The U.N. atomic watchdog's chief said on Monday he was worried about rising tensions over Iran's nuclear programme and called for de-escalation through dialogue, departing from his usual guarded language on the country.
Iran has no plans to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said in an interview published by the Iranian parliament news site ICANA on Saturday.
The United States sanctioned Iran's largest petrochemical holding group on Friday for supporting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is due to visit Iran next week in an apparent mediation mission to ease tension between Iran and the United States.
The Israeli army on Monday showed the inside of a sophisticated tunnel passing deep underground from Lebanon into northern Israel, saying it was intended for use by Lebanese Hezbollah militants.
The Israeli military said its aircraft struck Syrian army targets on Sunday after rockets were fired at the Golan Heights, and Syria's state media said three soldiers were killed in the second such flare-up in a week.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began a five-day European trip on Friday with a delayed visit to Berlin.
Russia expressed support for Japan's intention to play a role in helping ease tensions between Iran and the United States.
Arab leaders gather in Saudi Arabia on Thursday for emergency summits that Riyadh hopes will deliver a strong message to Iran.
A cybersecurity firm says its research shows fake social media accounts spread anti-Trump, pro-Iran news during 2018 elections.
Israel's military said it attacked a Syrian anti-aircraft position that fired on one of its warplanes on Monday, and Syrian state media reported that a soldier had been killed in what it called an "Israeli aggression".
Canadian researchers have unmasked a disinformation campaign with possible links to Iran that includes posing as mainstream media to spread falsehoods targeting primarily Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United States.
The lack of direct contacts between Washington and Tehran create the risk of a tactical crisis getting out of hand and leading to a wider conflict.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting Iran as early as mid-June.
The U.S. State Department failed to meet a deadline on Thursday to provide information to three congressional committee chairmen looking into whether an annual arms control report slanted and politicized assessments about Iran, a congressional aide said.
After signals that the U.S. is not looking for military conflict with Iran, Revolutionary Guard commanders have started to claim victory.
Turkey stopped purchasing Iranian oil as of May as U.S. waivers granted last November to eight buyers expired, and will continue to abide by Washington's demand that it halt all imports of crude oil from the Islamic Republic.
Half of all Americans believe that the United States will go to war with Iran "within the next few years," according to a Reuters/Ipsos public opinion poll released on Tuesday amid increased tensions between the two countries.
Saudi Arabia said on Monday that it had intercepted two missiles in Mecca province fired by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, who earlier denied having targeted Islam's holiest site.
Some Democrats vying for the party's 2020 presidential nomination shifted the focus of the race to foreign policy on Sunday, criticizing Republican President Donald Trump as a weak commander in chief who is escalating tensions with Iran.
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