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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has seized an oil tanker “for smuggling diesel” in the Persian Gulf region, days before nuclear talks are set to resume in Vienna.

President Ebrahim Raisi's "inaction" and "indecision" have frustrated Iran's conservatives and hardliners in parliament who supported him just weeks ago.

Iran’s foreign minister Saturday condemned the British government’s decision on Friday to ban the Palestinian Hamas militant group under UK's Terrorism Act.

Some hardline media in Iran have called the Iran Atrocities Tribunal, held in London last week, a British stunt to shift attention from £400 million owed Iran.

As night fell in Esfahan where large crowds protested Friday, Internet connection in the city center were cut and riot police trucks appeared on the streets.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has told state television that the United States should lift sanctions “at once” to return to the 2015 nuclear agreement.

Telling the truth is a crime in Iran, says journalist Mohammad Mosaed, winner of the 2020 press freedom award of the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

The Friday Prayer Imam in Tehran has said that Iran’s nuclear negotiators should stand up to “America’s excessive demands” in the upcoming new round of talks.

Large protests to lack of water by farmers in the central Iranian city of Esfahan, backed by the city’s residents, continued Friday for the second week running.

France fired a new salvo at Iran on Friday saying that if new nuclear talks on November 29 appeared to be a "sham" then the nuclear deal devoid of substance.

Iran has called for the “depoliticization” of the UN nuclear watchdog, after France had urged to "send a strong message to Tehran" over a lack of cooperation.

A news website in Tehran says the Islamic Republic is eying a highway project that would link Tehran to Beirut, in a grandiose plan to reach the Mediterranean.

Iran condemned on Friday US sanctions against six Iranians and one Iranian group for trying to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election by cyberactivity.

The US announced criminal charges on Thursday against two Iranians accused of launching a cyber campaign to meddle in the 2020 US presidential election.

After critical reports on Iran from the UN nuclear watchdog (IAEA), France has said “a strong message” should go from an IAEA board meeting due November 24-25.

Ardeshir Zahedi, former Iranian foreign minister, ambassador to Washington during the monarchy and son-in-law of the Shah passed away in exile on Thursday.

Iran said Thursday that Canada must "stop systematic policy on killing indigenous people" after the UN passed a Canadian-sponsored resolution censuring Iran for serious rights abuses.

Jack Straw, ex-British foreign secretary, told Iran International Wednesday that Britain should pay £400 million owed Iran since 1971 and linked to Iran's detention of a dual national.

Israel has charged a household aide of Defense Minister Benny Gantz's with espionage, saying on Thursday he offered to spy on him on behalf of "a person identified with Iran.”

The United States and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have condemned Iran’s ballistic missiles program days before nuclear talks with Iran resume in Vienna.

Prosecutors in Kuwait have detained 18 people suspected of financing Lebanon's Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah, local newspapers reported on Thursday.