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Iran and Russia have signed a new cooperation agreement on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, Iranian state media reported, expanding their technology partnership as both countries deepen strategic ties under Western sanctions.

Iran’s national team coach Ardeshir Amir Ghalenoei has arrived in Washington with part of the country’s football delegation ahead of Friday’s World Cup draw, FIFA said.

Iran will attend the draw for the 2026 World Cup in Washington DC on Friday after initially threating a boycott, while a travel ban looks set to bar Iranian fans.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio cast Venezuela as a regional platform for Iranian influence, describing Nicolás Maduro’s government as a narcotics transit hub that hosts Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah.

Tehran warily watches events in the Caribbean as its ally Venezuela faces the largest US military deployment in the region in decades, which US officials describe as a bid to confront narco-terrorism

Germany’s embassy in Tehran is operating with sharply reduced visa capacity and expects constraints to persist, the Foreign Office said, citing Iran’s restrictive accreditation of diplomatic staff and significant technical hurdles at post.

Dozens of foreign tankers suspected of transporting sanctioned crude for Iran and Russia sailed under the Cook Islands flag in 2024-2025, according to an AFP analysis of US and UK sanctions data.

South Korea’s foreign ministry said on Monday that South Korean nationals have been arrested in Iran on suspicion of smuggling, adding its embassy is in contact with Iranian authorities and providing consular assistance.

Iran’s foreign ministry accused the United States of endangering international peace at its weekly briefing on Monday, responding to Washington’s latest warnings against Venezuela.

Iran and Turkey have agreed to start building a new joint rail line that will serve as a strategic trade corridor between Asia and Europe, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday.

Iran is expanding its network of schools abroad with two new institutions in Iraq’s Kurdistan region and the reopening of a school in Saudi Arabia, the country’s education minister announced on Sunday.

Iran on Thursday condemned Australia's listing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a state sponsor of terrorism, calling it a politically motivated and unjustified move.

Syrian and Iranian drug manufacturers have shifted their activities to Yemen after the overthrow of the Assad dynasty last year, according to a global anti-drug body and a Yemeni official cited by AFP on Thursday.

A Canadian federal judge has upheld an immigration officer’s decision to deny permanent residency to an Iranian asylum seeker because of his mandatory military service in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

A new transparency feature on X showed that a coordinated cluster of Scottish pro-independence personas was operated from inside Iran, according to findings published by the UK Defense Journal.

A recent update on X that shows the country where users are based has ignited a backlash in Iran and revived accusations that some public figures have unfettered access to the internet while it is censored for many.

Iran on Sunday denied that President Masoud Pezeshkian’s letter to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was aimed at securing Saudi mediation with Washington, calling it a standard bilateral note tied to Hajj coordination.

Iran has made significant investments to restore its ballistic missile capacity, increasing the likelihood of renewed war with Israel, i24 reported on Thursday, citing Western officials.