Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday cast doubt on a potential opening in the nuclear standoff, appearing to undermine the deal he had signed just a day earlier with IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi in Cairo.
The United States offered a reward of up to $15 million for information to disrupt financial networks of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including its Qods Force, the State Department said on Wednesday.
The United States on Wednesday urged Iran to take “immediate and concrete action” to meet its nuclear safeguards obligations, warning the IAEA board may need to act if Tehran fails to cooperate.
Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian academic abducted in Baghdad in March 2023, was freed this week in what Iran’s Revolutionary Guards-affiliated Tasnim described as a prisoner exchange.
UN nuclear chief Rafael Grossi is “a Mossad agent” who should be arrested if he visits Tehran, Iranian lawmaker Javad Hosseini-Kia said on Wednesday, as Grossi and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi signed a cooperation deal in Cairo.
Israel’s strike in Doha targeting senior Hamas leaders has given Tehran a chance to present itself as the true defender of Arab sovereignty and Palestinian resistance.
An Iranian lawmaker said on Wednesday the country should pursue building a nuclear weapon since it already paid a heavy price for its nuclear activities in a 12-day conflict with Israel and the United States in June.
Iran’s military on Wednesday accused the United States of involvement in an Israeli attack on Hamas in Qatar the previous day despite public denials by its two foes.
France, Britain and the United Kingdom on Wednesday said they were alarmed by the lack of clarity on Iran's stockpile of near-bomb-grade uranium and that Tehran must show not claim if it wanted to avoid more sanctions.
Tehran’s optimism about fresh Chinese and Russian investment may be more aspirational than realistic.
Thousands of people in Iran face the risk of execution amid what Amnesty International on Wednesday called a deepening execution crisis, with death sentences handed down after unfair trials and on vaguely worded charges such as enmity against God and corruption on earth.
Iran said on Wednesday its new agreement with the UN nuclear watchdog does not currently allow inspectors into nuclear sites and will only move to define any access in later talks, adding the accord’s survival depends on Western powers refraining from restoring UN sanctions.
A former senior Iranian traffic police official said there is no legal ban on issuing motorcycle licenses to women, but a regulatory gap has left them unable to ride legally, pointing to debate in parliament where some lawmakers have raised concerns over hijab compliance.
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday that its new deal with Iran covers inspections at all of the country’s declared nuclear sites, including those hit by Israeli and US strikes in June, in what he called a step in the right direction toward restoring safeguards.
Tuesday’s strike on the leadership of the Iran-backed Palestinian group Hamas in Doha aims to intimidate Tehran but also sows unease among Arab states, Israeli and American experts told Iran International.
Ali Larijani, Iran’s top security official, reacted to Israel’s strike on Qatar with a pointed message in Arabic on social media, casting the attack as a signal of Israel’s future ambitions for regional dominance.
China and Russia welcomed Iran’s deal with the UN nuclear watchdog to resume inspections, with Beijing calling it a positive step to ease tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program and Moscow urging European powers to halt their move to reimpose UN sanctions.
Families in Iran are voicing growing concerns over government policies that impose mandatory tuition fees even for public schools, making it increasingly difficult for parents to afford education for their children.
Pressure on President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government continues to mount despite explicit support from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who this week praised the president and his cabinet during a meeting in Tehran.
An Israeli-Russian academic abducted and held hostage by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq has been released, US President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Tuesday.
The US State Department, in a rare comment on Iran’s domestic financial policy, criticized a new law imposing capital gains taxes on real estate, vehicles, foreign currency, precious metals and cryptocurrencies, saying it would add to citizens’ hardships.