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Iran’s exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi has praised the “bravery” of the people of Esfahan who gathered to protest on Friday and were attacked by special riot police.

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi visited a space exhibition in Tehran and asked officials to work on reaching the 36,000 km orbit around the earth in four years.

A prominent former lawmaker in Iran says officials and state-run media lied to the people about Covid-19, particularly in early 2020 when the pandemic began.

Oil prices dived more than 5% on Friday as a new Covid-19 variant spooked investors and added to concerns that a supply surplus could swell in early 2022.

Security forces in Esfahan, Iran's third largest city, blocked roads and anti-riot special forces on motorcycles attacked protesters Friday, firing tear gas.

Iran’s steel production fell by 15 percent in October, following smaller declines earlier in the year resulting from lack of electricity, after years of growth.

The United States warned Iran on Thursday that if it fails to fully cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog, IAEA, its Board must reconvene soon in an extraordinary session.

Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator has reiterated that the upcoming nuclear talks will succeed only if the United States removes all ‘maximum pressure’ sanctions.

With a potential output worth $450 billion over its first 20 years, Iran’s Chalous gas field in the Caspian Sea, raises issues of both finance and where the gas might sell.

Security forces have deployed in the Iranian city of Esfahan on Thursday after government agents attacked protesting farmers in their camp earlier in the day.

The general commanding Iran’s paramilitary Basij, said Thursday that his social media activists would be given equipment and technical support to boost their work.

General Kenneth McKenzie, commander of CENTCOM has told Time magazine that US forces are ready for orders if the upcoming nuclear talks with Iran fail.

Iran has criticized the three European members of the JCPOA in Vienna on Thursday for their statement on Wednesday raising alarm over its nuclear activities.

Economy Minister Ehsan Khandouzi might be the first member of the Raisi cabinet to be jettisoned in what may be an early reshuffling of Iran’s new government.

The 2020 downing of a Ukrainian jetliner by Iran was the responsibility of high-level Iranian officials, not an accident as Tehran claimed, families of victims said in a report on Wednesday.

Farmers protesting in Esfahan for water say that after midnight on Thursday security agents attacked their camp, set fire to their tents and bulldozed the scene.

United Kingdom, France and Germany delivered a statement at a meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog, IAEA, expressing deep concern over Iran’s nuclear activities.

The European Union has strongly condemned the execution of a 25-year-old man in Iran on Wednesday convicted of murder that he committed when he was a juvenile.

The United States will not stand idly by if Iran gets too close to a nuclear weapon, US Special Envoy Rob Malley has said ahead of next week's nuclear talks.

Recent days have seen several reports of cyberattacks in Iran, including possible hacking of the computer network for the country’s dams.

Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani met with senior Emirati officials on Wednesday during a visit to the United Arab Emirates, state news agency WAM reported.