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With more voices calling for a US ‘plan B’ if the Iran nuclear talks fail, the Washington-based Middle East Institute hosted Friday a Zoom discussion.

Iran's nuclear chief says construction projects for phase two and three of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant have accelerated since a few months ago.

United Nations nuclear chief Rafael Mariano Grossi reiterated in an interview published Friday that he had “very limited visibility” of Iran’s atomic program.

Iran says its relations with neighbors are not tied to the revival of the 2015 nuclear agreement (JCPOA) or permission from the United States.

Iran's foreign minister says Saudi Arabia has shown readiness to advance the bilateral talks from security issues to the political phase.

The top US Air Force general in the Middle East warned of increasing attacks by Iran-backed militias against the United States and its allies as tensions rise in the region.

Further evidence has emerged that Russia is competing with Iran and Venezuela for oil markets in China and India, according to shipping analytics firm Vortexa.

US State Department Thursday said remarks by Britain’s spy chief that Iran is not interested in a nuclear deal, did not need any special intelligence insight.

The ultra-conservative Paydari Front seems to have succeeded in taking more ground from Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf after a scandal in April.

Iranian Supreme Leader’s endorsement of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is not surprising, Speaker of the US House of Representative Nancy Pelosi said Thursday.

Israel’s Mossad captured a senior IRGC official on Iranian soil and interrogated him about weapons shipments to Iran's proxies, Iran international has learned.

Followers of the Baha'i faith say the Islamic Republic has either arrested, summoned to court, put on trial or closed businesses of at least 20 Baha'i citizens just since the beginning of July.

The US says Iran has abandoned the hollow veil of neutrality vis-à-vis the Russian invasion of Ukraine and openly supports President Vladimir Putin in his war against the Ukrainians.

Media in Tehran quoted Naser Amani, a Tehran City Council member Wednesday as saying that "the people in Iran are seriously dissatisfied with the government."

Turkey said Thursday it does not need anyone's permission to attack terrorist groups in Syria, despite Iran’s explicit opposition to any military incursion.

The Belgian Parliament has ratified a controversial prisoner swap treaty with Iran, which facilitates repatriating an Iranian diplomat sentenced to 20 years in jail on a terrorism conviction.

China is a strong power and Russia has ended its decline, weakening “American hegemony”, the chief of staff of Iranian armed forces told officers on Thursday.

US defense officials said in a briefing on Wednesday that it is not a good idea for Iran to provide military drones to Russia, without elaborating further.

An Iranian conservative lawmaker is on the defensive after it was revealed his son was jailed for links with the banned opposition group Mojahedin-e Khalq, aka MeK.

Turkey refuted claims Wednesday by Iraqi state media that it had attacked a mountain resort in northern Dohuk province, killing eight and wounding another 23 people, calling it a terror act.

Tehran has said that a proposed new United States legislation could further undermine diplomatic efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.