Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Saturday that the country’s diplomatic corps now bears an even greater responsibility after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei firmly rejected negotiations with the United States.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei met with senior Hamas officials in Tehran on Saturday, reaffirming Tehran’s support for the Palestinian group and renewing his criticism of the United States, a day after rejecting the possibility of nuclear talks.
Iran says it has officially launched the production line for Iridium Hexafluoride (IR46) at the Shahid Raeisi Nuclear Site in Isfahan (UCF site) on Saturday amid US pressure to curb Iran's nuclear program.
The German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) canceled a Berlin event featuring Iranian-American analyst Trita Parsi, citing security concerns after public backlash over his participation.
The economic impact of US President Donald Trump's renewed "maximum pressure" policy on Iran is set to be significant, as he announced this week that his goal is to reduce the country's oil exports to zero.
The UN Special Rapporteur on Iran, Mai Sato, has sounded the alarm after Iran’s Supreme Court denied a judicial review for Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish political prisoner and humanitarian worker facing a death sentence.
US Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East, Morgan Ortagus, said on Friday that Hezbollah's "reign of terror" in Lebanon and the region is over, crediting increased US pressure on Iran for the group's decline.
The Munich Security Conference has restored an invitation to Iranian exiled prince Reza Pahlavi after it rescinded it under pressure from the German Foreign Ministry, Iran International has learned.
Iran's ambassadors to France and the UK say they remain open to negotiations with the West, despite new US sanctions targeting Iran's oil exports and the reimposition of Trump-era maximum pressure policies.
Tehran has condemned the first round of US sanctions targeting individuals and companies accused of facilitating Iranian oil sales, calling the move illegal and unjustified.
Iran's foreign ministry said on Monday that its senior diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, did not discuss negotiations with the United States during a recent visit to Doha.
Mehdi Nasiri, a political activist and former editor of the hardline Kayhan newspaper, was arrested on Sunday in Mashhad.
Iranian officials, during the commemoration of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon, doubled down on their support for the group amid escalating pressures from the US and Israel.
A Senate resolution introduced on Friday urges Washington and its allies to maintain a firm stance, ensuring that all possible options remain available against the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran.
State-appointed Iranian clerics have expressed their opposition to potential negotiations with the United States, criticizing the government's approach despite Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei potentially giving an implicit green light earlier this week.
Washington is exhorting senior Lebanese officials to prevent Hezbollah or its allies from selecting the country's next finance minister, Reuters reported citing sources familiar with the matter.
Israel has accused Iran of funneling tens of millions of dollars to Hezbollah through clandestine cash deliveries, lodging formal complaints with the US-led committee overseeing the cease-fire in Lebanon, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
A conservative former Iranian ambassador has noted that some of Donald Trump’s comments, including those on hijab and alcohol, resonate with Muslims. His remarks come as Iran, grappling with a deepening economic crisis, considers the possibility of talks with the US.
On Saturday, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Jafar Aghaei Maryan, the chargé d'affaires at Iran's Embassy in Baku, to lodge a protest over alleged anti-Azerbaijan content in Iranian media.
The Iranian daily Etemad, which is close to President Masoud Pezeshkian's government, has urged officials to invite Elon Musk to Tehran, calling the outreach to the billionaire Trump advisor a golden opportunity for the country.
Iran's government faced widespread criticism at the 48th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva over its treatment of women and girls, use of capital punishment and suppression of dissent.
Iranian authorities say two girls were detained by police, after they recorded themselves dancing at a Tehran monument honoring those who died in the Iran-Iraq war.