A demonstrator was shot dead during protests against water shortages in drought-hit Khuzestan in southwestern Iran, state media reported Saturday, with an official blaming the death on "opportunists and rioters".

One shot dead in Iran water shortage protests: State media

Iran President Hassan Rouhani announced today that the country will impose stricter coronavirus restrictions from next Saturday. Watch: Iranian officials said that "red" or level 3 in capital Tehran as authorities devised a colour-coding system that denotes the severity of the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

Amid surge in COVID-19 cases, Iran to tighten restrictions from next Saturday

Iran President Rouhani said today that the country's daily enrichment was higher than before the 2015 nuclear deal. "Today, we are under no restrictions in the area of nuclear energy," he said during a speech in Tehran, adding, "Our daily enrichment (of uranium) is higher than it was before.

Iran's daily uranium enrichment higher than before 2015 nuclear agreement: President Rouhani

Iran is on a major diplomatic mission to garner support against the United States of America in West Asia. For Tehran, the Ultimate aim is to expel all US troops from the region. Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani held a meeting with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Tehran. All three leaders agreed that de-escalation and dialogue are the only way to solve the current crisis. #WION #WIONNews #Rouhani #Iran #US #Tehran

WION Dispatch: Iran's diplomatic outreach to allies, Pak PM Qureshi meets Prez Rouhani

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has told India's external affairs minister S Jaishankar that Washington's sanctions on the west Asian country are "transient" and the country will "have no choice but to abandon maximum pressure on Iran before or after its presidential elections”.

US will have no choice but to abandon maximum pressure after presidential elections: Iran to India

Iran from Friday, September 6 will begin developing centrifuges to speed up the enrichment of uranium, as the next step in scaling back its nuclear commitments, President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, September 4. Watch this video to know more.

Iran to develop centrifuges from Friday

Iran is ready to hold talks with the United States if Washington lifts sanctions and returns to the 2015 nuclear deal it quit last year, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump's administration says it is open to negotiations with Iran on a more far-reaching agreement on nuclear and security issues. But Iran has made any talks conditional on first being able to export as much oil as it did before the United States withdrew from the nuclear pact with world powers in May 2018.

Rouhani: Iran ready to talk to US if sanctions lifted

US President Donald Trump said he was prepared to talk to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani but that there was always a chance of US military action against the Islamic Republic.

Donald Trump prepared to talk to Iran but says always a chance of military action

Iran said it had started scaling back parts of its commitments under its 2015 nuclear deal on Wednesday (May 8) and threatened to do more if world powers did not protect it from US sanctions, a year after Washington pulled out of the pact.

Iran will reduce its commitments to nuclear deal, says Rouhani

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday came under attack by the Opposition for acknowledging in Tehran that in the past militants had used his country's soil to carry out attacks in Iran.

'You can't make these stupid statements': Imran Khan comes under Opposition's attack for saying terrorists used Pakistan soil against Iran

Pakistan PM Imran Khan who is on a two-day visit to Iran met Iranian President Hassan Rouhani with terror being the main focus between the two countries. The meeting came as Islamabad urged Tehran to act against militants behind killings in Pakistan's Baluchistan province.

Iran has suffered from terrorists operating from Pakistan: Imran Khan to President Rouhani

President Hassan Rouhani presented an annual state budget of 4,700 trillion rials ($47 billion at the free market rate) to parliament on Tuesday, saying US sanctions would affect Iranians` lives and growth but not bring the government to its knees.

President Rouhani presents Iran budget, says US sanctions to hit lives, growth

Magnitude 6.2 quake hits Kerman province in southeast Iran: State media

Sunni Muslim militant group called Jaish al Adl, or the Army of Justice, has claimed responsibility for the attack

Iran summons Pakistan envoy over border guards killings