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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday he will soon visit Iran to finalize new agreements on cooperation, as both countries face tough sanctions.

Iranian media and commentators continue to assess the Vienna nuclear negotiations, as the country’s dire economic situation breeds a sense of urgency.

Iranian and Omani diplomats have held the eighth meeting of their Joint Strategic Consultation Committee to discuss issues of mutual interest in the region.

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Sunday that Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah has been training the Houthi rebel forces, including launching armed drones against Saudi Arabia.

While Iran says the number of people carrying the highly infectious Omicron variant of the coronavirus is increasing, government travel restrictions seem patchy.

Several members of Iran’s parliament have warned that scrapping cheap government dollars for imports of essential goods can lead to even higher prices in soon.

Two members of the Iran’s Revolutionary Guard have been killed in clashes with armed groups in the country's restive southeastern region, the military has said.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has met ex-president Hassan Rouhani, apparently for the first time since Rouhani left office August after completing his second term.

As criticism over Iran’s proposed budget echoes in local media, a former lawmaker says the top leadership has decided to reach an agreement with the West.

Iran simulated an attack against Israel's Dimona nuclear reactor during extensive military drills this week, that included launching multiple ballistic missiles.

Prominent Iranian musician Hossein Alizadeh says pressure on music and musicians in Iran is incomparably higher than any other Islamic country in the world.

Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have rejected large shipments of Iranian potatoes, citing dangerous contamination with agricultural pesticides and chemicals..

Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization has told Russia that Iran hopes to replace Russian fuel for its Bushehr nuclear power plant with domestic uranium..

A conservative newspaper in Tehran warned on Sunday that if the government’s proposed new budget is adopted it might lead to a “major social explosion.”

A Saudi citizen and a Yemeni resident were killed by a Houthi projectile that hit the southern Saudi city of Jazan on Friday, Saudi state media has reported.

Iran says it has closed all land and sea borders in the southwestern Khuzestan province to reduce the expected spread of the new Covid-19 variant, Omicron.

Ten people have died and more than a dozen injured Saturday in a multiple vehicle collision in Iran, which has one of the highets road fatalities in the world.

A member of Iran’s parliament says based on Islamic norms Iranian women should not have to go to male gynecologists and obstetricians for treatment.

Iran's foreign ministry Friday evening slammed the British foreign office's statement in condemnation of Iran's ballistic missiles, calling it "meddlesome".

Iran's nuclear chief says even if talks to revive the 2015 deal fail and sanctions remain, Tehran will not exceed the 60 percent limit on uranium enrichment.

Hardline media in Iran accuse the three European participants in the Vienna nuclear talks, particularly France, of working against Iran and preventing an agreement.