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Mystery deepens over 3 missing Indians in Iran; embassy warns of trafficking

Three Indian men have mysteriously gone missing in Iran, sparking fears of kidnapping and triggering urgent diplomatic efforts. Watch to understand what happened?

Oil tankers going dark off Malaysia amid Iran-China trade scrutiny

Over recent months, more vessels have started switching off their transponders as they near waters off eastern Malaysia, a hotspot for the transfer of Iranian oil to China

Mystery deepens over 3 missing Indians in Iran;Embassy warns of trafficking

Three Indian men from Hoshiarpur in Punjab vanished soon after arriving in Tehran on May 1. Their families claim they were kidnapped, with the abductors demanding a ransom of ₹1 crore

3 Indian citizens go missing in Iran; embassy seeks urgent action

The Embassy of India in Tehran seeks urgent assistance from Iranian authorities to ensure the safety of missing citizens; keeps families updated

Cannes 2025: Jafar Panahi wins Palme d'Or award; check full list of winners

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi's defiant political thriller 'It Was Just an Accident' takes top honours at the 78th Cannes Film Festival

Iran and US hold fifth round of nuclear talks in Rome over enrichment

Iran and the United States prepared for a fifth round of negotiations over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear programme Friday in Rome, with enrichment emerging as the key issue. US officials from President Donald Trump down insist Iran cannot continue to enrich uranium at all in any deal that could see sanctions lifted on Tehran's struggling economy. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi early Friday insisted online that no enrichment would mean we do NOT have a deal. Figuring out the path to a deal is not rocket science, Araghchi wrote on the social platform X. Time to decide. The US will be again represented in the talks by Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff and Michael Anton, the State Department's policy planning director. While authorities haven't offered a location for the talks, another round in Italy's capital took place at the Omani Embassy there. Oman's Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi is mediating the negotiations as the sultanate on the Arabian Peninsula has been a trusted .

Indian refiners eye Iranian crude oil as US-Iran nuclear talks progress

Plans to resume crude oil imports had been shattered in the wake of multiple airstrikes between Israel and Iran in April last year

Iran vows to keep enriching uranium ahead of nuclear talks with US

Iran's top diplomat insisted Wednesday that Tehran will never stop enriching uranium, reinforcing the Islamic Republic's hard line ahead of a new round of indirect talks with the United States over its fast-advancing nuclear programme. The comments by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi come after multiple rounds of talks between the two nations, including at an expert level over the details of a possible deal. However, none has been reached yet, and American officials including President Donald Trump, Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio maintain that Iran must give up enrichment something it didn't do in its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. I have said it before, and I repeat it again: uranium enrichment in Iran will continue with or without an agreement, Araghchi said, according to state television. Araghchi added that Iran is currently reviewing whether to participate in the next round and when to take part in talks with the US. Trump's trip

UK, Iran summon each other's top diplomats in espionage tit-for-tat

Britain summoned Iran's ambassador on Monday after charges were filed against three Iranian nationals accused of acting as spies. The move came the day after Iran summoned a British diplomat to protest what it described as the illegal and unjustified detention of an Iranian in the UK, Iran's state-run news agency reported. The tit-for-tat comes as ties between Tehran and London deteriorate. Iran called the detention of its citizen, who was not identified, a violation of international law and expressed strong dissatisfaction over what it characterised as politically motivated judicial actions, Iran's state-run news agency reported. The ministry warned the UK against further unconstructive behaviour that could damage diplomatic relations, IRNA said. Three men accused of being Iranian spies faced charges in a London court Saturday that they conducted surveillance on and plotted violence against UK-based journalists for an Iranian news outlet. On Monday, Britain summoned Ambassador S

Trump says US nearing nuclear deal with Iran, but some gaps remain

Trump claimed Iran had "sort of" accepted the nuclear deal terms, a day after calling Iran "the most destructive force" in West Asia at a US-Saudi investment forum in Riyadh

Only two solutions for Iran are 'intelligent' or 'brutal', warns Trump

President Donald Trump kept up pressure Thursday on Iran, warning Tehran that a deal over its nuclear programme or potentially airstrikes are the only two solutions to the diplomatic impasse. Speaking in Qatar before business leaders, Trump said: We'd like to see if we could solve the Iran problem in an intelligent way, as opposed to a brutal way. There's only two: intelligent and brutal. Those are the two alternatives. Trump also said that Qatar's ruling emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, had been pushing for diplomatic deal over Iran's nuclear programme. Qatar shares a massive offshore oil and gas field that's crucial to its wealth with Iran. I said last night that Iran is very lucky to have the emir because he's actually fighting for them. He doesn't want us to do a vicious blow to Iran, Trump said. He says, You can make a deal. You can make a deal.' He's really fighting. And I really mean this: I think that Iran should say a big thank you to the emir. At another point, Tru

Donald Trump wants to make a deal with Iran: Here are his conditions

US President Donald Trump warns Iran against pursuing nuclear weapons, says any deal depends on Tehran halting terrorism, proxy wars, and complying with strict verification measures

US imposes sanctions on companies it says sent Iranian oil to China

The network facilitated the shipment of oil worth billions of dollars to China on behalf of Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff and its front company, Sepehr Energy, Treasury said

Iran, US begin 4th round of negotiation over Tehran nuclear programme

The round of talks, again happening in the sultanate of Oman, likely will see Oman's Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi mediating

Iran FM Araghchi arrives in Delhi for Joint Commission meet, stronger ties

The high-level dialogue comes as both nations mark the 75th anniversary of the India-Iran Friendship Treaty

Iran's FM visits Pakistan amid soaring tensions between India and Pakistan

Following the scheduled meeting in Islamabad, Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi is expected to visit India on Thursday, Iran's Embassy in India confirmed

Netanyahu's criticism of Iran's nuclear programme muted with Trump in power

When the US and Iran met for nuclear talks a decade ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed against an emerging deal from the world's most public stages, including in a fiery speech to Congress seen as a direct challenge to the Obama administration as it was wrapping up the talks. Now, as the sides sit down to discuss a new deal, Netanyahu has fallen silent. Netanyahu sees an Iran with nuclear weapons as an existential threat to Israel, and he is just as wary of any new US agreement with its archenemy that may not meet his standards. Yet he finds himself shackled with Donald Trump in the White House. Netanyahu is unwilling to publicly criticise a president who has shown broad support for Israel, whom he deems to be Israel's greatest friend, and who doesn't take well to criticism. He can't do anything that goes against Trump. He's paralysed, said Yoel Guzansky, an Iran expert at the Institute for National Security Studies, a Tel Aviv-based think tank. Israel is in a .

Trump threatens sanctions over Iranian oil: What it means for India, China

US-Iran talks, scheduled for May 3rd, have been postponed due to 'logistical reasons'

Weekend round of nuclear talks between US, Iran postponed, says Oman

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei issued a statement describing the talks as being 'postponed at the request of Oman's foreign minister'

Cracked homes, tilting mosques: Iran's land is sinking at record rates

Iran's land is collapsing under years of drought, overuse, and poor planning, putting millions, critical infrastructure, and world heritage sites at risk