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iranintl – Senior Iranian clerics signaled guarded optimism toward renewed indirect talks with the United States over Iran’s nuclear program, while voicing the Islamic Republic’s uncompromising stance on national sovereignty and sanctions relief. Speaking at Friday prayers in Tehran, interim Friday prayer leader Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi-Fard said that Iran’s nuclear policy is rooted in a religious and political doctrine that prioritizes peaceful development …

iranintl – US President Donald Trump said he is open to meeting with Iran’s President or Supreme Leader, as Washington and Tehran continue indirect talks over Iran’s nuclear program. “Sure,” Trump said in an interview with Time magazine when asked if he would be willing to meet Iran’s top leaders. The comments come as the third round of indirect negotiations …

iranintl – Two university students were assaulted near their dormitory in Tehran on Wednesday, marking the latest in a series of attacks targeting students in the Iranian capital. “The recent assault took place in a location with a history of similar crimes,” said Hamed Ali Sadeghi, Khajeh Nasir University’s deputy for student and cultural affairs. “These two were targeted by …

iranintl – Iran’s Ambassador to Beirut Mojtaba Amani visited Lebanon’s foreign ministry to walk back earlier comments which appeared to call the Mediterranean country’s delicate efforts to disarm the Iran-back Hezbollah group a conspiracy. Amani had initially declined an earlier summons but attended Thursday’s meeting following a backlash over a post last week in which he warned of a conspiracy …

iranintl – The Netherlands summoned Iran’s envoy on Thursday after Dutch intelligence accused Tehran of an attempted assassination of an Iranian dissident in the country. It is likely that Iran ordered the attempted assassination of an Iranian activist Siamak Tahmasbi in Haarlem, Netherlands, in the summer of 2023, the agency’s annual report on Thursday of the General Intelligence and Security …