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US sanctions unlikely to hinder arms sales to Iran, says Javad Zarif

The UN Security Council arms embargo on Iran expires on October 18. Washington has said that it expects the sanctions to be reinstated

More Iranian nationals charged in US with hacking crimes

Federal prosecutors have announced criminal charges accusing Iranian nationals with conducting cyberattacks in the US, with charges this time targeting a member of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard

Showdown set as US to declare United Nations sanctions on Iran are back

In defiance of overwhelming opposition, the United States is preparing to declare that all international sanctions against Iran have been restored

As Arab Gulf starts opening to Israel, Palestinians face a reckoning

Palestinian leaders face calls to overhaul their strategy to avoid becoming marginalised in a region where Israel and most Sunni Arab regimes share a fear of Iran

Iran slams report on alleged plot to kill US envoy to avenge Soleimani

Iran's Foreign Ministry has slammed a US media report about Tehran allegedly trying to assassinate the US Ambassador to South Africa in revenge for the killing of Qassem Soleimani

Trump warns Iran of '1,000 times greater' retaliation in case of any attack

Trump has warned Iran that any attack against the US would be retaliated with "1,000 times greater in magnitude" after media reports that Tehran is planning to avenge Qasem Soleimani

Iran to soon start human trials for anti-coronavirus vaccine

Iran's confirmed Covid-19 cases hit 399,940 on Saturday, including 23,029 fatalities

Trump says Iran will sign a deal with US in first month of his re-election

US President Donald Trump said that if he is re-elected in the November elections, Iran will ink a deal with him in the first month and Palestine will get back into the fold

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to stop over in Iran enroute Russia

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is likely to make a stopover in Iran on his way to a four-day visit to Russia

Rajnath Singh meets Iranian counterpart, discusses regional security

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said he had a "very fruitful" discussion with his Iranian counterpart Brigadier General Amir Hatami

Iran and Russia to cooperate on joint production of Covid-19 vaccine

Iran and Russia will cooperate to produce a COVID-19 vaccine in the Islamic republic as Covid-19 cases in Iran surged to 384,666 on Saturday

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrives in Iran to discuss bilateral ties

Singh arrived in Tehran from Moscow after concluding his three-day visit to Russia where he attended a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation defence ministers

Iran's enriched uranium stockpile 10 times limit: Nuclear watchdog IAEA

Iran now has more than 10 times the amount of enriched uranium permitted under an international agreement, the UN's nuclear watchdog said

China, Iran, Russia seeking to undermine Prez elections, says US NSA

China, Iran and Russia are the three countries that are seeking to undermine US elections, NSA Robert O'Brien has alleged

Iran continues to expand stockpile of enriched uranium, says IAEA

The UN's atomic watchdog agency says Iran continues to increase its stockpiles of enriched uranium, in violation of limitations set in the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. The International Atomic Energy Agency reported Friday in a confidential document distributed to member countries and seen by The Associated Press that Iran as of Aug. 25 had stockpiled 2,105.4 kilograms (2.32 tons) of low-enriched uranium, up from 1,571.6 kilograms (1.73 tons) last reported on May 20. Iran signed the nuclear deal in 2015 with the United States, Germany, France, Britain, China and Russia. Known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, it allows Iran only to keep a stockpile of 202.8 kilograms (447 pounds). The IAEA reported that Iran has also been continuing to enrich uranium to a purity of up to 4.5%, higher than the 3.67% allowed under the JCPOA. It says Iran's stockpiles of heavy water has decreased and is now back within the JCPOA limits. The nuclear deal promised Ira

ICC condemns 'unprecedented, serious' US sanctions on court's prosecutor

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and a senior staff member in her office for continuing to investigate war crimes allegations against Americans

Iran to fight US suit to seize $1.7 billion held by Deutsche Boerse unit

The deputy governor of the Iranian central bank did not give details of the bank's legal measures to prevent a seizure of the assets, which he said were worth $1.7 billion

Iran vows to fight US suit to seize $1.7 bn held by Deutsche Boerse unit

In 2019, a Luxembourg court refused to enforce a U.S. ruling that would have helped families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks claim Iranian assets held with Clearstream

Hassan Rouhani stresses important responsibility of IAEA in keeping n-deal

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has stressed the "important responsibility" of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in keeping the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.

US will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapon, says Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris asserted that if voted to power, a Biden Administration will work with allies to strengthen the Obama-era nuclear deal with Tehran and push back its other destabilizing actions