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US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that its Mideast arch-foe Iran was seeking to reach a deal and that his administration would "probably" achieve one.

A new school curriculum mandated by Iran’s education ministry has cast a 12-day war with Israel in June as a national triumph, underscoring a bid by the country's clerical rulers to boost support following the punishing conflict.

Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami said most people in the country are more concerned with living their lives amid worsening economic conditions than with who governs them.

Tehran’s fraught relationship with the UN nuclear watchdog is set to enter a more confrontational phase as the IAEA Board of Governors meets in Vienna this week to vote on a Western-backed resolution censuring Iran for non-cooperation.

Tehran’s prosecutor said on Wednesday authorities will intensify coordinated action against alleged social violations, targeting networks accused of promoting Western-style clothing, improper hijab and other behavior deemed unlawful by the Islamic Republic.

The UN nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday it needs more Iranian cooperation to restore full inspections at sites hit in June’s strikes, warning that verification of enriched uranium stocks is “long overdue.”

Iranian security institutions have come under growing internal pressure and suspicion since Israel’s June attacks, with accounts describing heightened oversight inside the Revolutionary Guard, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday.

Iran said on Wednesday that no negotiation process is underway with the United States, rejecting President Donald Trump’s claim a day earlier that the two sides had begun talks.

Iran has released the Marshall Islands-flagged product tanker Talara and all 21 crew are safe, the vessel’s operator Columbia Shipmanagement said on Wednesday, days after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed they had seized the ship off the country’s southern coast.

Iran would consider resuming nuclear talks with the United States but will only discuss limits on the degree of uranium enrichment, not the continuation of enrichment itself, a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei told CNN.

Iranian scientists linked to its defense establishment made a second covert trip to Russia last year as part of what the United States says is an effort to obtain dual-use technologies with potential nuclear weapons applications, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

Tehran is turning to quieter, more insidious forms of repression: cutting citizens off from their mobile phone numbers without notice or pressuring them to shut down their often popular social-media accounts.

A freely elected constituent assembly to rewrite Iran’s constitution is the only peaceful path to democratic transition, imprisoned politician Mostafa Tajzadeh said in a letter from prison made public on Tuesday.

Iranian state broadcaster Press TV has been formally registered under Australia’s Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme (FITS) as an entity acting on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Attorney General’s Department told Iran International.

Google-owned security firm Mandiant reported on Tuesday that Iran-linked UNC1549 breached Middle East aerospace, aviation and defense organizations in a campaign from late 2023 to October 2025.

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Tuesday that a new US-backed Security Council resolution on Gaza must not be applied in any way that harms Palestinian rights.

The United States and three European allies urged Tehran to immediately restore its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog in a draft resolution they submitted to the IAEA Board of Governors which will meet later this week in Vienna.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun was quoted in an interview with a domestic news outlet which was withdrawn without explanation that he had confronted Iran's security chief about the Tehran-backed Shi'ite armed group Hezbollah.

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he seeks a deal with Iran and believes Tehran does too, speaking alongside Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who said he would try to help Tehran and Washington reach a deal.

Europe is no longer a mediator but a co-architect of US-led pressure on Iran, and the relationship post-snapback is likely to harden into a more openly adversarial phase.

Chelo with kebab, polo with herbs or saffron – the scent of steaming rice used to fill every Iranian home. But now, for many of the country's poorest, rising prices of Persian rice mean this beloved staple is slipping beyond their reach.