President defends steep fuel price rise as the United States condemns 'lethal force' used against Iranian demonstrators.

At least one person has been killed in protests after the price of fuel increased by up to 200 percent.

Iran protests: Rouhani justifies fuel price rise decision

Iran's president has announced another significant step away from the 2015 nuclear deal, while stressing it can be reversed.

Resumption of uranium enrichment at the Fordow plant is Tehran's latest step back from the crumbling nuclear deal.

Iran has started the process of injecting uranium gas into centrifuges at its underground Fordow facility, according to an official, in the latest unravelling of the nuclear deal with world powers.

Washington's punitive economic measures make it difficult for Iranians to buy foreign-made drugs and medical equipment.

The Trump administration on Monday told five nations, including allies Japan, South Korea and Turkey, that they will no longer be exempt from U.S. sanctions if they continue to import oil from Iran.





Mike Pompeo, the...

International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, has ruled that Iran's bid to recover funds frozen in the US can proceed.



At stake are funds with a worth of two billion

dollars....

Hundreds of peace protesters gathered outside the Munich Security Conference on Saturday demanding that the German government stopped sales of weapons being used in conflicts throughout the world.



Inside the...

Incoming US leader signals reviving 2015 nuclear deal as Tehran further reduces commitments.

Pre-dawn raid also killed Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a major escalation of regional tensions.

Iran's Civil Aviation Organisation head has denied accusations that one of its missiles mistakenly brought down a Ukrainian plane near Tehran's airport on Wednesday.

We ask whether US sanctions or Tehran are to blame for exacerbating COVID-19 and discuss Brazil's approach to the virus.

Iran's Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif told Euronews that the European Union can do more to bring about peace and stability in the Middle East, and needs to back-up its commitments with actions.



In an...

In the markets and bazaars of Iran people are feeling the pain of a decline in the value of the country's currency, the Rial.



Stores closed down in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar as shopowners reacted...

The fallout of Donald Trump's pullout from the Iran nuclear deal is biting. 



The country's football coach has slammed Nike, for not supplying his team with boots for the World Cup. The US sportswear firm says...

The International Film Festival in Tehran is one of the most important cinema events in the Middle East. 



Recently it has opened up, with more international films, filmmakers...

The 36th edition of the Fajr International Film Festival opened in Tehran with Oscar-nominated Iranian film director Majid Majidi's new movie "Beyond the Clouds" – the movie, filmed in India, is about a brother and sister...

Answers are being demanded of the Iranian government in the death of Kavous Seyed-Emami by friends, advocates and Canadian politicians. Seyed-Emami was being held in an Iranian prison on accusations of spying; authorities say he killed...

Gunmen attack Iranian parliament and nearby shrine

The collection held at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is perhaps the greatest outside the West, and yet rarely gets shown in Iran.

Iranians are sizing up Donald Trump and will be watching his presidency very closely

State TV reporting dozens injured, many trapped under rubble