As the sixth round of nuclear talks approaches and earlier hopes of a breakthrough fade, some in Tehran are quietly promoting a limited interim agreement to defuse tensions and avert a deeper crisis.
Tehran will rename a street named after the Islamist assassin of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in 1981 as part of the Islamic Republic's efforts to improve diplomatic relations with Egypt.
Iran will present a “reasonable, logical, and balanced” counter-proposal to the United States through Oman, Tehran’s foreign ministry said on Monday, urging the US to seize the opportunity to engage seriously with Tehran.
Iran uses its overseas missions to covertly surveil dissidents and fund influence operations via state-backed cultural initiatives, multiple former Iranian diplomats and embassy staff members told Iran International.
Since the US exited from the 2015 nuclear deal, Tehran has neither raced toward a bomb nor returned to full compliance, maintaining a state of strategic suspension that might best be described as rule at the threshold.
The first American lawmaker to meet Syria’s new president told the Eye for Iran podcast that Washington must give the new rulers of Damascus a chance if it hopes to banish Iran from the country.
A former senior official in Tehran has urged the establishment of diplomatic ties with Washington and sharply criticized President Masoud Pezeshkian for downplaying the impact of US sanctions.
Three men accused of aiding Iran’s intelligence service are due to face trial in the UK in October 2026, it was announced in a preliminary hearing at London's Old Bailey on Friday.
The location of a proposed uranium enrichment consortium to help resolve Iran's nuclear impasse is emerging as a central point of contention, as Tehran insists enrichment must occur on its own soil.
The Iranian Foreign Minister’s recent visit to Cairo could signal progress toward healing one of the explosive region's deepest rifts, which has lingered from the Iranian Revolution and Egypt's peace treaty with Israel.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Beirut on Tuesday for meetings with Lebanon’s top officials, while calling for a new chapter in bilateral ties and expressing support for Lebanon’s territorial integrity.
Signs of unease are surfacing in Tehran as the two-month clock reportedly set by Washington to reach a nuclear deal runs down and European powers move to revive UN sanctions suspended under the 2015 agreement.
Hossein Shariatmadari, the representative of Iran's Supreme Leader in the hardline daily Kayhan, has called on authorities to question French nationals visiting Iran about their stance on Israel, and to detain those who refuse to condemn it.
The softened tone of Tehran’s statements on nuclear negotiations with the United States, along with unprecedented remarks from media commentators, suggests Iran may be open to a "suspension for suspension" agreement with Washington.
More than a decade after Canada cut diplomatic ties with Iran, tensions remain high as calls to reopen embassies are met with deep resistance from Iranian Canadians who fear the Islamic Republic's influence and repression on Canadian soil.
The path forward in Tehran-Washington nuclear negotiations remains uncertain, but Oman has reportedly made two separate proposals to Iran that could provide a potential breakthrough in the stalled talks.
Iranian officials have acted swiftly to contain the potential damage to fragile Tehran-Riyadh relations following the arrest of a well-known Iranian cleric in Saudi Arabia for harshly criticizing the kingdom.
Iran is open to compromise in nuclear talks with the United States, but uranium enrichment remains non-negotiable, CNN reported citing an interview with foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei on Monday.
A senior Iranian cleric affiliated with the office of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was arrested in Saudi Arabia during the annual Hajj pilgrimage after publishing a video critical of the kingdom’s religious and cultural policies, Iranian state media reported on Monday.
Iran and France traded barbs after dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won cinema’s most coveted prize at Cannes, but the diplomatic rift between the two countries runs far deeper than red carpets and celebrity politics.
Roozbeh Parsi, head of the Middle East and North Africa Program at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI), has stepped down following the conclusion of an internal investigation into his alleged links to an Iranian influence network.
Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned the French embassy's chargé d'affaires to protest the remarks made by France's foreign minister in reaction to Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi's win at the Cannes Film Festival.