Iran moved on Saturday to evacuate more towns and villages threatened by floods after forecasts for more rains in the southwest of the country, state television reported, as the nationwide toll from the flooding reached 70.

Iran flood death toll rises to 70; several towns and villages evacuated

Iran may put the US military on its terror list if Washington designates the Iranian elite Revolutionary Guards as terrorists, a senior Iranian lawmaker said on Saturday.

Iran may blacklist US military if Washington designates Guards as terrorists

Iranian authorities ordered the evacuation of six cities along the Karkheh river in southwestern Khuzestan province on Saturday after more rain sparked fears of new flooding, state news agency IRNA said.

Iran orders new evacuations amid fresh flood fears

The United States will designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization, an unprecedented move that would ramp up pressure on the elite force, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Trump to declare Iran's Revolutionary Guards as terrorist organization: Report

India has said that it is engaging with the US regarding the waiver it got to purchase oil from Iran after the American sanctions came into effect last year. India got 6 months wavier on importing Iranian oil and this will come to end on May 4.

India is engaging with United States for second Iran oil waiver: MEA 

Islamic State's(IS) Amaq agency posted a video on showing three men in a vehicle who it said were on their way to carry out an attack on the Iranian military parade that killed 25 people a day earlier.

IS Amaq agency posts video of men allegedly involved in Iran attack

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday blamed Iran for the level of devastation from major floods, and said Washington was ready to help. Pompeo issued a statement in implicit response to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who on Twitter blamed "economic terrorism" by the United States whose sanctions have led to a chronic shortage of rescue helicopters.

US blames Iran for flood toll, says ready to help

Britain, France and Germany are accusing Iran of developing missile technology, following recent activities, that they said was inconsistent with a UN resolution, and are calling for a full UN report, according to a letter released Tuesday.

UK, France, Germany accuse Iran of developing missile technology

Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Monday accused the United States of impending aid efforts after the authorities ordered the immediate evacuation of flood-stricken cities in western Iran.

Iran's foreign minister accuses US of impending aid efforts, calls it 'economic warfare'

Authorities in Iran worked on Saturday to evacuate villages threatened by flooding in southwestern areas as forecasters predicted more of the heavy rains that have killed at least 45 people this week, state media reported.

Iran evacuates flood-threatened villages after heavy rains kill dozens

Iran flood: President Rouhani surveys worst affected areas

Iran: 21 dead & 100 injured, MET department issues heavy rain alert

Major floods across much of Iran have left 19 people dead and more than 70 injured, blocking roads and triggering landslides with warnings of more heavy rain to come, emergency services said Monday.

At least 19 dead, 70 injured as Iran faces unprecedented floods

Many have framed the battle lines in the geopolitics of the emerging new world order as the 21st century’s Great Game. It’s a game that aims to shape the creation of a new Eurasia-centred world, built on the likely fusion of Europe and Asia into what former Portuguese Europe minister Bruno Macaes calls a “supercontinent.

The 21st century's Great Game pits world into two camps competing for influence

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Iranian nuclear researchers, saying it wanted to warn young scientists to steer clear of any future effort to build a bomb.

US slaps sanctions on Iran nuclear researchers, warns of future work

Gravitas: Iran, Iraq & Syria asks US to withdraw troops from Syria

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that the government would file a legal case in Iran against US officials who imposed sanctions on the country as a precursor to action in international courts.

Iran will file legal case against US for sanctions: Hassan Rouhani

Five people were killed and six others wounded in a gas pipeline explosion Thursday near the city of Ahvaz in southwest Iran, state news agency IRNA reported. "The gas pipes blew up about 200 metres (yards) from the road.

Five dead, six wounded in Iran gas pipeline explosion

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Iraq on Monday for his first official visit, state television said, as Baghdad is under pressure from Washington to limit ties with its neighbour.

Iran President Hassan Rouhani arrives in Iraq on 3-day visit

Iran has asked Pakistan to rein in terror groups on its territory and said a number of terror attacks in the country have been traced to across the border in Pakistan.

Iran calls upon Pakistan to take concrete action against terrorists operating from its soil

President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Iraq this week is a strong message to the United States and its regional allies that Iran still dominates Baghdad, a key arena for rising tension between Washington and Tehran.

Rouhani seeks to shore up Iran's influence on Baghdad trip

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday called for "decisive" action by Pakistan against a militant group behind a deadly suicide attack in a border area and said inaction by Islamabad could jeopardise relations between the neighbours.

Iran's Rouhani urges Pakistan to act against group behind border attack

Donald Trump's hitherto failed ‘maximum pressure’ approach to Iran, as well as for that matter North Korea, begs the question what the US president’s true objectives are and what options he is left with should the policy ultimately fail.

Iran and North Korea highlight pitfalls of Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ strategy

Britain will hand diplomatic protection to British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to underline the government's belief that Iran has behaved unjustly in its treatment of her, foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday.

UK to give jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe diplomatic protection

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