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Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji is in Venezuela to visit oil facilities and sign contracts in the energy sector, unnamed sources revealed to Bloomberg.

Iran’s president is willing to reach a nuclear deal but “others” oppose it a politician says as others believe Tehran was counting on a Russian victory in Ukraine.

A senior member of the Saudi royal family has lamented the low level of ties between Riyadh and Washington, especially a lack of US support in confronting threats posed by Iran-backed Houthis.

At least 40 teachers and teachers' union activists have been arrested in 10 cities across Iran during and after a round of nationwide protests on Sunday.

Iranian officials were silent on Monday regarding reports that the European Union wants to send its envoy back to Tehran to jump start the stalled nuclear talks.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Swedish ambassador to Tehran over the case of Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian judicial official on trial for his role in prison purges in 1988.

A missile attack targeted an oil refinery in Iraq's northern city of Erbil on Sunday causing a fire that was later brought under control, the Iraqi security forces said in a statement.

An Iranian Parliament (Majles) committee says some 700,000 Iranians have signed a petition demanding former President Hassan Rouhani to be put on trial.

US Democratic Senator Bob Menendez (NJ) has reiterated that no nuclear deal with Ian is better than a bad deal.

Iranian security forces used force against protesting teachers on Sunday in several cities and arrested around a dozen protestors and union activists.

Iranian government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi says the Islamic Republic will not leave the negotiating table in Vienna until its rights are met.

A barrage of rockets targeted Ain al-Asad military airbase, which hosts US and other international forces, in Iraq’s western province of Anbar.

Iran is facing an uphill battle in its foreign relations, an analyst has said in Tehran in the wake of Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s visit to Saudi Arabia.

A group of Iranian Christian converts issued a statement on Sunday in protest to the Islamic Republic’s violation of their rights to work, even in private businesses.

Nearly total silence reigns in Tehran over Israeli media's claim that the Mossad apprehended and interrogated a Revolutionary Guard agent at his home in Iran.

An Iranian lawmaker says high prices for food has nothing to do with the United States’ sanctions but are a result of incompetent managers in the country.

An Iranian film screening in Los Angeles became the scene of confrontation between some diaspora activists and actors accused of being regime-sponsored artists.

Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has criticized the quality of Iranian cars and called for more imported vehicles.

The speaker of Iran’s parliament tried Saturday to minimize a scandal about his family’s luxury shopping trip to Turkey, which has put his integrity in question.

At least four union activists were arrested on the eve of another round of nationwide protests scheduled to be held on Labor Day, May 1, by Iranian teachers.

Andrew Fahie, premier of the British Virgin Islands, was arrested Thursday in Miami on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to import cocaine, allegedly brokered by Hezbollah operatives.