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Albania has severed its relations with the Islamic Republic and ordered all Iranian diplomats and embassy staff to leave the country within 24 hours.

White House says there are still gaps between Tehran and Washington regarding the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, while Israeli sources say the deal will not be signed in the foreseeable future.

The Iranian government is promising perks including loans and free Internet to those participating in the Arbaeen pilgrimage to Karbala, Iraq, later this month.

Human Rights group Amnesty International has condemned Iran for sentencing two LGBTQ activists to death on charges of "corruption on earth through the promotion of homosexuality."

Tehran has issued a warning to regional countries about ties with Israel as signs emerged that a new nuclear deal might be delayed at least until November.

The families of four Europeans held hostage by Iran accuse the European Union of ignoring their plight, asking the EU to negotiate their release in the nuclear talks.

The White House says if Iran is prepared to comply with its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, the United States is ready to do the same.

Prime Minister Yair Lapid says Israel will continue to act in all areas against the revival of the Iran nuclear agreement and the threat posed by the Islamic Republic.

An Israeli air attack on Syria's Aleppo airport Tuesday has damaged the runway and taken it out of service, Syrian state media quoted a military source as saying.

Britain’s new foreign secretary, James Cleverly, appointed today by new prime minister Liz Truss, held the Middle East brief at the foreign office 2020-22.

The fate of the nuclear deal is in Washington’s hands and it should be “free of Zionist pressures,” Iran's official government news website IRNA said Tuesday.

Israel’s president has addressed the German parliament, urging the legislators to stop the looming deal with Iran that threatens Israel and denies the Holocaust.

Supreme Leader’s Instagram post about a 7th century Imam’s peace with his enemy has caught media attention in Tehran as a possible sign of a nuclear compromise.

While Iran’s insistence on its demands has cast doubts on a quick revival of the 2015 deal, the country’s nuclear chief spoke of building more nuclear energy plants.

In opposing revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, United States senators Lindsey Graham and Robert Menendez have demanded Tehran end any uranium enrichment.

The attorney of three young protesters who were sentenced to death for participation in the bloody uprising in 2019 says a court has reduced their death sentences to imprisonment.

No Iranian president has faced so much criticism over his government’s economic record in the first year of his term as President Ebrahim Raisi is facing now.

US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides said Monday that President Joe Biden has assured Prime Minister Yair Lapid that Washington will never tie Israel’s hands against Iran.

Liz Truss’ record of pragmatism in politics has not stopped some commentators thinking or hoping she will take a harder line than predecessor Boris Johnson.

An Iranian official has rejected reports that the international governing body of football, FIFA, is forcing Iran to let female referees officiate matches in the men's league.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) navy has added three new military vessels to its fleet including a patrol combat warship named after Qasem Soleimani, killed by a targeted US air strike in 2020.