Nasser Karimi
The Associated Press
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Iran president: No way back to nuclear deal if probe goes on
Iran's president warned Monday that any roadmap to restore Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers must see international inspectors end their probe on man-made uranium particles found at undeclared sites in the country. → Read More
Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet
Iranians reacted with praise and worry Saturday over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie, the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death. → Read More
Tehran unveils Western art masterpieces hidden for decades
Some of the world’s most prized works of contemporary Western art have been unveiled for the first time in decades — in Tehran. → Read More
Tehran unveils Western art masterpieces hidden for decades
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Some of the world’s most prized works of contemporary Western art have been unveiled for the first time in decades — in Tehran. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line cleric, rails against the influence of the West. → Read More
Iran, US, EU to send envoys to Vienna for nuclear talks
Iran, the United States and the European Union said Wednesday they would send senior representatives to Vienna amid what appears to be a last-ditch effort at reviving talks over Tehran's tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. → Read More
Putin Heads to Tehran for Talks With Leaders of Iran, Turkey
Putin's visit to Iran is meant to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as Moscow's tensions with the West deepen. → Read More
Putin heads to Tehran for talks with leaders of Iran, Turkey
Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Iran starting Tuesday is intended to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as part of Moscow's challenge to the United States and Europe amid its grinding campaign in Ukraine. → Read More
Iran's outdoor painters seek to capture, preserve old Tehran
Tehran residents accustomed to seething at slow-moving traffic, sweltering in summer heat and suffocating in smog may be surprised to find a growing number of outdoor painters reveling in the Iranian capital’s historic charm. → Read More
Iranian TV: Revolutionary Guard accuses diplomats of spying
Iranian state TV said Wednesday that the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has accused the deputy ambassador of the United Kingdom and other foreigners in the country of “espionage” and taking soil samples from prohibited military zones. → Read More
Train derailment in east Iran kills at least 17, injures 50
A passenger train partially derailed in eastern Iran early Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 50 more, including some critically, authorities said. → Read More
Train Derailment in East Iran Kills at Least 17, Injures 50
A passenger train partially derailed in eastern Iran early Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 50 more. → Read More
Train derailment in east Iran kills at least 17, injures 50
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A passenger train partially derailed in eastern Iran early Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 50 more, including some critically, authorities said.The report said the number of casualties could rise, though initial details about the disaster involving a train reportedly carrying some 350 passengers remained unclear. → Read More
Train derailment in east Iran kills at least 22, injures 87
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A passenger train traveling through eastern Iran struck an excavator and nearly half its cars derailed before dawn on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people and injuring 87, officials said. → Read More
Iran detains 2 Europeans as EU nuclear talks envoy visits
Iran's Intelligence Ministry said Wednesday it detained two Europeans as a European Union envoy visits the country over its stalled nuclear negotiations with world powers. → Read More
In Iran, Russia's war on Ukraine is a political flash point
During its 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran embraced the protest cry of “neither East nor West,” rejecting both the U.S. and the Soviet Union, then locked in the Cold War. The phrase to this day hangs over the doors of Iran’s Foreign Ministry. → Read More
Iran supreme leader optimistic though nuclear talks stalled
Iran's supreme leader on Tuesday insisted negotiations over Tehran's tattered nuclear deal “are going ahead properly,” even after repeated comments by American officials that an agreement to restore the accord may not happen. → Read More
Virus-ravaged Iran finds brief respite with mass vaccination
While the West sees vaccination rates slowing and infections soaring with the spread of omicron, Iran for once is not seeing grim COVID-19 statistics dominate the headlines → Read More
Iran state TV says Tehran launched rocket into space
Iranian state television says Tehran has launched a rocket with a satellite carrier bearing three devices into space, though it’s unclear if any object entered orbit around the Earth → Read More
A public suicide in Iran spotlights anguish over economy
The son of an Iranian war hero burned himself to death last month outside a building where officials who help relatives of veterans had failed to find him a job → Read More
Iran to Allow New Memory Cards in U.N. Nuclear Site Cameras
Iran agreed Sunday to allow international inspectors to install new memory cards into cameras potentially averting a diplomatic showdown. → Read More