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 …

iranintl – The leader of a Swedish criminal network accused of assisting Tehran in attacks on Israeli-linked targets in Europe is currently living in Iran under the protection of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), sources told Iran International. Rawa Majid received funds from Iran’s embassy in Denmark to help coordinate attacks against Israeli diplomatic facilities in Copenhagen and Stockholm, …

iranintl – Iran has finalized four agreements worth a total investment of $4 billion with Russian companies to develop seven oil fields, Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said. During his visit to Moscow for the 18th session of the Iran-Russia Joint Economic Commission, Paknejad said on Thursday that the deals form part of broader efforts to expand strategic cooperation across sectors, including energy, …

Iranwire – Branch 23 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court has sentenced Gelareh Abbasi to 4 years and 3 months in prison. The former political prisoner received this sentence on charges of “assembly and collusion against national security” and “propaganda against the Islamic Republic.” Abbasi was arrested on February 16 at her home in western Tehran by Ministry of Intelligence agents …

Iranwire – Three prisoners died in Baneh Prison between mid-March and mid-April, with all deaths officially attributed to cardiac arrest, according to human rights sources. Ali Sohrabi, from Hamedan, died in April. The Hengaw Human Rights Organization reported that he died two days after being transferred to the prison. Farhad Ramazani, a father of one from Baneh, died on March …

Iranwire – A Kurdish prisoner arrested for providing medicine to injured protesters during the 2022 demonstrations has revealed the torture he endured while in detention. Razgar Beigzadeh Babamiri recounted his 130-day imprisonment in a letter obtained by IranWire. He wrote, “During 130 days of continuous detention with torture, in addition to bruising across my entire body, my left ear became …