Report by UK-based Amwaj.media claims backchannel contacts already lowering tensions, with Tehran seeking to pick up negotiations where they left off before collapse a year ago

Residents of Khorramabad said to hear 'terrible noise,' feel the ground shake near Imam Ali underground base, which makes Shahab-3 missiles capable of hitting Israel

State Department cites detention of US citizens, Tehran's state sponsorship of terrorism after Amir-Abdollahian sought to visit consular interest section following UNGA in New York

Move by South Asian archipelagic state, a destination for Israeli tourists which has had intermittent Israel ties, follows talks between Maldives and Iran foreign ministers at UN

Faisal bin Farhan says Mideast security requires 'just, comprehensive solution to Palestinian issue' and an 'independent state' on 1967 borders, doesn't bring up normalization

US secretary of state says Tehran's pursuit of nuclear program a 'profoundly destabilizing element,' Biden administration 'determined that Iran never acquire a nuclear weapon'

Islamic State member Rahmatollah Nowruzof to be executed over shooting at Shiraz's Shah Cheragh mausoleum in August, in which 2 were killed

In video, Tanzim militia accuses factions of seditious ties to Iran; PA officials accuse Hamas of working with Salafi-jihadist forces in Lebanon camp

Along with prison time for violators, legislation calls for punishment for 'mocking the hijab,' following protests sparked by death of woman accused of breaching rules

Ebrahim Raisi, in New York for UN General Assembly, says ties with Jerusalem 'don't bring security,' denies providing weapons to Russia, decries US 'interference' in Middle East