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A growing divide in Iran over how to approach negotiations between Tehran and Washington over Iran's nuclear program appears to have reached the office of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Two university students were assaulted near their dormitory in Tehran on Wednesday, marking the latest in a series of attacks targeting students in the Iranian capital.

Iran's Ambassador to Beirut Mojtaba Amani visited Lebanon’s foreign ministry to walk back earlier comments which appeared to call the Mediterranean country's delicate efforts to disarm the Iran-back Hezbollah group a conspiracy.

The Netherlands summoned Iran's envoy on Thursday after Dutch intelligence accused Tehran of an attempted assassination of an Iranian dissident in the country.

The leader of a Swedish criminal network accused of assisting Tehran in attacks on Israeli-linked targets in Europe is currently living in Iran under the protection of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), sources told Iran International.

With inflation and unemployment mounting, some Iranians and officials are stepping up calls to expel the millions of undocumented and impoverished Afghans in their midst to claw back jobs and government handouts for citizens.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has offered a path to diplomacy with the E3 nations -- France, Britain, and Germany, acknowledging that relations are currently strained and proposing cooperation on the nuclear issue.

Iran's Supreme Leader has approved the foreign minister and commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s extraterritorial force joining the board of trustees of the country’s main war heritage foundation, signaling deeper integration of foreign policy and regional military strategy.

Enforcing Iran's new hijab law is the top priority for the parliamentary cultural committee, its spokesperson said as authorities come under mounting conservative pressure to implement legislation expanding surveillance and penalties.

Iranian state television dismissed several senior staff members and triggered a legal crackdown after a segment insulting Sunni Islamic figures was broadcast, drawing public outrage and prompting official apologies to contain the fallout.

Iran has agreed to allow a technical team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to discuss restoring camera surveillance in Iranian nuclear facilities, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday.

Iran is constructing a new security perimeter around two underground tunnel complexes near its Natanz nuclear site, according to a report by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) released Wednesday.

The United States and Iran appear to be on a collision course over whether Tehran should be allowed to enrich uranium in any nuclear deal between the two arch-foes, potentially endangering talks headed for a third round on Saturday.

Former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that a near-final agreement with the United States was within reach in the spring of 2021, but was ultimately derailed by hardliners’ opposition seeking to undermine his administration.

French authorities have arrested a dual Iranian-French national in Paris for expressing support for Palestine, Iranian state media reported on Wednesday.

Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, said the decision on whether Hezbollah should disarm rests with the Lebanese government, days after he publicly criticized international disarmament efforts.

Iran briefed China on Tehran’s negotiations with Washington and called for accelerated implementation of the 25-year strategic cooperation pact, Iranian media reported Wednesday.

The man who shot dead two Iranian Supreme Court judges in a rare assassination of top officials in January has been identified as Farshid Asadi, a 31-year-old court service aide, a source familiar with the matter told Iran International.

Iran has enough enriched uranium to produce several nuclear warheads and could do so within months, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said Tuesday at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Debate is growing in Washington over talks with Iran, with hawkish Republicans urging against appeasing Iran's theocratic rulers but some observers saying the mercurial president might have a historic shot at clinching a deal with Tehran.

I’ve grown the habit of checking the dollar exchange rate every few hours, even though I sold all that I had a few months ago—or perhaps because I sold all that I had a few months ago.