An official visit to Turkey by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani triggered a flurry of diplomatic statements and economic agreements celebrated by both sides on Monday, announcements that were read by observers as straightforward evidence that relations between the two sometimes rivals were on the upswing, and which came just as...

Iranian officials over the weekend acknowledged plans to hold meetings with the United States and Russia outside of ongoing negotiations between the P5+1 global powers and Tehran, a development that media outlets described as everything from evidence that the parties were scrambling to reinvigorate faltering talks over the Islamic republic’s...

The Hindu on Friday conveyed recent remarks from Hassan Nourian – Iran’s Consul General in Hyderabad – urging Indians to shrug off American pressure aimed at limiting trade with the Islamic republic: Pointing out that India was a big economy which has twice the landmass of Iran and 15 times...

As Iran shows no concrete sign of ending its nuclear program and continues its threats towards the West and interests in the region, its Arab neighbors have begun introducing the compulsory military draft for their young men. The president of the United Arab Emirates on Saturday issued a law implementing...

Hurriyet Daily News reported Thursday that Iran is looking to deepen the involvement of the Turkish financial sector in its oil and gas trade with Ankara, and is more specifically seeking “another Turkish lender to take part in its oil transactions along with the state-owned Halkbank.” Tehran’s moves were revealed by Turkey’s...

Comments made on Wednesday by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – which had the cleric boast that Iran has successfully maneuvered Washington past the possibility of using military force against Tehran’s nuclear program – continued to garner attention through Thursday, with the New York Daily News describing the comments as a...