Russia cannot be an impartial broker to US-Iran talks and would pursue its own interests, a former Iranian ambassador to Russia said on Friday after Moscow signaled readiness to mediate between the two foes.
Iranian politicians and commentators have been making conflicting comments on Russia's stated preparedness to mediate between Iran and the United States regarding Tehran's controversial nuclear program.
As Iranians prepare to celebrate the ancient Persian New Year, which predates Islam, the IRGC commander in Ilam has announced that official Nowruz celebrations in the province will not be granted permits.
The United States is reviewing all sanctions waivers that provide Iran with economic relief and urged Iraq to reduce its reliance on Iranian energy, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Thursday.
Iran is seeking to unfreeze billions of dollars worth of funds frozen by a subsidiary of the German stock exchange in Luxembourg, German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Thursday, following setbacks in the conflict with Israel.
The United States aims to push Iran's economy off the cliff with more sanctions on Iranian oil, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday, laying out President Donald Trump's renewed maximum pressure campaign.
US President Donald Trump's envoy to Ukraine on Thursday said the informal security grouping of Iran, Russia, North Korea and China presented a challenge to global security which had not existed in his first term.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's agreement to mediate between the United States and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program adds new layers of complexity to an issue which already threatened to add a new war front to a conflict spanning Eurasia.
A US-based rights group has urged governments to recognize what it called gender apartheid in Iran as a crime against humanity, arguing that the Islamic Republic systematically oppresses women.
Three Iranian ministers are facing potential impeachment proceedings, according to a member of Iran's parliament, who also dismissed the recent impeachment of the economy minister as politically motivated.
The administration of US President Donald Trump is considering a plan to inspect Iranian oil tankers under an international accord designed to curb the spread of weapons of mass destruction, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
A US diplomat will attend a meeting in Baghdad Thursday focusing on resuming Kurdish oil exports via Turkey, sources told Reuters, as Washington pushes Iraq to boost global supply while curbing Iranian oil exports.
Iran's judiciary has been criticized for its leniency when sentencing two former ministers convicted in a multi-billion dollar corruption case with allegations of nepotism influencing their jail terms.
Iran said on Thursday that Britain must be held accountable for making what it called baseless accusations against the country following the UK’s move to tighten restrictions on Tehran following allegations of foreign interference.
Russia is taking Iran's interests into account during its talks with the United States, a senior Iranian lawmaker said, highlighting the closeness of Tehran and Moscow in the wake of the war on Ukraine.
Iranian artists, activists, and public figures condemned the execution of a 74-lash sentence against singer Mehdi Yarrahi, denouncing it as a sign of deepening repression.
Liberal senator Dave Sharma urged Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong to investigate whether Iran’s state-backed English-language broadcaster, Press TV, is violating Australian sanctions and acting as a channel for foreign interference.
The new head of Israel's military, Eyal Zamir, warned that 2025 would be focused on war with Iran and its regional allied groups.
Iran International has welcomed the UK government's decision to place the Islamic Republic’s intelligence and security establishment on the highest tier of its foreign influence watchlist following threats to the network’s journalists over the past three years.
The United States, Britain, France and Germany said they were fed up with Iran's alleged evasion of UN inspectors and obfuscation of its nuclear activities, demanding Tehran immediately come clean.
President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday he cannot implement a law that Iranians oppose, after hardliners largely thwarted his agenda by pushing out top aides and rejecting his overtures to Washington.