Oil prices hit their lowest since 2003 on Monday, as the market braced for a jump in Iranian exports after the lifting of sanctions against the country over the weekend.
Four Iranian-American citizens freed by Iran in a prisoner swap with the United States have left Tehran and are flying to Bern in Switzerland, Iranian state television reported Sunday.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said nuclear-related sanctions on his country would be lifted Saturday, telling reporters in Vienna it ‘was a good day for the world’.
The final implementation of Iran's nuclear deal with world powers is expected by Sunday, Iranian state media said, quoting deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi.
Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi accused Tehran of ‘provocative acts’ as top Arab diplomats met Sunday for talks on Saudi Arabia's diplomatic row with Iran.
Qatar's Foreign Affairs Ministry recalled the state's ambassador to Iran following the attacks on the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran and general consulate in Mashhad.
Iran postponed two premier league football matches, as air pollution more than twice the acceptable level persisted in the capital.