The Latest Breaking News from Tehran

The British-Iranian woman detained by Tehran could be released soon as a UK negotiating team arrived in the country.

Hopes of release build amid reports Britain has now paid decades-old £400m debt to Iran

Tehran (AFP) - Iran has arrested several suspected members of a spy network linked to arch foe Israel, foiling its attempt to sabotage a key underground nuclear facility, state media reported. 

She has been detained in Iran since 2016

‘I am hopeful that we will have good news soon’ says detained mother’s lawyer

Iranian authorities have returned the passport of a UK woman who has been detained in the country for almost six years, raising hopes of progress in negotiations toward her release. Charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe remains at her parents' home in Tehran, said Tulip Siddiq, her local lawmaker in the UK.…

The aid worker has been handed back her British passport

The lawyer of detained British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said on Tuesday he was hopeful there would be good news soon, as Tehran and London pressed on with talks about a long-standing 400-million-pound debt.

Republican lawmakers oppose, but lack power to block, an agreement with Tehran sought by US President Joe Biden.

Billed by Tehran as a warning to Israel, Sunday's attack on an Iraqi city was also a pointed reminder of Iran's armed clout for its U.S. and Arab foes at a delicate moment for the Islamic Republic, Iraqi and Western officials and independent analysts say.

Forty-nine of the 50 Republican U.S. senators said on Monday they will not back an emerging new nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, underscoring their party's opposition to attempts to revive a 2015 accord amid fears talks might collapse.