Tehran is the archetype of a place that is governed by the divine but defined by mortals
President-elect Joe Biden, who defeated Trump at the ballot box in November, has signalled a willingness to return to diplomacy with Iran after four tense years under the outgoing president
A new bike-sharing initiative in the Iranian capital is trying to ameliorate the city’s traffic and pollution problem
This year, an unprecedented fiscal crunch caused by low oil prices forced the government to suspend infrastructure investments. But new dams alone won’t save Iraq’s waterways, experts warn.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned that military confrontation with Iran will impact global peace and stability, as he visits the Middle East hoping to ease tensions spiked by the US killing of a top Iranian general. His comments came at the start of a five-day Gulf tour that had been thrown into doubt after […]
Tehran wanted to appear decisive to calm a clamour for revenge, without provoking President Donald Trump to unleash all-out armed conflict
The Boeing 737 had left Tehran’s international airport bound for Kiev
Officials say locals were recruited while applying for visas to US
US President Trump warned on Monday that Iran is "playing with fire" after Tehran said it exceeded a limit on enriched uranium reserves
Trump stepped back from launching US airstrikes inside Iran, but the conflict is unabated and there appears to be no way out of confrontation for now
Four militants attacked a parade commemorating the start of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war in the southwestern city of Ahvaz.
The high-stakes verbal sparring is reminiscent of the exchanges Trump had last year with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
This time, the US has lost a chance of a rematch with real-life archrivals and mending bridges
As it re-enters the global economy, Iran is eager to foster relations with South Africa
On Samos Island, some 2,000 asylum seekers are crammed in a refugee centre designed to accommodate only 700 people.
Trump takes the podium at the General Assembly, presenting his message to the world as he pushes his nationalist "America First" agenda.
Iran has executed 10 drug traffickers in a prison in Tehran, says a statement on the website of the prosecutor’s office.
We bring you ten facts about the Non-Aligned Movement which was founded by a group of countries that refused to take sides in the Cold War.
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/ 1 September 2012
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he had used this week’s trip to push for human rights and transparency from Tehran over its nuclear programme.
Shares in MTN Group have slid after rival Turkcell filed a lawsuit against the mobile operator, alleging it bribed officials to win an Iranian bid.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on regional powers to unite against "aggression".
International sanctions have a patchy history, and Iran’s oil elite have been dodging them for decades, writes <b>Peg Mackey</b>.
Oil prices fell to near $101 a barrel on Monday in Asia amid investor concern over the outcome of a meeting between the leaders of Germany and France.
An already frail economy will come under more pressure when the EU ban comes into effect.
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/ 11 November 2011
The United States and Israel are expected to press for tougher sanctions against Tehran following a report by the United Nations’s nuclear watchdog.
Iranian security officials used batons and teargas to disperse thousands of protesters at a silent rally held in central Tehran.
The UN nuclear watchdog says it has received new information on possible military dimensions to Iran’s controversial nuclear programme.
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/ 6 December 2010
World powers and Iran began talks in Geneva on Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme on Monday, 14 months after negotiations broke off.
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/ 1 December 2010
Iran on Wednesday hanged a woman convicted of murdering a love rival, her lawyer told the official IRNA news agency.
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/ 7 December 2009
Government opponents shouted ”Allahu Akbar” and ”Death to the Dictator” from Tehran’s rooftops in the pouring rain on the eve of demonstrations.
Iran’s reformist opposition leaders have vowed to press on with legal challenges to an election they say was rigged.
European Union nations on Tuesday called in Iranian ambassadors to express new alarm over violence on the streets of Tehran.