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Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson on Friday said President Masoud Pezeshkian will discuss Iran's nuclear program with Vladimir Putin during his ongoing trip to Moscow.

Iranian officials find themselves in a Shakespearian dilemma over whether to negotiate with the incoming Trump administration. Engaging would mean justifying or apologizing for past intransigence, while refusal risks confronting a deeper existential threat.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday to sign a long-term pact, widely regarded as a sign of the growing ties between the two countries.

Elon Musk says he had no direct involvement with Tehran in the release of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala from Iran but supported efforts through the US side.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Moscow on Friday for discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which will include the signing of a strategic partnership treaty between the two nations, according to the Iranian government media.

Two French nationals have spent nearly three years in Ward 209 of Tehran’s Evin Prison, their freed compatriot said, a secret detention facility notorious for harsh conditions which is operated by the country’s intelligence ministry.

Israel has no justification to keep its forces inside a UN-demarcated buffer zone inside Syria now that Iran and its allied groups have been banished from the country, de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday.

A ceasefire to the war in Gaza and regional cooperation to repel Iranian strikes on Israel pave a way towards the unity of Mideast countries opposed to Iran, secretary of state Anthony Blinken said.

Nine political prisoners in the women’s section of Tehran’s Evin Prison, including two sentenced to death, are being denied the right to meet with their families and lawyers, according to information obtained by Iran International.

Iraq is seeking to convince Iran-backed armed factions in the country to lay down their weapons or join the official security forces, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein told Reuters in an interview.

Iranian authorities have continued to engage in widespread repression of women, ethnic and religious minorities and human rights defenders despite promises of change by the new president, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.

Advisers to US president-elect Donald Trump are crafting a wide-ranging sanctions strategy to squeeze Iran, Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the matter.

A strategic cooperation agreement that Russia and Iran are set to sign will not include a mutual defense clause, unlike agreements Moscow has signed with Pyongyang and Minsk, Russia's news agency cited Iran's envoy as saying on Thursday.

Iran’s UN ambassador says Iran is not involved in or supporting the training of the Yemeni Houthis, responding to a recent report by the UN Panel of Experts on Yemen.

Even as a long-sought ceasefire in Gaza has yet to take effect, Iran's supreme leader and other top officials have already begun celebrating it as a victory for Palestinian fighters backed by Tehran.

A report by Iran's Central Bank has inadvertently highlighted the pervasiveness of insider dealings and corruption that threaten the integrity of Iran’s entire banking system.

The spokesman for Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday that Trump advisor Elon Musk had no involvement in the recent release of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, as reported in US media.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran opposes war and violence during his visit to Tajikistan, his first international trip of 2025.

Iran's ultraconservatives condemned President Masoud Pezeshkian for his comments to NBC News, in which he denied Iran’s intention to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump.

Iran's IRGC called the ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hamas a "conquest" for the Palestinian resistance in a statement Thursday.

When a key advisory body in Iran started revisiting the contentious issue of acceding to international monetary conventions, it not only faced opposition from hardliners but also raised questions about whether the Supreme Leader has moderated his stance.