Iran's Haj and Pilgrimage Organisation said on Sunday the country's pilgrims would not attend the annual Muslim haj pilgrimage, blaming Saudi Arabia for "sabotage" and failing to guarantee the safety of pilgrims.
Moderate conservative Ali Larijani retained the speakership of Iran's parliament despite major gains for reformists in February elections, benefiting from credit gained by his support for last year's nuclear deal.
Sunni politicians in Iraq condemned a visit by Iranian General Qassem Soleimani to Shia paramilitary forces fighting alongside the Iraqi army to drive Islamic State militants out of the city of Falluja.
Loadings at 2.3mn bpd in April, 2.1mn bpd in May; oil exports to Europe at about half of pre-sanctions level
Iran's foreign minister Saturday said the United States must take concrete steps to encourage investors to engage with Tehran, a day after Western powers said they back legal business with Iran.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and visiting Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic listening to their national anthems
Iran has arrested eight people for working in "un-Islamic" online modelling networks, particularly on Instagram, the head of Tehran's cybercrimes court said on state television.
Big European banks remain reluctant to work in Iran four months after the lifting of international sanctions under a landmark nuclear deal with world powers, an Iranian official said on Sunday.
Kuwait's deputy foreign minister Khaled Jarallah said oil exporting countries must freeze production and the market could not support a production increase from Iran ...
Saudi Arabia on Thursday denied blocking Iranian Haj pilgrims after Tehran alleged "sabotage" by its regional rival.
It is high time the Gulf states relied on their own abilities and strengths and above all became more realistic in their relations with the US, a former member of the Saudi Arabian Shura Council has said.
Iran is preparing international legal action to recover nearly $2 billion that the US Supreme Court has ordered be paid as compensation to American victims of terror attacks ...
