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Europe is no longer a mediator but a co-architect of US-led pressure on Iran, and the relationship post-snapback is likely to harden into a more openly adversarial phase.

Chelo with kebab, polo with herbs or saffron – the scent of steaming rice used to fill every Iranian home. But now, for many of the country's poorest, rising prices of Persian rice mean this beloved staple is slipping beyond their reach.

Iran’s continued breaches of its nuclear obligations will remain on the agenda at the upcoming quarterly meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors, a German foreign ministry spokesperson told Iran International.

Iran’s strategy post-war and post-UN sanctions appears to have taken shape into what some in Tehran media have called “armed negotiations,” warning that it could make a thaw with Washington less likely.

An Iranian lawmaker said on Tuesday that Israeli intelligence operations during the June war were likely aided by a Mossad network operating inside Iran that leaked information on the movements of senior officials.

Iran said on Tuesday it will soon launch three Earth-observation satellites and carry out the first test launch from its new Chabahar space center, signaling a further expansion of its space program amid Western concerns over the dual-use nature of Iranian rocket technology.

Iran said on Tuesday that enhancing strategic cooperation with the five Caspian Sea littoral states has become a top foreign-policy priority, citing the basin’s growing significance in trade, transit, tourism and energy.

Iran’s government said on Tuesday that the real cost of importing gasoline has climbed to 700,000 rials per liter (about $0.62), far above the heavily subsidized pump prices that remain unchanged.

A deputy Iranian foreign minister said that although numerous channels exist for exchanging messages with the United States, very few of those communications are substantial enough to build on, arguing that Washington is still not ready for a results-oriented negotiation.

India’s embassy in Tehran on Monday said Iran will suspend its visa-waiver facility for ordinary Indian passport holders from November 22 after reports that Indians were being lured to the country on false job offers and kidnapped for ransom.

US Representative Mike Simpson of Idaho said on Monday that a bipartisan bill he is co-sponsoring will sap Iranian oil profits and disrupt funding for its armed allies in the Middle East.

The Transatlantic Leadership Network (TLN) awarded journalist Negar Mojtahedi and Iran International TV the Freedom of the Media Award for Excellence in International Reporting at its 5th Annual Conference in Washington DC on Monday.

Iran's military and economic setbacks have deepened this year after it was worsted in a US-Israeli war and hit by mounting sanctions, two prominent experts told an Iran International panel, drawing parallels with the waning days of the Soviet Union.

About 700 Russian specialists are taking part in the construction of the second and third units of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, the head of Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom said on Monday.

US and Israeli attacks on Iran nuclear in June achieved tactical wins but might ultimately backfire in unforeseen way, UAE-based newspaper The National quoted former US special envoy for Iran Robert Malley as saying.

The crew of an oil products tanker seized by Iran last week are safe and the vessel is now anchored off the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, its technical manager Columbia Shipmanagement said on Monday after Tehran confirmed the seizure.

A reported push by senior Israeli officials for the United States and Israel to force regime change in Iran by the end of US President Donald Trump's term is more rhetoric than reality, Professor Aram Hessami told Eye for Iran.

Wildfires that have been burning for over two weeks in northern Iran’s steep, densely wooded Hyrcanian forests flared again on Monday, prompting the deployment of helicopters and fresh ground crews, as officials warned that heat, wind and dry vegetation were fuelling the blaze.

Iran’s dairy industry is facing sharp cost pressures after the price of raw milk jumped roughly 60% in five months, a surge that industry officials say matches half a century of previous increases and is driving daily price changes across supermarket shelves.

A member of Tehran’s city council has implicitly confirmed reports that images from the capital’s traffic-camera network were sent abroad and used by Israel, and called for tighter security controls on foreign-made surveillance equipment.

Heavy rainfall caused floods in parts of western Iran on Monday, swamping streets and homes in areas that have endured months of severe drought and the country’s worst water shortages in decades, local media reported.