The United States is set to announce this week it will renew sanctions waivers for five Iran nuclear programs that allow Russia, China and European countries to continue civilian nuclear cooperation with Iran, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

US to renew sanctions waivers for five Iran nuclear programs: Report

An emergency meeting with parties to Iran's 2015 nuclear deal was constructive but there are unresolved issues and Tehran will continue to reduce its nuclear commitments if Europeans fail to salvage the pact, Iranian official Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday.

Iran says meeting with parties to nuclear deal 'constructive' despite unresolved issues

By Tony Walker In a world run ragged by multiple crises and an unravelling of American global leadership, military confrontation in the Gulf poses risks that extend well beyond the region itself.

Iran and US refusing to budge as tit-for-tat ship seizures in Middle East raise the temperature

A British warship radioed an Iranian patrol boat to warn against interfering with the Stena Impero as the oil tanker passed through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a recording obtained by Reuters.

British warship warned Iranian forces against seizing tanker

Iran's seizure of a UK-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz has ramped up tensions in the Gulf region after the US military claimed it had downed an Iranian drone.

Western allies back UK over tanker seizure

Three-time Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit dies of cardiac arrest at 81 Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit breathed her last on Saturday in the national capital.

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Thursday they had detained a "foreign tanker" and its crew for allegedly smuggling fuel in the Gulf. The tanker was seized on Sunday "south of the (Iranian) island of Larak" in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the force's Sepahnews website said.

Seized 'foreign tanker' in Strait of Hormuz: Iran

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EU foreign ministers gathered on Monday to discuss the latest developments concerning the Iran nuclear deal. Watch this video to know more.

Europe foreign ministers meet to salvage Iran deal

Evil Britain commits piracy and steals our ship, there will be a response at an appropriate time, warns Khamenei Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Tuesday Iran would respond to Britain's "piracy" over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said today that Iran will certainly continue to reduce nuclear commitments even as the EU held a meeting on to diffuse the nuclear deal issue with Macron dispatched an envoy to Tehran for the second time in a month on Tuesday in an attempt to convince the Iranian government to come back into compliance with the landmark 2015 deal.

Iran will 'certainly continue' to reduce nuclear commitments: Khamenei

A Franco-Iranian academic based at a prestigious Paris university has been arrested in Iran and denied contact with consular staff, the French foreign ministry said Monday.

France says Franco-Iranian academic arrested in Iran

Iran on Monday urged the European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal "to take practical, effective and responsible decisions" to save the landmark agreement. "We stress that the continued voluntary and goodwill based actions by the Islamic Republic of Iran are rooted in the principle of reciprocity of rights and duties" in the nuclear deal, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Take practical, effective and responsible decisions: Iran to EU on nuclear deal

At a time when Iran is reeling under the consequences of US sanctions, the country is facing a debate over whether women should wear hijab or not. More and more women are coming out expressing their desires against the dress code.

In sanctions-hit Iran, women debate wearing hijab in public

Britain's ambassador to Washington believed US President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal because it was associated with his predecessor Barack Obama, according to leaked documents published Saturday.

Donald Trump ditched Iran deal to spite Obama, new memo leak claims

By Shahram Akbarzadeh Iran’s announcement last Sunday that it would break the limit on uranium enrichment agreed to in the nuclear deal with world powers was not a surprise.

Iran’s leader is losing his grasp on power

US President Donald Trump accused Iran on Wednesday of secretly enriching uranium for a long time and warned that US sanctions will be increased soon, as the UN nuclear watchdog held an emergency meeting on Tehran's breach of a nuclear deal.

Sanctions on Iran 'will soon be increased, substantially', says US President Trump

Iran Announces Uranium Enrichment Breach. U.S.-Iran tensions threatens to get out of hand. Iran nuclear deal is on the brink of a collapse. The warnings have continued from the U.S. even as Tehran breaches Uranium enrichment limits. Palki gets us the story

Gravitas: Iran Nuclear Deal on the brink of collapse

French President Emmanuel Macron's top diplomatic advisor will fly to Tehran in a bid to seek a "de-escalation" after Iran said it had breached its uranium enrichment cap, his office said Monday.

France President Emmanuel Macron's advisor heads to Iran to calm nuclear tensions

US President Donald Trump warned Iran over its imminent breach of a uranium enrichment cap. "Iran better be careful, because you enrich for one reason, and I won't tell you what that reason is.

Iran better be careful, warns Trump on breaching uranium enrichment cap

Iran remains open to diplomacy to save its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers but has “no hope” in the international community. Watch full video to know more.

WION Dispatch: Iran Says it is open to Diplomacy to save the Nuclear Deal

Iran's uranium enrichment level passed 4.5 per cent on Monday, exceeding the 2015 nuclear deal cap, Iranian atomic energy organisation spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said.

Iran says uranium enrichment passes 4.5%, exceeding deal cap