The new push for an electricity grid linking Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan grid promises closer energy integration but could leave Tehran more exposed to Moscow’s leverage as rival corridors threaten to dilute its regional role.
Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization has urged Saudi Arabia to increase the number of Iranians permitted to perform the Hajj pilgrimage next year, saying its current quota does not reflect the country’s population size.
Iran’s foreign minister on Thursday said the country should not fear war and faulted the United States for withdrawing from a past nuclear deal and failing to achieve diplomatic progress in talks.
Australia’s Parliament has passed a law allowing the government to list foreign state entities such as Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as sponsors of terrorism, after intelligence linked the group to antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne.
Almost half a century after young revolutionaries stormed the US embassy in Tehran, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei once again defended the move, leaning into the original break between the arch-foes and all but ruling out rapprochement.
Iran’s embassy in Paris coordinated a decades-long campaign to influence French political, academic and media spheres, according to a new report by French think tank France2050.
Iran has released French prisoners Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris who had been detained since 2022, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after Paris freed an Iranian citizen charged with promoting terrorism.
Former Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif said on Monday that the United States failed to humiliate Iran in a June war and that only earnest negotiations could resolve the impasse between the two adversaries.
Iran’s daily Kayhan, overseen by a representative of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has called for a shift in the country’s foreign policy from “engagement” to “power building,” arguing that decades of diplomatic outreach to the West have failed to secure Iran’s national interests.
US President Donald Trump said his approach to Iran is central to securing broader Middle East stability, repeating that US military action had removed Tehran’s nuclear capability and hinting that an agreement with the Islamic Republic could pave the way for regional diplomacy.
Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday accused Israel of misleading the United States on a fabricated Iranian nuclear threat and called on President Donald Trump to change course.
Oman on Saturday called on Iran and the United States to resume suspended nuclear negotiations, as Tehran’s foreign minister ruled out halting uranium enrichment or curbing its missile program.
Iran’s foreign minister said Tehran will not halt uranium enrichment or negotiate over its missile program, warning that any new Israeli attack would have “bad consequences,” Al Jazeera reported on Saturday.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said he had urged Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog to resume nuclear cooperation as Tehran continues to bar inspections of nuclear sites attacked in a June war.
Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Wednesday his country is working to revive US-Iran nuclear negotiations ended by a war in June, adding Iran’s stability is vital for regional security.
The British government said this week it had no evidence of Iranian support for the Polisario Front, the Algeria-backed armed movement seeking independence for Western Sahara from Morocco despite Rabat's assertions of Tehran's backing.
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Monday dismissed suggestions of mistrust between Moscow and Tehran, as tensions rise among Iranian political factions over the Islamic Republic’s partnership with Russia.
Punishing Israeli attacks over the summer exposed Tehran’s deep vulnerabilities, former State Department analyst Joshua Yaphe told Iran International, underscoring the nigh demise of a ruling generation whose outlook is stuck in a distant past.
Iran, Russia and China have told the International Atomic Energy Agency that its monitoring and reporting linked to the 2015 nuclear deal should end following the expiry of the UN resolution that endorsed it, Iranian media said on Friday.
Hardliners in Tehran have grown more vocal in their opposition to renewed diplomacy with Washington following Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s defiant speech this week.
Iranian intelligence minister said on Wednesday that the US President Donald Trump's so-called peace through strength policy seeks to pressure Iran into submission, marking another defiant comment leveled at Tehran's perceived nemesis in recent days.
Iran must rely on both its missile capabilities and diplomacy to safeguard national interests, the country’s foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday, emphasizing that resistance and engagement are complementary pillars of its foreign policy.