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US President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping discussed harmonizing their positions ahead of the Nov. 29 Iran nuclear talks, a top US official said on Tuesday.

United Nations experts on Tuesday called on Iran to repeal a law that restricts abortion and contraception “in direct violation of women’s human rights under international law.”

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi in a phone call with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said his country “is very serious” about nuclear talks with world powers.

The lucrative Chalous gas field in the Caspian Sea looks increasingly to be at the center of discussions underway over an Iran-Russia 20-year cooperation deal.

China’s foreign ministry has announced that it held a meeting on Monday with Russian and Iranian diplomats over nuclear talks scheduled to resume in Vienna.

The latest book about the Trump presidency has a vivid moment when Christopher Miller, acting defense secretary, dissuades the president from attacking Iran by acting like a “f***** madman.”

Iran’s Judiciary announced Tuesday that an investigation into how a confidential recording from former foreign minister Javad Zarif was leaked is still ongoing.

Iran's parliament Tuesday rejected for the second time President Ebrahim Raisi's nominee for education minister, amid a noisy rift within the hardliner camp.

The largest Indian port has put in effect a ban on container ships carrying cargoes from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan since Monday due to smuggling concerns.

Politicians and commentators in Iran express doubt if the upcoming nuclear talks can succeed, and some voice anxiety about the worsening economic crisis.

The United Arab Emirates is taking steps to de-escalate tensions with Iran as part of a policy choice towards diplomacy and away from confrontation, a UAE senior official said on Monday.

The Pentagon has said that an Iranian military helicopter came as close as 25 yards to USS Essex Navy ship in the Gulf of Oman, in a “reckless” move last week.

Tehran and Ankara are set to agree a plan for long-term cooperation, Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey’s Foreign Minister told a joint press conference in Tehran Monday.

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Monday a redeployment of its forces from the western coast was meant to back Yemeni government forces on other fronts.

Benjamin Weinthal and Alireza Nader argue that academic institutions should consider the background of their faculty members with regards to human rights.

A magnitude 5 aftershock shook Iran’s southern Bandar Abbas region on the Hormuz Straits Monday at 17:06 local time following two strong tremors on Sunday.

Iran’s special representative for Afghanistan arrived in Kabul on Monday on his first visit to hold talks with the Taliban on economic and political issues.

A hardline member of Iran's parliament has tried to deny a report that he had bragged about killing protesters in 2019 and saying no one would arrest him.

Colombia expelled two Hezbollah operatives after a former Israeli intelligence agent was targeted for assassination, Colombian daily El Tiempo has reported.

Some Iranian analysts across the country's political spectrum suggest that Tehran should step down from its hardline positions in a bid to forge a nuclear deal.

Iran’s foreign ministry on Monday implicitly confirmed recent claims that Tehran has accessed some of its frozen funds abroad but it refused to provide details.