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Iran denies receiving Trump's letter seeking nuclear negotiations

Iran denies receiving letter from US President Donald Trump, but dismissed prospects of nuclear negotiations so long as Washington sanctions on Tehran remain in place.

Iran

Iran's supreme leader warns against Trump negotiations

The US president suggested this week that a nuclear deal with Tehran might be possible.

Lebanon

Najib Mikati asks Iran to broker Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire

Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has appeared to encourage Tehran to convince Hezbollah, which it supports, to agree to a deal that could require the militant group to withdraw from the Israel-Lebanon border.

Iran

Iran's supreme leader treads carefully in response to Israeli attack

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made his first comments on Sunday regarding Israel's attack, saying it "should not be exaggerated nor downplayed."

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Iran

Iran's new president sworn in, pledges to fight economic sanctions

Heart surgeon Masoud Pezeshkian takes over from his predecessor Ebrahim Raisi, whose death in a May helicopter crash sparked the early election.

Iran

Iran's new reformist president Masoud Pezeshkian delivers first speech

"We make promises and we fail to fulfill them. This is the biggest problem we have,” Pezeshkian said in his first speech as Iran's new president.

Iran

Iranians choose between hardliner and reformist in presidential runoff

Iranians are headed to the polls Friday in a final round of voting to replace the late Presidentı Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash in May.

Iran

Iranian presidential election runoff: Here's what you need to know

As voters go out to elect Iran's new president, Euronews takes a look at the two candidates facing off on Friday and the voters' main concerns.

Iran

Euroviews. Why is Masoud Pezeshkian (most likely to be) Iran's next president?

Seen as a reformist by many, Pezeshkian must be free to fulfil his promises without interference, especially from the IRGC and other radical hardliners inside and outside the parliament, Euronews' Babak Kamiar writes.

Iran

Iranians begin voting to replace president killed in helicopter crash

63-year-old Ebrahim Raisi died in the May 19 helicopter crash that also killed the country's foreign minister and others.

World News

Iran's leader admits Tehran hit little of Israel in attack

All the latest from the Israel-Hamas war and Middle East conflict.

Iran

Iranians headed to the ballots on Friday amid widespread discontent

While Ayatollah Khamenei is urging his people to vote, many might still sit out this week's parliamentary election.

Iran

Euroviews. Iran's upcoming election is a mafia-style tussle of Khamenei's minions

The 1 March election is set to be an insider patron-client fight, with various oligarchic clans competing to have the upper-hand insider hand and ultimately a greater slice of the pie in the kleptocratic so-called “holy system” that is the Islamic Republic, Saeid Golkar and Kasra Aarabi write.

Iran

Iran acknowledges ‘tens of thousands’ detained in protests

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei “agreed to offer amnesty and reduce the sentences of tens of thousands accused and convicted in the recent incidents”, the state-run IRNA news agency said.

World News

‘Mercenaries’: Iran’s Leader denounces anti-government protesters

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has praised paramilitary volunteers tasked with quashing dissent on Saturday in a televised address.

World News

Iran activists call for new rallies as demonstrations enter fifth week

Over 100 people have died in Iran as demonstrations over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini enter fifth week.

Iran

Protests escalate over woman's death after morality police arrest

Iran's morality police arrested Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdistan native, on 13 September in Tehran for "wearing unsuitable attire". She died three days later in hospital.

Iran

What was discussed at the Russia-Turkey-Iran summit?

Iran's Supreme Leader endorsed the Ukraine war at the trilateral summit between Russia, Iran and Turkey, while Ankara sought support for its own goals.

Iran

Hardliners set for big gains in Iran's legislative elections

Turnout will be seen as a key measure of support for Iran's leadership at the time of a sanctions-linked economic downturn and diplomatic isolation.

Iran

Euroviews. The EU must stop giving Iran’s foreign minister a platform for disinformation ǀ View

Rather than continuing to invite Zarif for open-ended diplomatic talks, EU member states should begin to adopt strategies aligned with the US. His movements were severely limited during his last visits to the United Nations in New York, and in July he was made subject to US economic sanctions.