A farmer’s daughter, Roohani grew up laboring on the land like most other children in Agh Mazar.

At Tehran garage, Iranian woman polishes cars and her dreams

Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei slammed remarks by Iran's foreign minister Javad Zarif as a 'big mistake', a week after a leaked tape emerged where the top diplomat disagreed with the strategies of a revered Iranian general.

Iran's supreme leader Khamenei says remarks by Zarif in audio leak 'big mistake'

A senior White House official denied reports from Tehran that an agreement had been reached with Iran for the release of four Americans detained there. White House chief of staff Ron Klain said "there is no agreement to release these four Americans. We're working very hard to get them released".

US denies reports Iran poised to free four Americans

A senior White House official on Sunday denied reports from Tehran that an agreement had been reached with Iran for the release of four Americans detained there.

Iran denied media reports suggesting that a prisoner swap deal had been reached with the US parallely with nuclear deal talks. On Sunday, media outlets including Iranian state television had quoted "informed" source to say that Tehran and Washingtion would swap prisoners.

Iran denies reports of prisoner swap with US

Iran Nuclear Deal have wrapped up with the third round of negotiations. Diplomates from Russia, China, France, Germany and the UK met in Vienna.

Iran Nuclear Deal: Third round of negotiations concluded

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif apologised for his leaked audio remarks on Sunday. His remarks on Iran's late influential military commander General Qassem Soleimani had created controversy in the country where political leaders mind their words.

Iran: Zarif apologises on same day Khamanei calls leaked remarks 'a big mistake'

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator said on Saturday, Tehran expects US sanctions on oil, banks and most individuals and institutions to be lifted based on agreements so far in Vienna talks, Iranian media reported, while Washington again played down the prospect of an imminent breakthrough.

Based on accords so far, US sanctions on oil, banks would be lifted, says Iran negotiator 

Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen met with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington on Friday, and the Israeli officials expressed “deep concern” about Iran’s nuclear activities.

Israel's Mossad chief Yossi Cohen met with US President Biden, discusses Iran

Indirect talks between Iran and the United States on bringing both sides fully back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal are making steady progress and will resume on Friday, the head of Russia's delegation said on Saturday.

Iran nuclear talks make progress and will resume Friday, Russia says

The Biden administration is considering a near wholesale rollback of some of the most stringent Trump-era sanctions imposed on Iran in a bid to get the Islamic Republic to return to compliance with a landmark 2015 nuclear accord, according to current and former US officials and others familiar with the matter.

US eyes major rollback in Iran sanctions to revive nuke deal

In Iran, a leaked audio recording has become a national crisis. The audio clip is of Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. It portrays Iran's diplomacy as being compromised by the country's military.

Decoding long-term implications of Iranian foreign minister's audio leak

A leaked audio recording of Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has now stirred a hot political debate in Tehran. President Hassan Rouhani has ordered a probe into the leak calling it a conspiracy against the government and Iran's national interest.

Iran: Leaked audio recording of Javad Zarif stirs hot political debate

Saudi Arabia's crown prince on Tuesday struck a conciliatory tone towards the kingdom's arch-nemesis Iran, saying he sought "good" relations, after sources said the rivals held secret talks in Baghdad.

Saudi prince strikes conciliatory tone with rival Iran

A US military ship fired warning shots after three vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came close to it and another American patrol boat in the Gulf.

US Navy ship fires warning shots after close encounter with Iranian vessels

At least three people died when an Iranian tanker was attacked off Syria's coast Saturday, in the first assault of its kind since the war started a decade ago, a war monitor said.

Iranian Oil tanker off Syria coast hit in suspected drone attack, three Syrians killed

Saudi Arabia and Iran have never declared war on each other. But their proxy warfare has torn West Asia apart. The Saudi Iranian rivalry is a fight over influence and the whole region is their battlefield. So, when reports of a secret Saudi-Iran meeting emerged, the world was taken aback. On the West Asia Post this week, Ghadi Francis tells you what this thawing Cold War means for West Asia.

The West Asia Post: Episode 30- Is West Asia's cold war thawing?

Iran's Fireign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarid will visit Iraq and Qatar on Sunday, his ministry announced on Saturday. This development came amid reports of talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia being brokered by Iraq.

Zarif to visit Iraq and Qatar on Sunday

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for the enhancement of security and economic cooperation between Tehran and Islamabad. "Security is a common concern for the two countries, and it is essential to boost cooperation in this regard," Rouhani said in a meeting on Wednesday with visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.

Iran urges boosting trade, security cooperation with Pakistan

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday and both exchanged views on the ways and means to strengthen bilateral relations. FM Qureshi is currently on a 4-nation tour and he visited Iran as a part of that tour.

Pak FM Qureshi, Iran's President Rouhani discuss ways to strengthen ties

The US on Wednesday shared with Iran details of sanctions it was prepared to lift, as per a senior official quoted by AFP. The sanctions will be lifted if Iran returns to the nuclear deal.

US gives 'examples' of sanctions against Iran it is ready to lift

Iran and Saudi Arabia denied reports of a rare meeting between their officials in Baghdad. But multiple unnamed sources continued to stand by their reports of a secret meeting on the civil war in Yemen. Is the Iran-Saudi rivalry thawing? WION's Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Rare Iran-Saudi talks in Baghdad

Iran and world powers have made some progress on how to revive the 2015 nuclear accord later abandoned by the United States, and an interim deal could be a way to gain time for a lasting settlement, Iranian officials said on Monday.

Nuclear talks make some progress, interim deal possible, say Iranian officials 

In less than nine months, an assassin on a motorbike fatally shot an al-Qaida commander given refuge in Tehran, Iran’s chief nuclear scientist was machine-gunned on a country road, and two separate, mysterious explosions rocked a key Iranian nuclear facility in the desert, striking the heart of the country’s efforts to enrich uranium.

Iran rattled as Israel repeatedly strikes key targets

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