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Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives at Palais Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, on 28 February, 2022

US, Iran chief negotiators in Qatar for nuclear talks

Iran's chief negotiator joined his US counterpart in Qatar on Tuesday ahead of indirect talks between the two rivals aimed at reviving a landmark nuclear deal, officials and media said

A number of new generation Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran, Iran 10 April 2021.

Iran, US to resume indirect nuclear talks this week

Iran and the United States plan to resume indirect talks this week in a Gulf country, in a fresh bid to revive the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, both sides said Monday. They did not name a country, but ...

A handout picture provided by the Iran's Ministry of Defence on 26 June, 2022, shows an Iranian satellite-carrier rocket, called “Zuljanah,” blasting off from an undisclosed location in Iran

Iran says to hold indirect talks with US on nuclear sanctions

Iran said Monday that its indirect talks with the United States would resume this week in a Gulf country, as part of wider efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal

A handout picture provided by the Iranian Presidency, shows Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi (R) taking part in a joint press conference with Iraqi prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi in the capital Tehran, on 26 June, 2022

Iraqi PM visits Saudi Arabia, Iran to discuss regional stability

Raisi welcomed an April ceasefire in Yemen -- where Tehran and Riyadh back opposing sides in the seven-year civil war

The Iranian flag flutters in front the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria on 4 March, 2021

Iran hangs extremist accused of murdering Shiite clerics

Iran on Monday hanged a Sunni extremist who was sentenced to death for killing two Shiite clerics and wounding another in early April, the judiciary said

Iranians shop at the Tajrish Bazaar market in the capital Tehran on 15 June, 2022. Iran has been wrestling with rampant price growth for years, exceeding 30 per cent annually every year since 2018, according to the International Monetary Fund

Inflation, subsidy reform hit stomachs in isolated Iran

Outside his butchery in the south of Iran’s capital, Ali cuts up a sheep carcass for customers who, like him, have seen inflation and subsidy reform devour their purchasing power

The Iranian flag flutters in front the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria on 4 March.

Iran arrests leftist for allegedly meeting detained French couple

Iranian authorities have arrested a left-wing activist suspected of meeting two French nationals detained since May on suspicion of fomenting labour unrest in the sanctions-hit country, state media ...

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Israel sees Biden Mideast tour as containing Iran threat

Israel hopes a regional tour by US President Joe Biden next month will help contain Iran and foster an eventual normalisation of ties with Saudi Arabia, foreign minister Yair Lapid said Wednesday.

Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro

Oil producers Iran and Venezuela sign 20-year cooperation plan

The signing ceremony, carried by Iranian state TV, was overseen by Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro and took place at the Saadabad Palace in north Tehran

The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria on 23 May 2021

Iran condemns 'political, unconstructive' IAEA resolution

Iran denounced as "political" and "unconstructive" Thursday a resolution adopted by the UN nuclear watchdog censuring it for failing to cooperate

This file photo taken on 21 August, 2010 shows the reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran during a ceremony initiating the transfer of Russia-supplied fuel to the facility after more than three decades of delay.

Iran disconnects nuclear site cameras as IAEA censure adopted

Iran said it disconnected some International Atomic Energy Agency cameras monitoring its nuclear sites Wednesday, hours before the UN nuclear watchdog adopted a resolution criticising the Islamic ...

A train after derailment is seen near Tabas, Yazd province, Iran on 8 June 2022.

18 killed in Iran train accident

At least 18 people died and 86 others were injured when a passenger train derailed in eastern Iran on Wednesday, state television reported.

Map of Iran locating Tabas site of a deadly train derailment on 8 June, 2022

At least 10 dead in Iran train derailment: state media

At least 10 people were killed in central Iran on Wednesday as a train derailed near Tabas on the line between the cities of Mashhad and Yazd

Diplomats attend the quarterly IAEA Board of Governors meeting at the agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria on 6 June, 2022

Countries submit motion to censure Iran to UN nuclear watchdog

The United States, Britain, France and Germany have submitted a motion to the UN atomic energy watchdog to censure Iran over its lack of cooperation with the agency, two diplomats said Tuesday

Diplomats attend the quarterly IAEA Board of Governors meeting at the agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria on 6 June, 2022

Iran to face censure amid stalled nuclear talks

Major European countries and the United States are expected to seek to censure Iran as the UN atomic watchdog started meeting on Monday amid stalled talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal

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