Iran

An Iranian lawmaker said on Tuesday that Israeli intelligence operations during the June war were likely aided by a Mossad network operating inside Iran that leaked information on the movements of senior officials.

A deputy Iranian foreign minister said that although numerous channels exist for exchanging messages with the United States, very few of those communications are substantial enough to build on, arguing that Washington is still not ready for a results-oriented negotiation.

India’s embassy in Tehran on Monday said Iran will suspend its visa-waiver facility for ordinary Indian passport holders from November 22 after reports that Indians were being lured to the country on false job offers and kidnapped for ransom.

US Representative Mike Simpson of Idaho said on Monday that a bipartisan bill he is co-sponsoring will sap Iranian oil profits and disrupt funding for its armed allies in the Middle East.

The Transatlantic Leadership Network (TLN) awarded journalist Negar Mojtahedi and Iran International TV the Freedom of the Media Award for Excellence in International Reporting at its 5th Annual Conference in Washington DC on Monday.

Iran's military and economic setbacks have deepened this year after it was worsted in a US-Israeli war and hit by mounting sanctions, two prominent experts told an Iran International panel, drawing parallels with the waning days of the Soviet Union.

About 700 Russian specialists are taking part in the construction of the second and third units of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, the head of Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom said on Monday.

US and Israeli attacks on Iran nuclear in June achieved tactical wins but might ultimately backfire in unforeseen way, UAE-based newspaper The National quoted former US special envoy for Iran Robert Malley as saying.

The crew of an oil products tanker seized by Iran last week are safe and the vessel is now anchored off the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, its technical manager Columbia Shipmanagement said on Monday after Tehran confirmed the seizure.

A reported push by senior Israeli officials for the United States and Israel to force regime change in Iran by the end of US President Donald Trump's term is more rhetoric than reality, Professor Aram Hessami told Eye for Iran.

A member of Tehran’s city council has implicitly confirmed reports that images from the capital’s traffic-camera network were sent abroad and used by Israel, and called for tighter security controls on foreign-made surveillance equipment.

Heavy rainfall caused floods in parts of western Iran on Monday, swamping streets and homes in areas that have endured months of severe drought and the country’s worst water shortages in decades, local media reported.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister said the country’s nuclear program remains “intact” despite admitting that US and Israeli strikes in June severely damaged several facilities, in an interview with CNN on Sunday.

Private clinics in Iran have been demanding that nurses commit to remaining unmarried and childless as a hiring condition amid growing staffing shortages, the country’s nursing chief said on Sunday, describing the practice as unlawful.

Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday that Tehran is no longer enriching uranium at any of its nuclear sites after Israeli and US airstrikes damaged its facilities in June, but added that the country will not give up its right to enrichment or nuclear technology.

US Central Command on Sunday accused Iran of violating international law after confirming that Iranian forces seized a Marshall Islands–flagged tanker in international waters in the Strait of Hormuz last week.

A senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader said on Sunday that President Donald Trump must drop the idea that pressure can force Iran into concessions, adding that Tehran remains ready for talks on equal terms but will not abandon uranium enrichment.

Iran has launched this year’s cloud-seeding operations over the Lake Urmia basin as the country faces one of its worst droughts in decades, with authorities simultaneously urging nationwide rain-seeking prayers as reservoirs run dry and water shortages deepen across major cities.