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Iran's agriculture minister said Friday the Revolutionary Guards’ engineering arm Khatam ol-Anbia are to boost rice production with a $3 billion project.

A member of parliament has said Iran is ready to build up to 500,000 residential units in Syria as part of that country’s reconstruction projects.

An official of the Iran-Iraq chamber of commerce has denied reports by the Iranian state-run media that Iraq has released Iran’s funds blocked by US sanctions.

Guards and medical staff in a prison in Iran have attacked and beaten a number of political prisoners who had started a hunger strike.

Iranian teachers have started a nationwide strike to demand higher salaries and release of their colleagues who were arrested during previous protests.

Iran newspaper Saturday said ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was damaging Iran’s security by alleging a United States-Russian plot to invade Iran and Ukraine.

Iran and South Korea have planned to start negotiations next month in Seoul to devise a mechanism as to how to release Iranian funds frozen due to US sanctions.

Bahaa al-Hariri the son of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri has announced he is entering politics after his brother Saad pulled out of public life.

Ten Republican Senators have written to President Joe Biden telling him he is endangering US national security by not enforcing Iranian oil export sanctions.

Media and critics have published the names of many appointees in Iran's government who are relatives of top officials, after the president's categoric denial.

An Iranian lawmaker said Friday that the long-term agreement signed with China does not need ratification by parliament because it is not “a binding” contract.

A tweet from the European chair of the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna signaled Friday a break as participants “go back to capitals for consultations.”

Human Rights Watch says Iran is committed to crush any grassroots effort to protect human rights and urged world powers to press Tehran to stop the crackdown.

In a state-sponsored move in a few large Iranian cities, Friday Prayer attendees held demonstrations against the war in Yemen and Saudi Arabia’s involvement.

An Iranian lawmaker says there is no good news from the Vienna nuclear talks because technical issues that are obstacles to revive the nuclear deal are not resolved yet.

Iranians await the launch of a digital rial after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ruled in December that digital currencies could be allowed if within Iranian laws.

The United States has indicted a British man along with his co-conspirators on charges related to the illegal export of sensitive military technologies to Iran.

Several rockets hit the Baghdad International Airport compound, near an adjacent US air base on Friday, causing no casualties, Iraqi police sources said.

The United States and Kuwait have warned of threats posed by Iran to the stability of the region, reaffirming a shared commitment to promoting security and peace.

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian spoke with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres about the Vienna nuclear talks, and the situation in Yemen and Afghanistan.

A top official in Iran has backtracked from his earlier support for direct talks with the United States under criticism, but the general mood remained supportive.