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Seizing the oil tanker Grace 1 is a new event that has heated up the tension between Iran and the United States, but it can also be related to the current disagreements between United Kingdom and the European Union.

Iran says the United States can take part in the meetings of the signatories to the Iran nuclear deal — from which Washington has withdrawn — on the condition that it lifts sanctions against the country’s oil and banking sectors.

The Iranian Police have defused a bomb planted in a pressure cooker at a residential area in the southeastern city of Zahedan, a commander said.

The US has denied a three-day visa to a German-Iranian father, who wanted to attend his son’s funeral procession in Washington.

A senior Iranian official has called for the seizure of a British oil tanker in case London refuses to release the Iranian vessel it has illegally detained in Gibraltar.

Iran’s top aviation official says that major international airlines have been returning to skies south of the country after a brief hiatus caused by an Iran-US military escalation in the region.

US President Donald Trump has distorted remarks by his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, regarding Tehran’s uranium enrichment plans in reciprocation of Washington’s unilateral exit from a 2015 nuclear deal and the other parties’ failure to keep their side of the accord.

President Bashar al-Assad says Syria fully supports the Iranian nation and the Islamic establishment against all threats and acts, which contravene international law and regulations.

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh hailed a Tuesday meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as “good” and said the Islamic Republic was again exempted from the oil output restrictions.

A publishing company in New Brunswick, Canada, has terminated its contract with cartoonist Michael de Adder after a drawing he did of President Donald Trump standing over the bodies of two drowned migrants went viral on social media.

The newly launched traffic scheme has reduced traffic jam by 30-35 percent in the capital, Mardan Heidari, an official with traffic and transport affairs at Tehran Municipality has announced.

Iran's ambassador to the UN has suggested that Tehran-Washington talks would not be possible unless President Donald Trump reverses his decision to pull the US out of the 2015 nuclear deal.

A large number of people attended a funeral processions in Tehran on Thursday for 150 Iranian martyrs whose remains have been recently unearthed more than three decades after the end of the Iraqi imposed war in the 1980s.

Scores of Iraqi people have stormed the Bahrain embassy in the capital city of Baghdad to protest Manama's decision to host a key summit where the US showcased its so-called deal of century to end Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has censured the US president for turning a blind eye to the Israeli regime’s nuclear arsenal while accusing Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons.

Iran next week will add 1,300 megawatts of new power capacity to its national grid which is under strain from runaway demand driven up by sizzling summer temperatures.

A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) no country would dare to stage an act of aggression against the Islamic Republic.

The oil minister of Iran quashed rumors about a slump in the country’s oil sales.

Iran's ambassador to the UN asserts that the United States’ new sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic’s topmost authorities still serves to reflect Washington’s disrespect for the international law.

Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi hailed a recent move by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) to shoot down an intruding US spy drone as a “crushing response” and said it can be repeated anytime.

A top Iranian military commander underlined the country’s military preparedness to counter US threats, saying the American leaders should feel responsibility for their forces’ lives and avoid any wrongdoing in the Middle East.

A senior Iranian military commander says Iran has refrained from shooting down a US plane with 35 people on board that was accompanying an American spy drone which was shot down in the Persian Gulf after intruding into the Iranian airspace.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said Iran had until October to meet international standards against money-laundering and terror financing.

The UK government has reached an agreement with Bank Mellat to settle a $1.6-billion damages claim brought by the Iranian bank after 10 years of negotiations.

Senior Iranian and Afghan national security officials discussed ways to ensure sustainable security in Afghanistan at a meeting in Russia, with both urging coordinated efforts to tackle terrorism.