Iranian fuel and petrochemical exports have boomed in recent years despite stringent US sanctions, leaving Iran well placed to expand sales swiftly in Asia and Europe if Washington lifts...

Iran yesterday dismissed the UN nuclear watchdog's work as "unprofessional" and "unfair" shortly before the two sides are due to hold talks aimed at resolving a standoff over the origin...

Hezbollah began bringing Iranian fuel into Lebanon via Syria today, a move the group says should ease a crippling energy crisis but which opponents say risks provoking US sanctions, Reuters reports....

Lebanon's former Foreign Minister and head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, said by virtue of nature and geography, the relationship between his country and Syria will resume....

Iran, emboldened by the messy US withdrawal from Afghanistan, is betting that its new hardline cabinet — including Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani — can force concessions in...

Passenger flights between Iran and Afghanistan resumed today, Iran's state-run Al-Alam TV channel reported. According to Reuters, an Iranian Mahan Air plane landed in Kabul with 19 passengers on board, coming from the...

German police arrested a German-Iranian man suspected of exporting equipment to be used in Iran's nuclear and missile programmes in breach of European Union sanctions, Reuters reported the country's federal prosecutor...

TankerTrackers.com has visual confirmation that an Iranian tanker is discharging petrol in Syria's Baniyas port which is destined for neighbouring Lebanon, Reuters reported the online oil shipment tracking service saying today....

Western powers on Monday scrapped plans for a resolution criticising Iran at the UN atomic watchdog after Tehran agreed to prolong monitoring of some nuclear activities, even though the...

Raisi said in a joint press conference following bilateral talks in Tehran that “several decisions were taken in the joint meeting with Al-Kadhimi”

Iraq must disarm Iranian Kurd "terrorists" and expel them from the Kurdistan region, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader declared yesterday. "The increasing movements of terrorist groups in the...

Iran is to allow the UN nuclear watchdog to service monitoring cameras at Iranian nuclear sites after talks on Sunday with IAEA head Rafael Grossi, according to the head...

Israel's defence minister accused Iran on Sunday of providing foreign militias with drone training at an airbase near the city of Isfahan, a month after Tehran came under global...

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will fly to Tehran this weekend for talks that may ease a standoff between Iran and the West just as it risks escalating...

Iran has produced about ten kilogrammes of uranium enriched to 60 per cent purity, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said yesterday. The agency condemned what it considered Iran's...

It seems that the clouds of the Afghan crisis will rain in Yemen and bring with them more disasters than they did with the government of Ashraf Ghani. It...

The UN atomic watchdog chided Iran on Tuesday for its continued failure to answer questions including on uranium traces found at three undeclared sites, which could complicate the resumption...

Iran yesterday vowed to take "deterrent military measures" against Iranian Kurds who are waging attacks against the Persian state from camps in northern Iraq. "Iran will not remain silent...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said yesterday that the window for dialogue to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement will not remain open forever. Khatibzadeh added that Tehran will...

In a first direct rebuke of the Taliban since the group took control of the Afghan capital Kabul last month, Iran on Monday termed developments in the besieged Panjshir...

The Houthi-led Yemeni government's Ambassador to Tehran, Ibrahim Mohamed Al-Dailami, has confirmed previously made claims about Israel's alleged presence on Yemeni territory, specifically on its strategically located islands. In an interview...

Security measures are being kept at the highest level at the Turkish-Iranian border due to a possible migration wave in the wake of last month's Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, according to...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron yesterday agreed to open a "new page for bilateral and regional cooperation between the two countries." The Iranian presidency...

A campaign seeking judicial trial of former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is heating up with the new conservative government in power in Tehran, reports Anadolu Agency. A hardline lawmaker...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday Iran was ready to hold talks with world powers to revive its 2015 nuclear accord but not under Western "pressure", adding Tehran...

In response to calls for it to resume its stalled nuclear talks, Iran has said that it will develop its policy first, a senior official said on Tuesday. "We...

US Senator Richard Blumenthal said yesterday that the Lebanese authorities do not have to rely on Iranian fuel shipments to alleviate the fuel crisis crippling the country. "Lebanon is...

The former head of Israeli spy agency Mossad has expressed concern that the US may soon withdraw from Iraq as it has from Afghanistan. This could lead to the...

The EU is putting together a proposal to avoid a repeat of the 2015 migrant crises with a €600 million ($710 million) fund for Afghanistan's neighbours to help them host refugees fleeing the country...

Iran's Asiatic cheetah population remains in a critical condition, according to a report yesterday in Tehran Times. Considered to be among the rarest big cats in the world at...

Syrian elite forces aided by pro-Iranian militias stepped up an offensive on Tuesday against a rebel enclave in a southwestern pocket bordering Jordan and Israel, according to residents, military...

A former US ambassador to Israel has joined President Joe Biden's team working on Iran, exposing Israel's very deep influence in Washington. Dan Shapiro served as ambassador under the...