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President Vladimir Putin’s trip to Tehran Tuesday seems set by the Kremlin to emphasize Russia’s continuing role in the Middle East despite the Ukraine crisis.

While health authorities in Iran have announced the seventh wave of Covid-19 pandemic, the government organized a “10-kilometer-long” ceremony to celebrate a religious holiday in Tehran.

Iran’s government continues its intense campaign to force women to wear the hijab, as public debate on the issue flares up each day with fresh news of confrontations.

Iran has raised official prices for its light grade oil above average for its Asian buyers for August, although most of its oil is sold by intermediaries with no information on actual prices.

Iran has never demanded the removal of IRGC from a US terrorism list for a nuclear deal; a media represntative for Tehran has reportedly told Russia’s Sputnik.

The US military commander in the Middle East met Sunday with the commander of the Israeli Defense Force to discuss the integrated air and missile defense system.

A senior political figure in Tehran has spoken of Iran’s ability to produce nuclear weapons, hours after a top adviser insisted the country has the capability.

Russia's ambassador To Tehran has again made headlines for all the wrong reasons as Ali Khamenei is expecting a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin soon.

A senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Sunday that Iran has the technical capability to build a nuclear bomb but has not decided to do so.

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid says US and Israel do not “necessarily agree” over a credible military option against Iran but Israel maintains complete freedom to act against Tehran.

Amid serious warnings about land subsidence across Iran, a member of Tehran City Council has said the situation is “hazardous” in a few regions of the capital.

After a video of a woman enforcing hijab rules quarreling with a female bus rider became viral, IRGC affiliated Fars news said the hijab violator has been arrested.

Following President Joe Biden’s Middle East tour, Iran says the United States seeks to foment crisis in the region through its policy of Iranophobia.

Russia is taking market share from Iran’s bitumen (asphalt) exports, Tehran media reported Saturday, as a trade competition has flared between the two allies.

A hacking group has revealed the identities of several hackers working for the cyber division of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC).

Police arrested activists when hundreds protested in northwestern Iran Saturday to government neglect of the country's largest lake that has shrunk by 95 percent.

Iran's government has sent a bill to parliament to approve the outlines of a cooperation agreement with Russia for information and intelligence cybersecurity.

Iranian pensioners held nationwide demonstrations on Saturday, and chanted slogans against the Islamic Republic’s authorities.

Iran's Foreign Ministry has sanctioned a group of US officials and lawmakers over their alleged support for exiled Albania-based opposition group Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) organization.

President Biden said Saturday that he will not leave the Middle East to Russia, China and Iran - adding focus to this week’s Tehran visit of President Putin.

Iran's Supreme Leader has reappointed hardliner politician Ahmad Jannati, 95, to another six-year term as the head of the Guardian Council. He will finish his term when he turns 101.