Following the recent round of indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States in Rome, Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, briefed lawmakers on the outcomes of the talks.
Iran’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alireza Enayati, described the recent visit of Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman to Iran as a significant diplomatic development, signaling a sovereign-level engagement and a broader regional shift toward dialogue and de-escalation.
Ukraine and Russia blamed each other on Sunday for breaking a one-day Easter true announced by President Vladimir Putin, with both sides accusing the other of carrying out hundreds of attacks.
A rare sighting of the elusive Pallas’s cat has been reported once more in Iran’s southeastern Kerman province, raising hopes for the species’ conservation in the region.
During a fleeting appearance before thousands of Catholic pilgrims gathered in St Peter’s Square for the Vatican’s open-air Easter Sunday mass, Pope Francis urged a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Beirut will place all weapons under state control, but will wait for the “right conditions” to determine how to execute it, President Joseph Aoun has stated.
Washington is planning one more meeting between US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and senior Russian officials to get Moscow on board with its vision for peace in the Ukraine conflict, CNN has reported, citing an anonymous source.
Israel is considering a “limited strike” on Iran’s nuclear facilities in the coming months, despite Washington’s refusal to support military action, Reuters has reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. The deliberations come as the second round of the US-Iran negotiations have concluded in Rome, with expert-level talks expected to continue within days in Oman.
Iran's Etela'at newspaper has defended ongoing nuclear negotiations with the US, arguing that most Iranians welcome a potential agreement to lift sanctions.
Thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday in central Tel Aviv to demand the return of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, even at the cost of ending the war in the besieged enclave.
If Russia is able to maintain a full ceasefire throughout Easter weekend, Ukraine would like to extend the truce for 30 days, President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated.
Iran’s principlist newspaper Kayhan has sharply criticized the recent indirect nuclear talks between Iran and the US in Rome, calling Washington untrustworthy and accusing it of bluffing with empty threats.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi described the atmosphere in the indirect talks on Saturday with the US in Rome as "relatively positive," leading to progress on key principles of a potential agreement. However, he cautioned that optimism should remain measured.
The administration of US President Donald Trump expressed optimism following the high-stakes second round of negotiations with Iranian officials in Rome, pointing to “very good progress.”
President Vladimir Putin has announced an “Easter Truce”, saying that Russian soldiers will stop combat operations from 6 pm Moscow time on Saturday until midnight on Sunday.
Delegations from Iran and the US have agreed on a new round of technical negotiations at the level of experts, due to be held in Oman on Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi stated after the second round of talks in Italy's Rome on Saturday.
Hussam Abu Safiya and other Palestinian prisoners in Israeli-run detention centres are facing increasingly "inhumane conditions" and torture, his lawyer announced.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi has stated that Israel is the only obstacle to the realization of a nuclear weapons-free West Asia, warning that the regime is fomenting Iranophobia while committing genocide in the region.
Two British MPs were confronted by armed Israeli settlers when visiting the embattled West Bank village of Masafer Yatta, and also witnessed hundreds of settlers storm the revered Al-Aqsa Mosque complex during a six-day visit to the occupied Palestinian territories.
The fifth edition of Mazandaran's unique rice paddy volleyball tournament – locally known as shaliball, concluded this weekend, with eight teams competing across two action-packed days in the flooded fields of Tiskaben village.
A trial of nearly 200 people, among them students and journalists, arrested over Turkey's biggest demonstrations in more than a decade opened in Istanbul.
The Pentagon has announced that it is consolidating US troops in Syria under the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, reducing troop numbers to less than 1,000 in the coming months.
The US could recognize Crimea as Russian territory as part of a potential peace accord between Moscow and Kiev, Bloomberg reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Toubiron Valley, located just 20 kilometers from Dezful in Iran's southern Khuzestan province, offers visitors a breathtaking escape from the region's intense heat.