Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Ahmad al-Jubeir has said that "Those in the Iranian administration who talk about negotiations between Iran and Saudi Arabia have no power."
The Shiite Arbaeen pilgrimage was an routine religious event a decade ago until Iran decided to make it a showcase of its influence in Iraq and the region.
The Rouhani administration's spokesman Ali Rabiei says the administration has revised the regulations for the privatization of government companies, official news agency IRNA reported on Tuesday October 22.
Facebook claims to have dismantled three networks of Pages and Groups on Facebook and Instagram that originated in Iran. These networks were targeting U.S. and Latin America.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has criticized the international watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for calling upon members to require an increased supervisory examination of Iran-based branches and subsidiaries of financial institutions, calling the move "a political decision."
Close allies of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani denied on October 20 that intelligence agents had detained several suspects connected to his administration for leaking state secrets to a dissident website outside Iran.
As mediation efforts are under way to reduce tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia after an escalation caused by the attacks on Aramco oil facilities, there are indications that the United Arab Emirates has started to improve its ties with Iran.
The Iranian government is continuing to cut off cash subsidies as the economic crunch resulting from U.S. sanctions become increasingly daunting.
Hossein Fereidoun, the younger brother and confidant of President Hassan Rouhani was jailed on Wednesday October 16 after the Court of Appeal in Tehran sentenced him to five years in jail on the first of October.
Nobody can imagine how I loved Iran, but I will never go back to the country, says a Russian journalist who was detained October 2 after arriving in Iran.
The hardliners in Iran sit on the saddle and other political factions are not sure how to approach the upcoming parliamentary elections. There is apathy among the people and a tight grip by hardliners on the whole process.
U.S. Special Representative for Iran, Brian Hook says that a forty-year history of the Islamic Republic shows that it only comes to the negotiating table when under threat of military force, sanctions or political isolation.
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