic and three European states will take place Tuesday, in Geneva, with Deputy FM Majid Takht-Ravanchi heading the Iranian delegation, Iran’s Tasnim News reported Monday.
Iran is prepared to scale back uranium enrichment from 60% to 20% in a bid to prevent further airstrikes and the reimposition of UN sanctions, the Telegraph reported on Sunday citing unnamed Iranian officials.
A viral series of photos showing women without headscarves on the streets of Tehran has ignited heated debate on social media over claims that the Islamic Republic has loosened its enforcement of compulsory hijab.
Nearly 75 percent of Britain’s Labour voters back designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group, a poll cited by the Telegraph shows, increasing pressures on the prime minister to fulfill his party’s pre-election pledge.
Israel says it launched airstrikes against the positions of Yemen's Houthis in Sanaa on Sunday, shortly after the group fired a ballistic missile allegedly armed with a cluster bomb warhead at Israel.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Sunday rejected calls by Tehran moderates for direct negotiations with the United States, insisting that Washington’s hostility cannot be resolved through talks.
Israel is threatening Muslim nations, Iran's foreign minister said on Sunday in an op-ed on a pan-Arab daily newspaper, urging Islamic countries to impose sanctions and form an international coalition against Iran's archenemy.
A representative of Iran's Supreme Leader has urged restrictions on Western shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, saying such a move would drive global oil prices to $200 and deal an economic blow to Iran's adversaries.
Israel is buying two more aerial refueling aircraft to boost its long-range strike capability against Iran, Israeli outlet Ynet reported, as the Revolutionary Guards’ chief warned Saturday of harsher retaliation in any renewed conflict.
Iran has overhauled its visa rules starting this month, requiring foreign tourists to enter only through organized tours booked with registered agencies, the Travel and Tour World website reported Saturday.
Several teachers in Iran's Kordestan province have been dismissed on what authorities described as security-related charges and removal of compulsory hijab, a media outlet affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed on Saturday.
Iran’s intelligence forces killed six militants and arrested two in restive Sistan and Baluchestan province after deadly attacks by Jaish ul-Adl Sunni militants left several police forces dead, local authorities announced on Saturday.
At least 160 people were executed in Iran over the past month, according to a report by the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), which warned that the pace of executions in the country is accelerating.
Iran has asked Belarus for assistance in restoring its damaged air defense and electronic warfare systems following the June conflict with Israel, Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service said.
Amnesty International accused Iranian authorities on Friday of “destroying vital evidence” of crimes against humanity by converting a section of Tehran’s main cemetery containing graves of executed dissidents into a parking lot.
The Pentagon dismissed its intelligence chief after his office said June airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites only modestly set back the program, contradicting President Donald Trump’s statement that it had been “obliterated,” officials said Friday.
A Lebanese opposition figure has urged his government to expel Iran’s envoy in Beirut after senior Iranian official Ali Larijani reaffirmed Tehran’s backing for Hezbollah, deepening the controversy over Iran’s role in Lebanon.
Iran has established arms production facilities in several countries but will not disclose their names for now, Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh said in a televised interview Friday night.