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Revised version- Iran’s foreign ministry quickly rebutted a report Wednesday that Tehran-Washington nuclear talks in Qatar had ended without agreement.

As indirect nuclear talks were taking place between Tehran and Washington on Tuesday, Pundits in Iran sounded a bit more optimistic about a nuclear deal.

An Iranian-American dual citizen pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to illegally provide the Islamic Republic with US goods, technology and services.

Israel says Iranian Revolutionary Guard conducted research to damage ships, gas stations and industrial plants in several countries including Britain, the US, France and Israel.

Iran confirmed a long prison sentence for French national Benjamin Briere on allegations of spying, as it began nuclear talks mediated by the European Union.

Iran's Reform Front has urged President Ebrahim Raisi to reach a nuclear deal and embrace reforms to avert serious harm to the country before it is too late.

Indirect or "proximity" nuclear talks between Iran and the United States began Tuesday with negotiators in different parts of a hotel in Doha, Qatar.

With the US-Iran talks beginning in Doha, G7 leaders Tuesday expressed support for “a diplomatic solution” as the “best way to restrict Iran’s nuclear program.”

Iran’s diplomat Ali Bagheri-Kani met with European Union envoy Enrique Mora in the nuclear talks in Qatar Tuesday, the official Iranian news website IRNA said.

Enemies of Iran's regime have always miscalculated its stamina to survive, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on the anniversary of a massive bombing in Tehran.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting during their visit to Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, on Wednesday.

Iran has criticized Muslim countries for relying on Israel for their security, which it says cannot defend itself as the Jewish state is teaming up with regional countries against Iran.

Qatar said in a statement Tuesday that if successful, US-Iran nuclear talks could open up “new prospects for wider regional cooperation and dialog with Iran.”

Iranian and United States lead negotiators were in Doha Tuesday as Qatar expressed hope that talks would “culminate in positive results that contribute to revival of JCPOA.”

Iranian media and commentators have shown mixed reactions to the idea of holding the next session of nuclear negotiations in a Persian Gulf country, Qatar.

Iran has applied to become a member in the group of emerging economies known as the BRICS, Russia and Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday.

Iran is the tenth producer of crude steel in the world, but the industry with a high demand for water is seriously threatening the country’s scarce resources.

Iran’s foreign minister has traveled to Turkey to bolster ties with Ankara amid Israel’s repeated warnings about terror plots by the Revolutionary Guard against Israeli citizens there.

Iran’s Tasnim news reported Monday that lead negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani was heading to Doha Tuesday for indirect talks with the US over the 2015 nuclear deal.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has appointed a new IRGC intelligence security chief following a series of similar high-level changes last week.

France has called for the return of sanctions-hit Iranian and Venezuelan crude to world markets to reduce the impact of declining Russian supplies on rising energy prices.