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Sitting on 17 percent of world gas reserves, Iran should have no trouble renewing a contract to supply gas to Turkey that expires in 2025. So why are there concerns in Tehran?

A Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker that American officials said was seized by Iran last month has left Iran and entered the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday renewed the 1979 US national emergency with respect to Iran, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Syria's president met Tuesday with the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates during a rare visit to Damascus as the two countries strengthen their relations after years of tension.

The Iranian Reformist Front's call for an immediate return to the nuclear deal to solve Iran's economic problems has faced tough reactions from conservatives.

Opinion and analysis by Reza Behrouz and Mohammad R. Jahan-Parvar on IranPoll and the pitfalls of opinion surveys in an authoritarian environment.

A weekly publication in Iran says an incident reported as a fire in a military research center in September was an “attack” by Israel to exert pressure on Iran.

Ali Bagheri-Kani, Iran's leading nuclear envoy, confirmed Monday he will be meeting European diplomats in preparation for resumed talks in Vienna November 29.

France's foreign minister told his Iranian counterpart on Tuesday that when talks with world powers on reviving the JCPOA resume at the end of November, they must continue where they left off in June.

A well-known commentator in Iran says that Tehran’s demand for a US guarantee that it will stay in the 2015 nuclear deal beyond the Biden era is not realistic.

Lack of optimism in the outcome of nuclear talks is the reason why Iran’s currency has declined in recent days, a former deputy of Iran’s Central Bank has said.

Only two days after a "promising" meeting between Iran's president and managing editors of reformist newspapers, they continued criticizing his performance.

Syria’s military has said Israel carried out airstrikes Monday night on central and western provinces, wounding two soldiers and causing material damage.

Iran's media watchdog has banned a newspaper after it published a frontpage graphic showing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's left hand drawing a “poverty line.”

Fighting continued near the city of Marib in Yemen on Sunday between Iran-backed rebels and forces loyal to Yemen's internationally recognized government.

Iran’s interior minister has defended the appointment of Revolutionary Guard commanders as civilian governors, insisting that the policy has popular backing.

A top Arab League envoy was in Beirut on Monday to explore ways to resolve an unprecedented diplomatic rift between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.

A drone attack that targeted the Iraqi prime minister on Sunday was carried out by at least one Iranian-backed militia group, Reuters reported on Monday.

Iran and African countries have remained silent about Israeli media claims that Mossad had foiled Iranian plots to “target” Israeli nationals or Jews in Africa.

Iran’s foreign ministry said Monday that talks with Saudi Arabia have not stopped but a new round of meetings depends on Riyadh’s “serious will”.

Iran reiterated its demands Monday that the United States should lift all sanction at once and guarantee that it will never leave the nuclear agreement again.