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Iran's Culture Minister has confirmed that a restructuring of state media landscape is underway as a response to priorities put forward by the Supreme Leader.

The EU envoy coordinating talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal, Enrique Mora, will visit Tehran on Thursday, the Iranian foreign ministry has confirmed.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with US officials and members of Congress as part of a visit to Washington focused on Iran and its nuclear program.

Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier between Iran and South Korea in Tehran was played without fans, thwarting women after earlier notice that they would be admitted.

The lawyer for an Iranian American jailed in Iran urged Tehran to allow him to leave jail temporarily if his elderly father undergoes surgery in the country.

On Tuesday, Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with the US National Security Advisor and is set to meet with others as part of a visit to Washington.

ANALYISIS - Iraqi voters delivered a sharp rebuke to Iran's allies in Sunday's election, but loosening their grip from control of the state will still be a politically delicate goal, with the threat of violence always in the background.

The United States is on the verge of being defeated and expelled form the Middle East, the operations chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has said on Tuesday.

A top European Union official might visit Tehran within days to hold talks aimed at restarting nuclear negotiations in Vienna, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

One of the most powerful pro-Iranian figures in Iraq has rejected the results of Sunday's elections as "fabricated", according to a pro-Iranian TV channel.

The brother of Iranian activist-cum-citizens’ journalist Sepideh Gholian reported Monday that his sister, on prison furlough, had been arrested at her home.

Iran’s air defenses conducted drills on Tuesday on countering electronic and cyber warfare, the Revolutionary Guard air defense headquarters announced.

Iran and Saudi Arabia are near agreement to restore diplomatic relations by reopening consulates, a diplomatic source has told AFP news agency on Monday.

Microsoft announced Monday that it has been tracking hacking activities by an Iran-linked group that targeted US and Israeli defense and other key companies.

Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah repeated calls Monday for the cabinet to seek a US sanctions waiver to import Iranian fuel amid crippling shortages.

Initial results suggesting Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr had won more seats than expected in Iraq’s election Sunday may not shake a view that the poll will change little – in Baghdad or the region.

The speaker of Iran’s parliament on Monday defending uranium enrichment demanded the lifting of US sanctions “as a first step” to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.

Media in Iran are reporting about increasing disruption in internet connectivity in the past few weeks, as parliament debates more cyber restrictions.

Extraction of underground water around Esfahan, which Iranians call "half the world," is threatening the city's historical monuments and international airport.

Iran will not tolerate Israel’s presence near its borders, the foreign ministry spokesman told reporters on Monday, referring to tensions with Azerbaijan.

Israel will keep the Golan Heights, which it has annexed, even if international views on Damascus change, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday.