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Tehran’s hardliner daily Kayhan, linked to the Supreme Leader, went out of its way on June 6 to defend Russia as an ally of Iran against recent criticisms.

The US Treasury has issued sanctions on a new array of individuals and entities that help the Islamic Republic of Iran sell its petroleum and petrochemical products.

Cairo and Tehran have agreed to develop relations, according to a report by the Qatar-affiliated media outlet Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed, quoting Egyptian diplomatic sources.

Iran has arrested several foreign nationals including the deputy head of the UK embassy in Tehran, Iran's state television reported Wednesday night.

Israeli major general Eyal Zamir, who is one of the leading candidates to take over as the next chief of the military, has called for ramping up assassinations of Iranian military officials.

United States mid-term Congressional elections due November 8 may bring to Washington more opponents of talks aimed at reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

The Belgian parliament’s foreign relations committee passed a controversial prisoner swap treaty with Iran, which will go to the full 150-member chamber July 14.

An Iranian lawmaker confirmed on Tuesday that the explosions at one of the Revolutionary Guard’s bases in southeast Tehran on July 1 was sabotage.

Iran says Qatar’s Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani arrived in Tehran on Wednesday to discuss the latest development on kickstarting the nuclear talks.

While Iran's government claims to be in a good economic situation despite US sanctions, politicians and media continue to seriously question its performance.

Iran’s hardliner President has ordered all government entities to strictly implement a “chastity and hijab” law after weeks of harsher measures on the streets.

Following the failure of Tehran-Washington proximity talks in Qatar last week, the US State Department says there is no plan for another round of talks for now.

Israel’s defense minister said Tuesday that Iran is expanding its aggressive operations in the region in general, and in the naval arena in particular.

Belgian lawmakers Tuesday debated a prisoner exchange treaty with Tehran that critics oppose, saying it will release an Iranian diplomat convicted of terrorism.

The US special envoy for Iran Robert Malley told National Public Radio Tuesday that last week’s Qatar talks between Tehran and Washington had been a waste of time.

Brussels has confirmed that Iran has been holding a Belgian man for the past four months under “espionage” charges as it weighed a controversial prisoner swap treaty with Tehran.

Iran is likely to be a central issue in United States President Joe Biden’s mid-July Middle East tour – with differing expectations as to what he may achieve.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister has said Israelis cannot even dream of attacking Iran despite numerous attacks, assassinations and infiltrations by Israel in recent months.

The Jerusalem Post Monday cited an annual security report by Hamburg highlighting September’s arrest of a man for exporting equipment to Iran without licenses.

Foreign ministers of Iran, Azerbaijan, and Turkey are to meet in Tehran soon in a regional format, Iran’s foreign minister announced on Monday.

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid will press French President Emmanuel Macron to be tough on the Iranian nuclear negotiations, during his trip to Paris Tuesday.