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Nuclear talks between Iran and Britain, France, and Germany are set to take place in Geneva on Tuesday, Iranian state media reported. “Iran and the three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear agreement, along with the European Union, will hold a fresh round of discussions at the deputy foreign minister level in Geneva,” state television said Monday. This will mark …

Israeli strikes on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Sunday killed at least six people, according to Iran-backed Huthi rebels, who have repeatedly launched missiles and drones at Israel throughout the Gaza conflict. AFP images showed a massive fireball lighting up the skies over the rebel-held capital, leaving a column of thick, black smoke. The Huthi-run Saba news agency reported six deaths …

On Friday, Iran strongly rejected accusations from the United States and more than a dozen of its allies, who claimed that Tehran had attempted to assassinate or kidnap dissidents, journalists, and officials residing in Western countries. In a statement, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei described the claims as “baseless”, calling them “an attempt to divert public attention from the …

Iran has condemned the European Union’s recent move to make accusations and impose new sanctions against the country as an “illegal, destructive, and unjustified” attempt meant to deflect public attention from the 27-nation bloc’s own sponsorship for terrorism. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei made the remarks on Thursday, two days after the European Council slapped restrictive measures on eight …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Israel was compelled to “bow down and cling to the United States” in desperation during the recent 12-day aggression against Iran, as it proved incapable of facing the Islamic Republic alone. Speaking at a high-level meeting with Iran’s judiciary officials in Tehran Wednesday, Ayatollah Khamenei said the confrontation revealed not …

The Pentagon announced that recent U.S. airstrikes targeting Iranian nuclear sites have likely delayed Iran’s nuclear programme by up to two years. The strikes, conducted on June 22, hit three critical nuclear facilities in Iran. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell stated that internal assessments estimate a significant setback to Iran’s capabilities. “We have degraded their programme …

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has given a final approval to a law to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) following its politically-motivated resolution which paved the way for US-Israeli acts of aggression against the country. Pezeshkian on Wednesday officially communicated the law mandating the government to suspend cooperation with the IAEA, approved during the public session of …

Iran on Saturday began state funeral services for around 60 individuals, including senior military commanders, killed in its conflict with Israel, as Tehran’s top diplomat slammed Donald Trump’s remarks about Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as “unacceptable.” The proceedings in Tehran for the nuclear scientists and military commanders killed in Israeli strikes began at 8am local time. “The ceremony to honour …

The general and specific provisions of the bill to suspend cooperation with the IAEA have been approved by lawmakers, said Alireza Salimi, a member of the parliament’s presiding board, on Wednesday. According to the parliament’s resolution, IAEA inspectors will not be permitted to enter Iran unless the security of the country’s nuclear facilities and that of peaceful nuclear activities is …

US airstrikes did not destroy Iran’s nuclear capability and only set it back by a few months, according to a preliminary US intelligence assessment, as a shaky ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump took hold between Iran and Israel. Earlier on Tuesday, both Iran and Israel signaled that the air war between the two nations had ended, at least for …