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Iran has entered the 7th round of talks in Vienna with clear demands and proposals and is ready to engage as long as needed, but will not sacrifice the nation’s rights for the sake of deadlines, senior Iranian diplomat said. “The Islamic Republic has come to Vienna with full seriousness ...

Commander of the Iranian Navy unveiled plans to manufacture a new homegrown heavy submarine. In comments at a press conference on Saturday, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said the Navy is designing a new class of heavy submarine, called “Be’sat.” The construction of the new submarine will begin soon, Irani added. ...

“An agreement has been reached with the Agency in principle to resolve technical issues during the trip and we are following up on the issuance of a joint statement at the earliest opportunity,” FM Amir-Abdollahian said Wed. The Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and China’s State Councilor ...

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] has arrived in Tehran for meetings with top Iranian officials, days before the resumption of high-profile talks in Vienna on the removal of the United States’ sanctions against the Islamic Republic. Rafael Grossi arrived at Imam Khomeini International Airport on ...

Palestinian detainee, Kayed Al-Fasfous, won a decisive victory by ending his hunger strike which lasted for 131 days after an agreement was reached to end his administrative detention and release him after 23 days. “Israeli” authorities have issued an order to release him on 14 December. Kayed Al-Fasfous, father of ...

A number of US senators are seeking to block the Biden administration’s first major arms sales to Saudi Arabia, according to three senators. A proposed $650 million in US arms sales to the kingdom is facing a joint resolution of disapproval introduced by Republicans Rand Paul and Mike Lee, as ...

In a new aggression on the Syrian sovereignty, the “Israeli” military fired missiles at a target near the Syrian capital Damascus early Wednesday. According to SANA, “Israeli” forces in the Golan Heights fired two surface-to-surface missiles at an empty warehouse south of the city at around 12:45 am. The report ...

Washington is set to go ahead with a multi-billion-dollar warplane sale to the United Arab Emirates, a deal first signed by ex-President Donald Trump but frozen for review, including over concerns about the UAE’s role in the aggression on Yemen. The Joe Biden administration remains “fully committed” to the $23 ...

A senior Iranian diplomat has slammed the use of sanctions as “blunt and blind instruments” to exert pressure on world states, saying reforms are needed to prevent the United Nations’ Security Council [UNSC] from resorting to embargos that merely punish an entire nation but fail to contribute to international peace. ...

A spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has denounced the recent executions of 10 prisoners in Yemen by Saudi-backed militants, saying the perpetrators must be brought to justice. “We condemn the summary executions of 10 individuals belonging to local security forces that took place in Hudaydah governorate on 13 ...