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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says Ankara seeks to strengthen ties with its eastern neighbor and expects Tehran to support its fight against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

Iran's hardline media described the Los Angeles fire as an act of divine anger and a punishment for the United States' support of Israel in the Gaza conflict.

A member of the US House of Representatives has called for enhancement of Washington's defense capabilities in response to Tehran's unveiling of a new loitering munition drone.

An IRGC General has acknowledged that a highly publicized large-scale drill conducted by the paramilitary Basij forces on Friday in Tehran failed to attract significant participation, despite the provision of free food and gifts.

Severe natural gas shortages forced the closure of government offices and schools across nearly two-thirds of Iran’s provinces on Saturday, amid declining production and high winter consumption.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will visit Moscow on January 17 to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and sign a strategic cooperation agreement, the Iranian Embassy announced.

Individuals linked to a spy network associated with the intelligence service of a Persian Gulf country have been arrested, the Revolutionary Guards announced, without naming the country or providing details about the suspects.

As US President Jimmy Carter was laid to rest this week, the specter of 1979 arose anew. For Yitzhak Segev, Israel's last military attaché in Iran before the Islamic Revolution, Carter shares blame for the ayatollahs' rise.

The election of Lebanon's US and Arab-backed president Joseph Aoun is not a defeat for Iran-backed Hezbollah, Tehran's ambassador to Beirut said on Friday, despite the former army chief suggesting the militia should be disarmed.

The US Treasury on Friday sanctioned several vessels involved in transporting Iranian oil as part of a broader crackdown on Russia's network of ships used to evade US-led energy sanctions.

CIA Director William Burns suggested on Friday that Iran’s weakened strategic position marked by regional setbacks could open the door to renewed nuclear negotiations.

The Aerospace Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Friday unveiled what state TV called an underground missile city.

The French Foreign Ministry says it has summoned the Iranian ambassador over the issue of French nationals who were "hostages of the state of the Islamic republic of Iran."

Tehran's art scene is moving underground with exhibitions and performances that defy pervasive censorship, turning home venues into sanctuaries for creative self-expression.

Iran hit out at formal complaints by Ukraine, Canada, Britain and Sweden to a top aviation body and the International Court of Justice over Tehran's 2020 downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 which killed 176 people.

Iran's presidential administration has proposed the remote and underdeveloped Makran region in southeastern Iran as a potential site for the country’s new capital, igniting widespread debate and controversy.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Yemen's armed Houthi movement is advancing Iran's regional agenda and will face continued military action for their attacks on Israel.

A Swiss citizen Iran says died by suicide in prison was a 64-year-old tourist, a Swiss foreign ministry spokesman told Iran International, adding that Switzerland is seeking more details on his arrest and death from Tehran.

As Iran's relative moderate president Masoud Pezeshkian struggles to fend off an economic slump and a bid by hardline politicians to impeach senior ministers, media commentators have pulled no punches about his job performance.

Iran has more missiles than it can store, the Revolutionary Guards commander said, dismissing what he called enemy propaganda about the weakening of Iran's armed forces following consecutive attacks by Israel on Iran and its allies.

Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday tweeted that the widespread destruction caused by the ongoing California wildfires are reminiscent of the conditions in Gaza.