Military pressing full steam ahead with effort to develop credible threat against Tehran's nuclear facilities, while also preparing for next potential Gaza conflict

Foreign minister says Tehran wants to 'enjoy full economic concessions' from talks, as tensions with Israel escalate

Benjamin Briere, held for 20 months, was denied phone call home, prompting him to start protest, sister says; lawyer says there has been 'no evolution' in case

Barter deal will allow sanctions-hit Tehran to avoid having to use up scarce hard currency to pay for imports of widely consumed staple amid debt valued at $251 million

Foreign minister says Israel would back a 'good' agreement to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear arms, but tightened sanctions would still be better than reviving the 2015 JCPOA

Heidar Ghorbani's trial deemed unfair due to forced confessions; crowd gathers in his hometown of Kamyaran in western Iran, chanting 'martyrs don't die'

Tehran's atomic agency lays out demands for reinstalling surveillance gear at Karaj, including 'legal and security investigations into the sabotage' at the centrifuge facility

Country has Middle East's worst reported death rate from COVID; 60% of population vaccinated with 2 doses

Rafael Grossi, head of UN nuclear watchdog, warns Tehran that there is no way around inspectors, says world currently only getting ‘blurred image’ of country’s nuclear program

Amid rising regional tensions with Tehran, foreign ministry spokesman blasts Emirati 'acceptance of the prime minister of the illegitimate regime'