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Iraq’s oil ministry says it exported $11billion of oil in March, the highest level for half a century, as crude prices soared in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Mehdi Moqaddari, a reformist activist and a member of The Organization for Justice and Freedom in Iran, says hope has evaporated for political reforms in Iran.

An Iranian lawmaker says there is no draft based on a final agreement of the Vienna negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.

Industry critics say a “mafia-like” influential group is behind a ban on car imports to eliminate competition to Iran's auto industry where their interests lie.

While Iran’s national carrier, Iran Air says Iraq does not allow entry to visitors who have received Iranian-made Covid-19 vaccines, the Interior Ministry says it is not aware of such a restriction.

The chairman of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced Monday that in the past one year it provided 57 percent more foreign currency to people and businesses.

The chairman of the country's livestock supply council, Mansour Pourian, told ILNA Monday that a rise in red meat prices had accelerated despite an oversupply in the market.

Chairman of the Executive Board of Iran's National Development Fund says governments must be prevented from exhausting the fund's resources to supplement their budget.

The head of Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council says the judiciary is under intense pressure and meddling by factions amid a political deadlock in the country.

A water resources official in Iran says inflow of water into Tehran area dams has decreased by 30 percent in the past six months, compared to the previous year.

Iran's foreign ministry said Monday the United States was responsible for the halt in the Vienna nuclear talks by failing to make a "political decision".

Saeed Afkari, the brother of wrestler Navid Afkari who was executed in 2020, says prison officials his brother, Vahid's arm and security forces shot at them.

A former president of Iran's football federation has strongly criticized hardliner religious authorities for insisting on banning women from soccer stadiums.

Washington is directly responsible for the delay in reaching a nuclear deal, Iran’s foreign minister told his Omani counterpart in a conversation late on Sunday.

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi says those countries that give in to the hegemonic goals of the United States and Isreal will suffer the wrath of their nations.

Over 300 Iranian film industry women, including superstars, movie directors, and others have protested to sexual abuse, harassment, bullying and inequality.

A new report says Russia is running out of some weapons because critical parts were made in Ukraine, including Kh-55 nuclear capable cruise missiles that are also used by Iran and China.

US Special Envoy for Yemen says the two-month truce between a Saudi-led coalition and the Iran-backed Houthis is an opportunity for the Islamic Republic to show its goodwill.

Former President Donald Trump has criticized the Biden administration for allowing Russia and China to negotiate on behalf of the United States to revive the 2015 Iran deal.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian to congratulate Yemen’s ceasefire and discuss talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.

Less than two years before Iran's next parliamentary election, moderate conservatives are preparing to reclaim the political place they were denied since 2020.