The Latest Breaking News from Tehran

Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore diplomatic relations, but Tehran is likely to keep its foreign policy pillars.

Abdullah al-Alimi, member of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), has voiced hope for the rapprochement between Tehran and Riyadh would lead to Iran stopping any malign involvement in Yemen. Al-Alimi’s statement was made during a meeting he had with the US ambassador to Yemen, Steven Fagin. The PLC member reaffirmed…

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei urged Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to confront US sanctions, noting that countries subject to Western sanctions must counter the scheme through cooperation and by setting up a joint assembly. The two countries signed a roadmap to boost political, economic, and cultural cooperation. Lukashenko arrived in…

After the recent announcement of the rapprochement with Saudi Arabia, Iran is hailing diplomacy as an effective solution to settle disputes. “The resumption of political relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia shows the effectiveness and success of diplomacy as a solution to settle differences,” said Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser…

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said that the prisoner exchange deal is now in Washington's court, stressing that it was waiting for the US to solve some technical issues. Iranian sources reported that the discussions of Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri-Kani, focused on three main issues: the…

After more than four decades as seemingly implacable enemies on either side of a deep political-religious divide in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia and Iran have agreed to restore diplomatic relations and reopen embassies. The deal, which was signed in Beijing, comes seven years after diplomatic relations were severed in…

The two presidents signed eight agreements on trade, mining and transportation.

Two days after Beijing brokered an agreement between Riyadh and Tehran to resume relations, Tehran pledged “to use regional energies to achieve and consolidate comprehensive peace and stability.” Maj. Gen.

The Iranian authorities announced the arrest of more than 100 people as part of an investigation into a series of poisonings of thousands of schoolgirls that sparked outrage in the country. In a statement published by the official IRNA news agency, the Interior Ministry said that more than 100 suspects…

China aims to follow up on its diplomatic success last week in negotiating an agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

What began as anger at the hijab law grew into a bigger movement as Iranians said they were fed up with the regime's corruption, economic mismanagement and oppression of its citizens.