Tehran has been in intense negotiations with countries that had citizens aboard plane, and which have demanded a thorough investigation

Large fire rages at scene of incident in south of nation; no reports of casualties

Tehran has frequently been accused of vastly under-reporting the scope of the outbreak, which has killed at least 13,791 according to official figures

Behbahan police chief says security forces forcefully dispersed protest over 'norm-breaking' slogans; video shows demonstrators chanting 'No Gaza, no Lebanon, I will die for Iran'

American official tells CNN that Iranian forces responding to recent events, fears of threats to regime; follows string of mysteries fires and explosions in Iran

Amir Hossein Moradi, Saeed Tamjidi and Mohammad Rajabi, who took part in January rallies over gasoline price hikes, said tortured into confessing to crimes

Revolutionary Guards says civilian, local official and Basij militiaman attacked while helping locals deal with pandemic in restive Kurdish region

Mysterious explosions unlikely to slow Tehran in growing its stockpile of low-enriched uranium, which had been curbed by nuclear deal that Trump abandoned

But courting Beijing risks alienating Washington, which has suggested such a move could come at the cost of ties between the countries

Satellite images show Dominica-flagged MT Gulf Sky in Iranian waters; captain confirms seizure to rights group