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Iran’s state TV is reporting that the country has ordered an emergency use of its first domestically developed coronavirus vaccine.

In a leaked audio file, a former Iranian Ministry of Intelligence Security Deputy reveals that the Islamic Republic's judiciary authorized “thugs” to systematically crack down on demonstrators and beat detained protesters in 2009.

Iran's chief negotiator at international talks on its nuclear programe said late on Saturday he believed they could not conclude this week.

The United States said on Thursday it had dropped sanctions on three former Iranian officials and two companies that previously traded Iranian petrochemicals, Reuters reported on Friday.

Washington told Tehran on Tuesday that it must let the UN atomic agency continue to monitor its activities, as they agreed on, or put wider talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal at risk, Reuters reported.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said he expects that hundreds of U.S. sanctions on Tehran would remain in place, even if the two countries return to compliance with the nuclear deal, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

A fire broke out at a steel plant in southeastern Iran with no report of casualties, the semi-official news agency Fars said on Sunday.

The United Nations said Thursday that it had suspended the voting rights of Iran and four smaller countries for delinquent dues, The New York Times reported.

Two Iranian pilots were killed in a fighter jet incident in Dezful on Tuesday morning.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a recent report that its monitoring relations with Iran are not satisfactory amid nuclear talks to restore Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal that appear likely to be extended.