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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has seized a ship in the Persian Gulf, accusing it of smuggling diesel fuel to the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.).
Iran has urged the United States to "put warmongers aside" following the departure of hard-line U.S. national-security adviser John Bolton, amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran in the wake of the unraveling nuclear deal with world powers.
A world-class Iranian archer is seeking asylum in Europe, the second athlete from Iran in recent weeks to refuse to return to his country.
Iran says it has freed seven crew members it detained after seizing the British tanker Stena Impero nearly two months ago.
Iran’s President Hassan Rohani has ruled out bilateral talks with the United States, though the removal of sanctions against it would allow for multilateral talks including those who signed a nuclear accord in 2015.
Iran has confirmed an explosion at one of its launch pads after satellite photos showed the blast last week, saying it was due to a technical malfunction.
Iran has warned Europe it needs to offer new terms before a deadline set for later this week or Tehran will "take a strong step" away from the nuclear accord it signed with world powers in 2015.
An Iranian-flagged oil tanker that has been pursued by the United States in the Mediterranean Sea for weeks has changed course once again, with questions remaining as to its true destination.
An Iranian official has said that a rocket exploded on its launchpad at the Imam Khomeini Space Center ahead of a planned launch, the apparent third failed launch this year by Tehran.
Iran won’t talk to the United States unless it lifts all the sanctions Washington has imposed on Tehran, President Hassan Rohani has said, after President Donald Trump said he was open to meeting him under the “right” circumstances.
An Iranian court has sentenced writer and satirist Kioomars Marzban to 23 years and nine months in prison after convicting him of charges including cooperation with the United States.
Iran has debuted a new, locally built long-range missile system as it continues its defiant stance against the United States amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
The shipping agent for an Iranian oil supertanker says the vessel is ready to depart Gibraltar in "24 to 48 hours," despite a last-minute effort by the United States to seize it.
The U.S. State Department has condemned the recent sentencing of three Iranian women, including a mother and daughter, to combined prison terms of 55 years for protesting laws that make wearing a hijab compulsory.
Former Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi, recently sentenced to death over the killing of his wife, has had his life spared by her family.
The wife of British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady says her husband has been arrested at his home in Iran on unknown charges.
Britain has said that investigations into an Iranian oil tanker its forces captured near Gibraltar was a matter for the government of the British overseas territory to deal with.
Iran is set to allow women to attend men's soccer matches, lifting a decades-long ban following pressure from FIFA. But women will still not be given completely free access to stadiums, with Iranian officials saying there would be separate entrances and seating areas.
Fourteen Iranian women's rights activists have called for the resignation of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and for a "full transition" which would allow the adoption of a new constitution granting equal rights to women.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says sanctions imposed on him by the United States show Washington's "failure" to find a diplomatic solution to ease tensions in the Persian Gulf.
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