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Iran president selects hardline cabinet to drive hard bargain with U.S.

By Michael Georgy DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran, emboldened by the messy U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, is betting that its new hardline cabinet -- including Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani --…

Iranian flight lands in Kabul after Taliban takeover – TV

DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian Mahan Air plane landed in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday with Iranian diplomats on board, arriving from the city of Mashhad, Iran's Al-Alam TV…

Iran replaces deputy foreign minister Araqchi who led nuclear talks

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday named Ali Bagheri Kani, a hardline senior diplomat, to replace Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, a seasoned pragmatist diplomat and chief negotiator in talks…

IAEA calls Iran’s treatment of watchdog’s inspectors ‘unacceptable’

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog on Tuesday described as "unacceptable" incidents in Iran involving its inspectors, in which diplomats say security staff subjected female inspectors…

Germany arrests man for shipping equipment for Iran’s nuclear programme

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police arrested a German-Iranian man suspected of exporting equipment to be used in Iran's nuclear and missile programmes in breach of European Union sanctions, Germany's federal…

Iran escapes rebuke at IAEA despite no ‘promise’ on open questions

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - Western powers on Monday scrapped plans for a resolution criticising Iran at the U.N. atomic watchdog after Tehran agreed to prolong monitoring of some…

Iraqi PM becomes first foreign leader to meet Iran’s Raisi

(Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi became the first foreign leader on Sunday to visit and meet with Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi since the hardliner took office in August.…

IAEA will have no access to surveillance camera footage in Iran – state-run TV

DUBAI (Reuters) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will have no access to footage captured by surveillance cameras at Iranian nuclear sites, Iran's state-run Press TV channel said on…

Iran envoy confirms IAEA head to visit Tehran for talks

DUBAI (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will travel to Iran on Saturday to meet the head of the Iranian atomic agency, Iran's envoy to the IAEA said…

Iran’s Guards target Kurdish rebels in Iraqi Kurdistan -report

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards on Thursday used artillery and drones to strike Kurdish militants based in neighbouring Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region, the Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported.…

Iran warns West of IAEA move as U.S says time running out to save nuclear deal

By Humeyra Pamuk RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (Reuters) - Iran's president on Wednesday warned Western states against rebuking Tehran at the U.N. atomic watchdog after its latest reports criticised his…

U.S. to discuss way forward on Iran in Moscow, Paris talks

By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley will visit Moscow and Paris this week for talks with Russian and European officials on Iran's nuclear program,…