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UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will go to Tehran this weekend reportedly for talks aiming at easing a standoff between Iran and the West.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Iran is blocking access to some of its nuclear sites and continues to boost its stocks of enriched uranium.

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that Tehran will not wait forever for the United States to revive the 2015 deal.

Mike Pregent is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said his administration is ready to start talks on the Iran nuclear deal, but that the country should not be held under "pressure" from Western countries.

A young Iranian man, identified as Hadi Atazadeh, was killed after being flogged in the prison of Ahar city, in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province.

Iran has planned to increase its oil exports despite sanctions imposed by the United States on Tehran's crude sales, Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji said on Wednesday.

Israel and the US have agreed to pursue a joint strategy to stop Iran from further developing its nuclear program, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said.

Human Rights Watch’s Iran researcher Tara Sepehri Far on Friday urged Iran to end mistreatment of prisoners and allow investigations after alleged hacked videos of surveillance cameras inside Evin prison confirmed the country’s abusive treatment and violations.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian headed to Iraq on Friday to participate in a regional summit, the ministry said. 

Iran’s new President Ebrahim Raisi has also been invited to the Baghdad summit, but it is not clear if he will attend, Arab News reported on Friday.