Iranian health minister tells Iraqi counterpart vaccine successfully tested on animals, promises to share it with Baghdad when ready

President says winners exemplify 'Israeli chutzpah'; defense minister hails recipients, praises normalization with Bahrain, UAE

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is being 'treated like a bargaining chip,' says British MP; UK-Iran citizen has spent over 4 years in jail or under house arrest

Critic of hardline former president Ahmadinejad and supporter of pro-reform Iranian politicians, Ayatollah Yousef Saanei dies after he was hospitalized with broken hip and wrist

The rial has seen its value fall by 30 percent since June amid severe US sanctions

IOC president says it is 'deeply upsetting' that appeals by committee and athletes around the world failed to sway Tehran from putting Navid Afkari to death

Official says Navid Afkari killed at Adelabad prison in Shiraz; wrestler reportedly forced to say he carried out 2018 killing; Trump had called on Tehran to release him

Tehran says 'Declaration of Peace' between Israel and Shiite-majority Kingdom, 'sacrificed the Palestinian cause at the altar of American elections'

The Gulf nation, which has become the 4th Arab country to agree to a peace deal with Israel, has long blamed Tehran for fomenting unrest among its Shiite population

Recent months have seen a mysterious series of blasts and blazes that have occurred throughout the country