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Iran Nuclear Negotiations Resume, Breakthrough Unlikely

Indirect talks between Tehran and Washington resumed in Vienna with a meeting between Iran's chief nuclear negotiator and the EU's Enrique Mora, who coordinates the talks aimed at salvaging a 2015 nuclear deal, Iranian state media reported on Thursday. Both Tehran and Washington have played down the prospect of a…

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Iran nuclear talks in Vienna as Tehran expands enrichment

Negotiators from Iran, the United States and the European Union are preparing to resume monthslong, indirect talks over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal

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Iranian MPs Want to Ask Supreme Leader to Change Fatwa against Nuclear Arms

An Iranian deputy said that lawmakers may request that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei retract the "fatwa prohibiting nuclear weapons." The ILNA news agency reported that MP Mohammed-Reza Sabbaghian Bafghi warned: "We will ask the Supreme Leader to change his strategy and fatwa on the prohibition of producing nuclear weapons if…

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Iran Says Border Guards Have Clashed with Afghan Taliban

Iranian border guards clashed Sunday with the Afghan Taliban, Iranian media reported, the latest cross-border exchange since the former insurgents seized power in neighboring Afghanistan a year ago. The official IRNA news agency quoted Meisam Barazandeh, governor of the border country of Hirmand in eastern Iran, as saying that the…

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Border fight between Iran and Taliban kills one: Afghan official

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Iraqi Tourists Killed by Floods in Northeast Iran

Flash floods triggered by heavy rains killed seven Iraqi tourists in northeastern Iran on Saturday, Iranian state media reported, the latest in rising casualty tolls as the downpours continue to lash the country. The official IRNA news agency said the tourists were part of a 13-member group of Iraqis visiting…

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Iran Says it Arrested Swedish Citizen on Espionage Charges

Iran’s intelligence ministry said on Saturday that it had arrested a Swedish citizen on espionage charges, the official IRNA news agency reported without naming the person detained. It was not clear if the report was referring to the same individual the Swedish foreign ministry said in May had been detained…

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Iran arrests Swedish citizen on espionage charges

Iran said on Saturday that it had arrested a Swedish citizen on espionage charges, the official IRNA news agency reported, after a court in Stockholm sentenced a former Iranian official for war crimes earlier this month.

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Iran Says Begins Building New Nuclear Research Reactor in Isfahan

Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami announced on Wednesday that a construction of a new research reactor at the Isfahan nuclear site will begin in the coming weeks, reported IRNA. He made his remarks while visiting the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) at the Isfahan site. Eslami stressed that…

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IRGC Prepares to Launch New Satellite Carrier

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh unveiled Monday plans to send a new homegrown satellite carrier into space. Hajizadeh told Iran’s official news agency IRNA that Iran will put new satellites into orbit with its Qaem satellite carrier, which runs on…

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Iran Parliament to Discuss Belgium Prisoner Swap Treaty

Iran's parliament is to debate a prisoner exchange deal with Belgium, state media said on Monday, after Brussels approved the deal that may lead to the release of an Iranian diplomat jailed for planning to bomb a rally of an exiled opposition group. The official Iranian news agency IRNA said…

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Iran Says Foils Attacks on 'Sensitive' Sites

Iran's intelligence ministry announced Saturday the arrest of agents linked to Israel's Mossad who entered the country to carry out attacks against "sensitive" sites, state news agency IRNA reported. The suspects were arrested before they could carry out their mission, IRNA said, citing a statement from the ministry. "The members…

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Iran Media: Gunmen Kill Brother of Collapsed Tower’s Owner

A pair of gunmen opened machinegun fire on Saturday in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan, killing the brother of the owner of a tower that collapsed there earlier this year, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. The May 23 collapse at the Metropol Building, some 660 kilometers (410 miles)…

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Dissident Iranian Film-Maker Jafar Panahi Arrested

Award-winning dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has been arrested, the third director to be detained in less than a week, the Mehr news agency said Monday. Panahi, 62, won a Golden Bear at the Berlin film festival in 2015. "Jafar Panahi has been arrested today (Monday) when he went to…

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Iran earthquake: At least five dead as powerful tremors hit Hormozgan province

Several strong aftershocks have also hit the region

Reuters

Iran says its nuclear development to continue until the West changes its "illegal behaviour" - IRNA

Iran will further develop its nuclear programme until the West changes its "illegal behaviour", said Iran's top security official Ali Shamkhani in a meeting with the EU's top diplomat, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported.

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Three Detained Mossad-Linked Agents to Be Tried, Iran Judiciary Says

Iran will soon put on trial what it said were three Mossad-linked agents arrested in April, state news agency IRNA quoted a judiciary official as saying on Tuesday, amid simmering tensions between Tehran and arch-foe Israel. "The three were planning to assassinate our nuclear scientists according to intelligence assessments," Mehdi…

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Iran Fighter Jet Crashes after Engine Fails, Pilots Survive

An Iranian fighter plane crashed near the central city of Isfahan on Saturday after its engine failed, but both pilots survived, media reported. The pilots were taken to a local hospital, the official IRNA news agency said. It said there was a technical failure in the engine of the Grumman…

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Tehran Receives $1.6 Bln in Gas Debt from Iraq

Iran said on Thursday it has received $1.6 billion from Iraq to settle part of the debts it has sought from its neighbor since 2020 for the supply of gas. “In light of the active energy diplomacy, and after months of negotiations, $1.6 billion in arrears... for gas exports to…

Reuters

Iran authorities seize vessel carrying smuggled fuel- IRNA

Iranian authorities have seized a vessel carrying 90,000 litres of smuggled fuel in the waters around Kish Island in the Gulf, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday.

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Iran Says Rocket Launch Coming after Photo Shows Preparation

Iran acknowledged Wednesday it plans two tests for its new solid-fueled rocket after satellite photos showed preparations at a desert launch pad previously used in the program. Iran will launch its satellite-carrying Zuljanah rocket twice more after conducting a previous launch, the state-run IRNA news agency quoted Defense Ministry spokesman…

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Iran Arrests Suspect Allegedly Involved in Tehran Hacking

Iranian authorities have arrested a suspect allegedly involved in a cyberattack on the Tehran municipality’s website, media reported Wednesday. The official IRNA news agency gave no further details but said more information would be released later. The semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that the suspect worked for the municipality and…

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Iran says oil sales strong despite effect of Ukraine war

Iran’s petroleum ministry has said it won’t lose customers even as China buys more oil from Russia.

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Iran Arrests 13 over Tehran Bank Heist

Iranian authorities said Friday they have arrested 13 burglars who cut into the vault of a Tehran state bank from a neighboring building and stole 168 safe deposit boxes. Tehran Prosecutor Ali Salehi said that three of the thieves were arrested in an undisclosed country abroad, while the rest were…

Reuters

Iranian cleric slightly hurt in knife attack - state media

A senior conservative Iranian cleric was slightly hurt after being attacked by a man with a knife after Friday prayers in the central city of Isfahan, the state news agency IRNA reported.

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