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A former hostage in Iran has said that the UN World Tourism Organization is helping the Islamic Republic’s policy of hostage diplomacy by pro-Iran fabrications.

A prominent Iranian politician has expressed cautious optimism that the Russian invasion of Ukraine might speed up a nuclear deal between Tehran and Washington.

Iran's official news agency IRNA has claimed that Tehran managed to impose its will on the US side and leave Washington empty handed at nuclear talks in Vienna.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call that NATO's expansion was a "serious threat" to the region's security and stability.

The Russian embassy in Iran has rejected as fake videos published by IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news showing Russian fighter jets in the skies over Ukrainian.

Iran's foreign minister has supported Russia's invasion of Ukraine by casting the blame on NATO and the US, but not everyone in Iran agrees with his position.

A member of the Tehran’s Chamber of Commerce says the country's banks do not have enough money to provide loans and credits to the manufacturing sector.

Global oil prices jumped to $105 a barrel, the highest point since 2014, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine led to fears of disruption to world supplies.

Iran has once again reiterated support for Russia in the Ukraine conflict, saying the crisis is rooted in NATO's provocations.

Family and friends of dissident blogger and internet freedom activist Hossein Ronaghi say security forces have 'abducted' him and his whereabouts are unknown.

Syria says Israel launched several missiles from the Golan Heights at targets around Damascus, causing several casualties and material damage.

Being near a finishing line was different to crossing it, Iran’s chief negotiator in the Vienna nuclear talks tweeted Thursday.

A former senior Iranian lawmaker, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, has joined other prominent figures calling for direct talks with Washington and a "ceasefire".

The United States Wednesday sanctioned an international network run by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and a Houthi financier providing tens of millions of dollars to Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

Iran daily, controlled by the Raisi government, has criticized parliamentary amendments to the draft budget it says would widen the deficit in next fiscal year.

Ali Bagheri Kani, Iran's lead negotiator, returned to Tehran Wednesday night for consultations, leaving colleagues to continue the Vienna nuclear talks.

Iran is enduring its sixth wave of infections by the Covid-19 as the daily death roll reached 227 on Wednesday, with 70 in Tehran.

The Islamic Republic has called on Iranian nationals livening in Ukraine, especially students, to leave the country "temporarily".

Oil market watchers await a nuclear deal with Iran that can lift United States' sanctions and boost crude exports offsetting a decline in global supplies.

Foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Wednesday that a “sensitive and important point” had been reached in Iran’s nuclear talks with world powers.

Commander of the Iran’s Revolutionary Guard’s Khatam al-Anbiya contracting arm says they received crude oil in exchange for government debts to its companies.