With arms ban set to expire on October 18 and UN Security Council rejecting an extension, White House reportedly readying punitive measures against all who resume weapons sales

American prosecutors say gas sale was arranged by businessman with ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, a US-designated foreign terrorist organization

Hassan Rouhani offers veiled warning of unspecified steps if international embargo, which is set to expire in October, is extended

7,000 would-be candidates, many of them reformists and moderates, were disqualified by the Guardian Council ahead of next week's vote

Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi's Twitter post showing apparent children's costume made to look like Iranian astronaut gear sparks social media ridicule

Rouhani warns of a threat to Iran's democracy by clerical hard-liners after a body dominated by ultra-conservatives disqualified thousands of candidates ahead of the upcoming vote

Islamic Republic reeling from US killing Soleimani to shooting down a Ukrainian airliner, while dealing with sanctions, protests and an economic meltdown

Amid tensions between Tehran and Washington, presidential loyalist says Iranian retaliatory strike after hit on top general was 'an act of war'

Earliest traces of human presence in country reach back 100,000 years; its monuments preserve the legacy of a civilization that has kept identity through successive conquests

Tehran and Kuwait City maintain relatively good relations despite ongoing tensions between the Islamic Republic and other Gulf Arab states