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Italy

Iran and US conclude second round of nuclear talks in Rome

Rome has become 'the capital of peace and dialogue' Italian Foreign Minister Tajani claimed. The talks were mediated by Oman.

Europe News

Iran seeks Russian support ahead of nuclear deal talks with US

The 2015 nuclear deal collapsed with Trump's unilateral withdrawal in 2018, while Iran abandoned all limits on its nuclear activities and enriches uranium to up to 60% purity, near the weapons-grade levels of 90%.

Iran

Iran and Armenia simulate border threats in joint military drills

The two-day joint military drills involved elite forces and heavy weaponry, as well as sniper units.

Iran

Confusion about US-Iran nuclear talks venue as Tehran points to Oman

Iran's foreign ministry now insists negotiations will take place again in Oman, contradicting earlier reports from Italy, the Netherlands and Iraq.

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World News

Next round of Iran-US nuclear talks to be held in Rome, sources say

The speculation on the next location comes as Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani separately told journalists in Japan that the Italian government has given its go-ahead to host the talks.

Europe News

EU sanctions seven Iranian officials over arrests of its citizens

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot welcomed the sanctions, describing Iran's actions as a "state policy" of hostage taking.

Culture news

‘My Favourite Cake’ directors given suspended prison sentence in Iran

‘My Favourite Cake’ directors Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam receive 14-month suspended prison sentences in Iran. The film’s heroine is seen without a headscarf, and the filmmakers were accused of ‘disturbing public opinion’.

World News

US and Iran to start talks amid regional tension

Trump has threatened to launch airstrikes targeting Iran's nuclear program as Iranian officials increasingly warn they could pursue a nuclear weapon.

Yemen

Suspected US airstrikes kill six in Yemen

The US airstrike campaign, which has been focused on countering rebel attacks on shipping in the region due to the Israel-Hamas conflict, has reportedly claimed at least 79 lives so far, based on casualty reports from the Houthis.

Iran

Iran rejects direct negotiations with US in response to Trump letter

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian spoke in response to a letter sent to the country's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei by US President Donald Trump earlier this month.

France

French man returns home after nearly 900 days in Iranian prison

Olivier Grondeau, who had been held in Iran since October 2022, said earlier this year that Tehran was using him as a bargaining chip.

Iran

Euroviews. In Iran, even President Masoud Pezeshkian is culturally oppressed

Azerbaijanis in Iran, like many other non-Persian ethnic minority groups living under the Islamic Republic, face repression and are denied the right to speak in their mother tongue at official gatherings, even if they are the president of Iran. Don’t they deserve better, Mordechai Kedar writes.

USA

Two men stand trial in US over alleged plot to kill Iranian journalist

Prosecutors claim the suspects, allegedly members of an Eastern European crime group linked to Iran, were hired to carry out a murder on US soil in 2022.

Iran

Iran denies receiving Trump's letter seeking nuclear negotiations

Iran denies receiving letter from US President Donald Trump, but dismissed prospects of nuclear negotiations so long as Washington sanctions on Tehran remain in place.

Iran

Economy minister fired as Iran's rial plummets

Iran’s parliament on Sunday impeached the finance minister and voted to remove him from office after the rial plummeted to nearly one million to the US dollar.

Culture news

Filmmakers support 'My Favourite Cake' directors before trial in Iran

Mohammad Rasoulof, Pedro Almodóvar, Juliette Binoche and other members of the filmmaking community sign a petition supporting ‘My Favourite Cake’ directors Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha as ‘propaganda’ trial starts in Iran.

Iran

Iran charges British motorcycling couple with espionage

Craig and Lindsay Foreman were on a round-the-world motorbike tour when they were arrested by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

Iran

Iran targets Azeri minority activists to 'silence dissent,' HRW says

Tehran has issued heavy sentences against the activists without actual evidence, all to suppress civil society and ethnic minorities, according to HRW.

Iran

Iran's supreme leader warns against Trump negotiations

The US president suggested this week that a nuclear deal with Tehran might be possible.

Markets

Crude oil prices fall to a year-low as US-China trade war intensifies

Crude oil prices slumped to their lowest level this year amid concerns of weakening demands after China announced a retaliatory tariff on US crude oil imports, while the US stockpiles rose for the second consecutive week.