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Mehran Alipour, an Iranian protester from the city of Esfahan died in hospital he was tortured for months by security forces inside prison, his family confirmed the death.

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said his country will not bow to foreign pressures but it is ready to talk, Iran Front Page news agency reported.

Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported an explosion it says targeted a “US military vehicle south of Baghdad” and linked the attack to the Iraqi armed group under its own control by using the logo of the group and picture of its militias, the Jerusalem Post reported. 

Avatoday’s founder and chief editor Ali Javanmardi sat on Friday with US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook in Washington.

The US Treasury Department announced that it has imposed sanctions on Iran’s atomic energy agency and its chief Ali Akbar Salehi.

A group of Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday called on parliament to discuss a motion for the country to quit a treaty governing global nuclear arms control, Reuters reported.

War of words between Iranian hardliners close to the Islamic Republic Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and reformist backed by former president Mohammad Khatami has risen ahead of February 21 parliament election.

Caspian Airlines flight 6936 carrying 144 people crash-landed on a runway and skidded onto a major highway next to an airport on Monday.

Some reports say that the pilots had reported a technical failure.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Iranians of US President’s Donald Trump “maximum pressure” approach, claiming that they must not allow him to harm national unity, Reuters reported.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has secretly sent loads of heavy machine guns to three gulf countries in last week, an informed source revealed to Avatoday.