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The head of Iran's Red Crescent Society said that the United States requested financial assistance from Iran to combat the wildfires ravaging California.

Chinese state oil companies and major private refiners are rushing to secure crude supplies as tighter sanctions on Iran and Russia threaten to disrupt near-term oil flows, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

Thousands of workers are currently involved in constructing the second and third units of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran, the country's atomic energy chief announced on Monday.

Donald Trump should threaten Iran with military force if it continues to advance its nuclear program, advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) said in a report on Monday.

Iran's president threw his weight behind what he called the legitimate government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro who won re-election in a controversial vote last September.

A hardline Iranian lawmaker torched an Iranian government offer to help put out fires in Los Angeles, home to a sizeable Iranian diaspora population, as a waste of money.

A Kurdish Iranian woman on death row took part in a nationwide protest movement which started in 2022, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) news outlet said, muddling the official narrative on her conviction for alleged armed separatism.

Negotiators from Iran and the European E3 countries of France, Britain and Germany convened a third round of talks on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program in Geneva on Monday, an Iranian deputy foreign minister said.

In a cabinet meeting this week, President Masoud Pezeshkian voiced his opposition to restrictions placed on the public appearances of former President Mohammad Khatami, the unofficial leader of the Reform Front.

Israel launched air strikes on Yemen’s Houthis and Lebanon’s Hezbollah over the weekend in a bid to further degrade the Iran-backed groups as tensions with Tehran continue to flare.

A French citizen detained in Iran for over two years on espionage charges revealed his identity and described his ordeal in a phone call aired on French radio on Monday, as Paris steps up efforts to gain his release.

Iran’s pharmaceutical industry is grappling with sharp price increases born out of the weakness of Iran's currency, causing some drug costs to more than quadriple.

Nawaf Salam, head of the International Court of Justice, garnered sufficient support from lawmakers to be designated Lebanon’s next prime minister on Monday, according to Reuters.

Iran summoned the French ambassador to Tehran on Monday, cautioning him over recent meetings with an exiled opposition organization which the government has proscribed a 'terrorist' group, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

Iran will not beg the United States for nuclear negotiations, the country’s foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday as the incoming Trump administration promises a maximum pressure stance on Tehran.

A thousand new drones were delivered to Iran's army on Monday as the country is holding two-month-long military air defense drills around its strategic sites throughout Iran.

Saudi Arabia plans to monetize all its mineral resources, including uranium, by enriching and selling it, while Iran begins nuclear talks with the E3 in Geneva.

Retirees affiliated with Iran’s Social Security Organization, the country’s largest state-run pension fund, held protests in multiple cities on Sunday demanding better pensions and improved living conditions as inflation and economic hardships persist.

As Iran’s political establishment braces for Donald Trump’s return as US president, a senior figure in Ali Khamenei's office has sought to downplay the Supreme Leader's recent remarks, in which he urged Iranian officials to disregard US demands.

German-Iranian political prisoner Nahid Taghavi, 70, has been freed from Tehran’s Evin prison and returned to Germany, her daughter announced on Monday.

Sweden's prime minister on Sunday accused the Islamic Republic of using organized criminal groups to orchestrate crimes in the Scandinavian country.