China and Iran have quietly stepped up their mutual trade via barter transactions, Bloomberg reported, exchanging Chinese cars for Iranian copper and zinc to circumvent deepening international sanctions.
Iran’s oil minister announced the discovery of a new oil and gas field in the country's south on Monday, saying it could help ease the country’s growing energy shortages wrought by sanctions and aging infrastructure.
A UK appeals court has upheld an earlier ruling ordering the seizure of a London property owned by the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to help satisfy a $2.4 billion arbitration award in favor of an Emirati firm, Iranian media reported on Monday.
The European Union aims to work with regional partners to encourage Iran to act as a responsible power in the Middle East, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Sunday, as the bloc is reimposing UN and EU sanctions.
Leaked Russian defense documents indicate Iran has signed a €6 billion deal to buy 48 Su-35 fighter jets from Moscow, with deliveries expected between 2026 and 2028, according to reports by Defense Security Asia and Newsweek.
Iran has resumed wheat imports from Caspian Sea countries for the first time in three years, with the arrival of an initial shipment at Amirabad port in northern Mazandaran province, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday.
Iran acquitted dual German-French national Lennart Monterlos of espionage charges linked to the recent 12-day conflict, the head of Hormozgan Province’s judiciary said on Monday.
Iran's foreign ministry on Monday branded the United States a "law-breaking" country, rejecting any prospect of talks with Washington after US President Donald Trump warned he would again bomb Iran if it resumes nuclear activities.
Northern Iran’s once-thriving wetlands are facing severe ecological collapse, with environmental officials warning of an imminent disaster after the absence of hundreds of thousands of migratory birds this autumn, Tasnim reported on Monday.
China is secretly funneling billions of dollars to Iran through a covert payment system that bypasses US sanctions by swapping oil for infrastructure projects, The Wall Street Journal reported, saying the hidden conduit enabled Tehran to receive up to $8.4 billion last year.
US President Donald Trump warned that Washington would bomb Iran again if it restarts its nuclear program, speaking on Sunday at a ceremony marking the 250th anniversary of the US Navy at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.
Hamas’s conditional acceptance of Donald Trump’s peace plan has left Tehran’s hardliners scrambling—pivoting from predictions of rejection to praise—while their detractors watch bemused at their being outmaneuvered by a Palestinian ally.
Iran’s foreign ministry on Sunday expressed cautious support for Hamas’s response to Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan, but warned against what it called the proposal's dangerous dimensions and Israel’s alleged failure to honor past commitments.
A court in Tehran has sentenced three prisoners of conscience from Iran’s ethnic minorities, including a woman, to death on charges of waging war against God, Norway-based rights group Hengaw said on Sunday.
Iran’s naval forces are fully prepared to confront any threat across its islands, coasts, and territorial waters, the Revolutionary Guards chief said during a visit to an IRGC naval base, warning that any move by adversaries will be met with a firm response.
Authorities shut down a sports club in central Iran for holding mixed-gender exercise sessions and arrested the organizers of a “coffee party” on Kish Island amid an ongoing struggle between clerical rulers and the public over social freedoms.
Military strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites would have only short-term effects and fail to destroy its capabilities, the UN atomic watchdog chief said, urging diplomacy as the sole path to a lasting solution to concerns over Tehran’s disputed nuclear program.
On the eve of a UN vote to restore sanctions on Iran, an independent art book fair in the courtyard of an old house in Tehran provided a rare haven from serial political horrors.
Iran has added 11 new aircraft to its civilian fleet as part of an ongoing effort to expand domestic air transport capacity, IRGC media reported on Sunday, citing the head of the Civil Aviation Organization.
Nineteen of Iran’s major dams are on the verge of drying up and three have completely run out of water, state media reported, citing data from the Iran Water Resources Management Company.
The deaths of dozens of Caspian seals along Iran’s northern coast have renewed concern over the fragile state of the Caspian Sea ecosystem, state media reported.