Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri says the Islamic Republic will continue interaction with the other sides with the aim of pushing sanctions removal talks and a revival of the Iran nuclear deal.

The US and its European allies have accused Iran of engaging in nuclear activity that is "inconsistent" with its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Iran says the IAES report is based on an incorrect assessment.

A senior Iranian intelligence police officer succumbs to the injuries sustained in clashes months earlier with drug traffickers in Iran’s western province of Kermanshah, which borders Iraq.

The Iranian nuclear chief has criticized the director-general of the UN nuclear watchdog for publishing a wrong report submitted by an inspector following a visit to nuclear facilities in the Islamic Republic and voicing “concerns” based on wrong information.

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani will visit Russia next week for consultations on Afghanistan, Russian special presidential envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov has said.

Iran’s Customs Administration says the ten month exports of non-oil products in the country has hit 45.3 billion dollars, which is a 17.66 percent rise in terms of value compared to the same period of the previous year.

Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has called for the formation of a joint committee by the Foreign Ministries of Iran and Uzbekistan in order to draw up a road map for economic cooperation between the two countries.

The US envoy on Iran says Washington will increase pressure on China to cease imports of Iranian oil. China is Iran’s biggest oil customer, according to reports.