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A US official has denied Iranian media reports that $7 billion of Iran’s frozen funds will be freed in exchange for the release of three American dual citizens held as hostages.

Iranian weapons-trafficking networks are reportedly helping to smuggle munitions and military hardware sourced from Iraq to Russia for its military campaign in Ukraine.

There is no draft agreement from the Vienna nuclear talks to be able to pass judgement, a senior Iranian lawmaker told the official IRNA news agency in Tehran.

In two separate initiatives Monday, opponents of removing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard from a US terrorist list urged President Joe Biden not to take such a move.

Protestors Monday attacked the Iranian consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, hurling stones, smashing security cameras, and burning tires before they were dispersed by Taliban security.

As Iran’s currency fell further against the US dollar Monday, more questions were raised in Tehran as to why extra oil exports do not turn the economy around.

Iraqi authorities were forced Saturday by people to open the Shalamcheh border crossing to Iranian trucks without inspections or usual administrative processes.

Iran and Qatar have signed six agreements for closer cooperation in air and sea transport, particularly during the 2022 FIFA World Cup scheduled for November-December in Qatar.

Iran has appointed a man with apparent links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) intelligence organization as new ambassador to neighboring Iraq.

If United States’ sanctions are lifted, Iran’s trade with China could reach $60 billion, the head of the Tehran-Beijing chamber of commerce has said in Tehran.

An Iranian official says a person has been sentenced to be executed in public, the third such penalty to be handed down in the country in less than a month.

The US has not yet “shown the necessary will” to agree on renewing the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said Monday.

A former US envoy has said Tel Aviv and Damascus were close to reaching a peace deal that would cut Iran out when the Syrian civil war broke out in March 2011.

Iran’s currency hit a new low against the US dollar in over two months, as nuclear talks remained deadlocked, with sanctions keeping pressure on the economy.

A Tehran City Council member has confirmed that areas in 350 parks and playgrounds in Tehran will be fenced to keep women and their children out of men's sight.

While Iran's government news website IRNA Monday reported a high-level visit by a “regional official” to discuss the unblocking of Iran’s funds abroad, the foreign ministry said it has no information.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has outlined the general policies for a social security system as the country is grappling with a grave economic situation.

Iran's former nuclear chief Fereydoun Abbasi says Iranian lawmakers have not officially received a copy of a new nuclear agreement drafted in the Vienna talks.

A website close to Iran’s intelligence circles has confirmed reports that security forces arrested a former Afghan official on charges of recruiting fighters for Ukraine.

A Swedish-Iranian scientist sentenced to death in Iran has reportedly been assaulted by prison officials in Tehran, a human rights group reported Saturday.

Iran's president quickly took credit for state banks publishing names of major debtors, while critics say the list is not new and the move is a publicity stunt.