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Iran intends to start enriching uranium to 20% purity, the UN's atomic watchdog says - its most significant breach of an international nuclear deal so far.

A new weapon that uses satellites and artificial intelligence to hit targets with extreme precision poses some scary implications for warfare … if it exists

Iran is sending a large fleet of oil tankers to Venezuela to help the Latin American nation survive a severe lack of fuel, Bloomberg has reported, citing sources. Both countries are facing US sanctions targeting their oil trade.

The assassination of senior Iranian military researcher Mohsen Fakhrizadeh involved sophisticated electronic equipment controlled via satellite link, a senior official said. The scientist was gunned down in an ambush last week.

Newspaper publishes comment urging retaliation with strike on Haifa that ‘causes heavy human casualties’

US President-elect Joe Biden says the international system is "coming apart at the seams".

Tehran is waiting to see what President-elect Joe Biden does, while Iranian-backed militias in Iraq are continuing attacks against American interests.

The Islamic Republic is still looking to avenge the death of Qassem Soleimani, officials said.

At least 19 Iranian sailors were killed and 15 injured in an incident during an exercise, the military has confirmed. Earlier unofficial reports said that an Iranian frigate accidentally fired a missile at a naval support vessel.

Iran says it is ready for unconditional prisoner swap talks with the United States because of fears that the coronavirus could put the lives of the prisoners at risk, Iranian media reported Sunday.

Iran has summoned the Swiss ambassador in Tehran, who represents US interests in the country, over recent Gulf tensions, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Thursday, according to the IRIB news agency.

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) claims it has successfully launched a military satellite into orbit for the first time.

President Donald Trump has ordered the US Navy to “shoot down and destroy” Iranian gunboats, should they harass American vessels at sea. His declaration comes after a confrontation in the Persian Gulf.

Former FBI agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared in Iran 13 years ago, has died in custody there, according to statement from his family.

Washington’s offers to help Tehran against the deadly Covid-19 disease are disingenuous, because it is the US sanctions that undermine people’s access to medical care, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has said.

The country's death toll from Covid-19 has now reached 853 in total, with 129 new deaths in the past 24 hours, a health ministry official tweeted on Monday.

The coronavirus outbreak in Iran is spreading rapidly, with more than 8000 people infected. And now a “fake cure” has killed dozens.

Iranian authorities have announced that the plane crash they initially blamed on a mechanical failure was in fact shot down as a result of “human error,” according to state TV.

The Trump administration on Friday announced new sanctions on Iran in response to this week's missile strikes on Iraqi bases housing US and allied troops. 

The U.S. believes that a Ukrainian commercial aircraft that crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran, killing all on board, was downed by two surface-to-air missiles fired by Iran, a U.S. official said. The downing may have been a