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The United States and its partners are likely to exert pressure on Iran if it uses talks in Vienna to accelerate its nuclear program, the US said on Saturday.

Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on the government not to create tension between regions, and answer for civilian deaths during protests.

Talks resume in Vienna between Iran and world powers Monday after a five-month gap with scant optimism of reviving the 2015 deal limiting Tehran’s atomic program.

Injured veterans of the 1980s Iran-Iraq war gathered in Tehran on Saturday to protest financial hardship and demand regular pension payments from the government.

State-controlled media in Iran have tried to explain why IRGC General Seyyed Javad Ghaffari, top commander in Syria had to leave that country in early November.

Iran’s IRGC-affiliated Fars news agency has blamed US Democrats for protests in Esfahan alleging that it is related to the upcoming resumption of nuclear talks.

Anti-government protests continued overnight in Esfahan as security forces attacked demonstrators with a variety of weapons and reportedly arrested 120 people.

The official Iranian government news agency IRNA has reiterated three conditions prior to the resumption of nuclear talks with world powers in Vienna on Monday.

Protests in Esfahan Friday continued into the evening with clashes between protesters who chanted anti-regime slogans and security forces who attacked them.

The spokesman of Iran’s foreign ministry has reiterated that all US ‘maximum pressure’ sanctions should be lifted at once and that Tehran would reject any interim arrangement.

Iran’s exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi has praised the “bravery” of the people of Esfahan who gathered to protest on Friday and were attacked by special riot police.

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi visited a space exhibition in Tehran and asked officials to work on reaching the 36,000 km orbit around the earth in four years.

A prominent former lawmaker in Iran says officials and state-run media lied to the people about Covid-19, particularly in early 2020 when the pandemic began.

Oil prices dived more than 5% on Friday as a new Covid-19 variant spooked investors and added to concerns that a supply surplus could swell in early 2022.

Security forces in Esfahan, Iran's third largest city, blocked roads and anti-riot special forces on motorcycles attacked protesters Friday, firing tear gas.

Iran’s steel production fell by 15 percent in October, following smaller declines earlier in the year resulting from lack of electricity, after years of growth.

The United States warned Iran on Thursday that if it fails to fully cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog, IAEA, its Board must reconvene soon in an extraordinary session.

Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator has reiterated that the upcoming nuclear talks will succeed only if the United States removes all ‘maximum pressure’ sanctions.

With a potential output worth $450 billion over its first 20 years, Iran’s Chalous gas field in the Caspian Sea, raises issues of both finance and where the gas might sell.

Security forces have deployed in the Iranian city of Esfahan on Thursday after government agents attacked protesting farmers in their camp earlier in the day.

The general commanding Iran’s paramilitary Basij, said Thursday that his social media activists would be given equipment and technical support to boost their work.