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The United States is on the verge of being defeated and expelled form the Middle East, the operations chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has said on Tuesday.

A top European Union official might visit Tehran within days to hold talks aimed at restarting nuclear negotiations in Vienna, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

One of the most powerful pro-Iranian figures in Iraq has rejected the results of Sunday's elections as "fabricated", according to a pro-Iranian TV channel.

The brother of Iranian activist-cum-citizens’ journalist Sepideh Gholian reported Monday that his sister, on prison furlough, had been arrested at her home.

Iran’s air defenses conducted drills on Tuesday on countering electronic and cyber warfare, the Revolutionary Guard air defense headquarters announced.

Iran and Saudi Arabia are near agreement to restore diplomatic relations by reopening consulates, a diplomatic source has told AFP news agency on Monday.

Microsoft announced Monday that it has been tracking hacking activities by an Iran-linked group that targeted US and Israeli defense and other key companies.

Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah repeated calls Monday for the cabinet to seek a US sanctions waiver to import Iranian fuel amid crippling shortages.

Initial results suggesting Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr had won more seats than expected in Iraq’s election Sunday may not shake a view that the poll will change little – in Baghdad or the region.

The speaker of Iran’s parliament on Monday defending uranium enrichment demanded the lifting of US sanctions “as a first step” to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.

Media in Iran are reporting about increasing disruption in internet connectivity in the past few weeks, as parliament debates more cyber restrictions.

Extraction of underground water around Esfahan, which Iranians call "half the world," is threatening the city's historical monuments and international airport.

Iran will not tolerate Israel’s presence near its borders, the foreign ministry spokesman told reporters on Monday, referring to tensions with Azerbaijan.

Israel will keep the Golan Heights, which it has annexed, even if international views on Damascus change, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said Monday that talks with Saudi Arabia are now on a "more serious path", including discussion on resolving Yemen's conflict.

Iran is ready to swap oil with investments in the energy sector, oil minister Javad Owji told parliament on Sunday, as US sanctions prevent large-scale exports.

Former Azerbaijani President Haydar Aliev had suggested to Iran’s president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani in 1993 to join his country to Iran, Rafsanjani’s son says.

The United Arab Emirates said on Sunday that the Gulf state and Syria had agreed on future plans to enhance economic cooperation and explore new sectors.

Abdul Qadeer Khan, lionized at home as the father of Pakistan’s atomic bomb despite admitting he was at the center of a nuclear proliferation ring, died on Sunday at age 85.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Sunday that relations with Asian countries should not mean ignoring relations with the West altogether.

Fars news agency in Tehran affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard has harshly accused Iraqi Kurdish leaders of cooperating with foreign countries against Iran.