The United States believes an understanding on Iran eventually releasing five US citizens remains on track, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday but declined to offer any timeline.
Iranian assets that had been frozen in South Korea were transferred to Switzerland’s central bank last week for exchange and transfer to Iran, South Korean media reported on Monday.
Iran arrests more female activists in a crackdown ahead of the anniversary of mass protests that shook the country.
Authorities in the Islamic Republic detained at least a dozen women’s rights activists on Wednesday, according to rights groups and local news agencies.
The US is pushing Iran to stop selling armed drones to Russia as part of discussions on a broader unwritten understanding between Washington and Tehran to de-escalate tensions, the Financial Times said on Wednesday, citing pe
Iran is committed to resolving its nuclear dispute with world powers through diplomacy, the country's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told reporters in a televised news conference on Monday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday criticized a US-Iran agreement to release around $6 billion worth of frozen Iranian assets in the South Korea Central Bank in exchange for a prisoner swap.
Some 733 people rushed to hospitals as dust storm in Iran's southeastern region disrupted daily life.
The Islamic Republic of Iran is close to possibly testing a nuclear weapons device and has sought to obtain illicit technology for its active atomic weapons program, according to a series of shocking European intelligence reports released in 2023.
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has strongly criticized President Joe Biden's decision to unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian funds as part of an agreement to secure the release of five detained US citizens.
Iranian authorities have questioned or arrested over 90 reporters since nationwide protests rocked the country last year, local media reported Tuesday.
