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Iran has rejected a Russia-proposed ‘interim’ deal that would have given limited sanctions relief in return for some nuclear curbs, US officials have told NBC News.

Smaller conservative parties in Iran have become more active recently, in what could be a design to shape politics more to the liking of the Supreme Leader.

The UN Security Council on Friday stromgly condemned "the heinous terrorist attacks” in the UAE on Monday and in other sites in Saudi Arabia by the Houthis.

Fars News Agency has claimed that Vladimir Putin was so overwhelmed in his recent meeting with the Iranian president that he became fidgety and had to tidy his tie to calm himself.

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's representative in Alborz province says President Ebrahim Raisi will offer Islamic prayers at the White House someday.

Iranian hardliner cleric Ahmad Alamolhoda says women with loose-fitting hijab should not feel secure in public, urging people to express hatred towards them.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday he discussed Iran with his Russian counterpart, warning there was only a brief window to succeed in Vienna talks.

With a cold spell gripping Iran this week, shortages of natural gas have become acute and power stations are burning more dirty fuels, feeding air pollution.

Iran says all the expats who haven’t served their compulsory conscription can pay €15,000 ($17,000) to buy their freedom from military service.

Iran's first lady says her husband's much advertised praying at the Kremlin during his meeting with the Russian president "revealed the meaning of spirituality".

Flights by a sanctioned Iranian airline affiliated to the Revolutionary Guard to Myanmar have raised speculation of secretive military-to-military cooperation.

Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese a former hostage in Iran, has joined other rights activists protesting at the venue of nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers in Vienna.

A Taliban minister has dismissed as rumor Iranian reports that Afghanistan’s new rulers have allowed water from the Kamal Khan Dam to flow into to Iran.

Iran, China and Russia held their third joint naval drills in the northern Indian Ocean on Friday, amid Tehran’s push to expand ties with the two Asian powers.

Facebook parent Meta Platforms removed a network of fake accounts that originated in Iran and targeted Instagram users in Scotland with content supporting Scottish independence, the company said on Thursday.

Less than 10 months after more than 200 Iranian lawmakers asked Ebrahim Raisi to run for president, many of them now want to impeach four of his ministers.

The UN General Assembly on Thursday agreed on a definition of denial of the Holocaust and urged social media companies "to take active measures" to combat antisemitism.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says nuclear talks with Iran are at a decisive moment but there is not much time left until Washington and its allies change tactics.

Turkey said on Thursday it will impose limited power outages to large industrial facilities and electricity plants after Iran cut gas exports for up to 10 days due to a "technical failure."

The Iranian Department of Environment says it has identified the source of the foul odor and oil spill in and around the southern city of Bandar Abbas.

Iran’s president told the Russian Duma that the “resistance” of nations such as Iran and Russia has weakened the US and put its “strategy of domination” in disarray.