Tehran

Capital and largest city of Iran

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Tehran is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With a population of around 8.7 million in the city and 15 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and has the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East. It is ranked 24th in the world by the population of its metropolitan area.

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Iran's Rouhani urges Biden to return to nuclear deal Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the incoming U.S. administration on Wednesday to return to a 2015 nuclear agreement and lift sanctions on Tehran, while welcoming the end of President Donald.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 00:54Published 5 days ago

Thousands rally in Baghdad a year since Iran general’s killing Thousands of Iraqis converged on a landmark square in central Baghdad on theanniversary of the killing of a powerful Iranian general and a top Iraqimilitia leader in a US drone strike. The killing of.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 01:09Published 3 weeks ago

Inside Iran's pandemic frontline A look inside a Tehran hospital on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, through the eyes of 36-year-old nurse Somayeh Hosseinzadeh. Emer McCarthy reports. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:50Published on December 29, 2020

How close is Iran to producing a nuclear bomb? A 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is being eroded and efforts to revive the pact face a new challenge with the killing of Tehran's top nuclear scientist. Megan Revell reports. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 02:30Published on December 1, 2020

Iran mourns slain nuclear scientist A top advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader has warned that those responsible for killing one of the country's top nuclear scientists would face a "calculated and decisive" response. Tehran blames Israel.. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 01:20Published on November 29, 2020

Top Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated near Tehran Iranian foreign minister condemns killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh as an ‘act of state terror’ and links Israel to the attack. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 03:01Published on November 28, 2020

Suspected Iranian nuclear mastermind assassinated An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb program was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 02:04Published on November 27, 2020

Suspected Iranian nuclear mastermind Fakhrizadeh assassinated near Tehran Credit: FRANCE 24 English Duration: 04:15Published on November 27, 2020

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U.S. thinks any extension of Iran arms embargo should be open-ended: U.S. envoy for Iran The United States believes an extension of an arms embargo on Iran, currently due to expire in October under a 2015 nuclear deal, should be done so indefinitely without a fixed date, a top U.S... Reuters - Published on June 16, 2020
France says working with partners to pressure Iran at IAEA on inspector access France said it was working with Britain and Germany to see the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog board of governors push Iran this week to cooperate fully and immediately to grant its inspectors access to sites.. Reuters - Published on June 16, 2020
Iran urges Russia, China to resist U.S. push to extend arms embargo Iran on Wednesday called on Russia and China to resist a push by Washington to extend a U.N.-imposed arms embargo due to expire in October under Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with six powers. Reuters - Published on June 10, 2020
Iranian-American freed in prisoner swap with U.S. arrives in Iran An Iranian-American doctor has returned to Iran, Iranian state media reported on Monday, after a swap deal between Tehran and Washington that resulted in the release of a U.S. Navy veteran detained in.. Reuters - Published on June 8, 2020

Iranian Foreign minister challenges Trump to return to nuclear deal Seizing on Donald Trump’s conciliatory tone after Tehran released an American Navy veteran, Iran’s foreign minister challenged the U.S. president on Friday to return to the nuclear deal that.. Reuters - Published on June 5, 2020
Macron demands release of French-Iranian academic Adelkhah France demanded on Friday that Franco-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, whom Tehran has sentenced to six years in prison, be released immediately, saying her detention was harming trust between the two.. Reuters - Published on June 5, 2020
Russian senator criticises U.S. for ending sanctions waivers on Iran nuclear sites The United States' decision to end sanctions waivers that had allowed some work to proceed at Iranian nuclear sites will only provoke Tehran into developing nuclear weapons, Interfax cited Russian.. Reuters - Published on May 28, 2020	France says relations with Iran tougher after citizen sentenced France's foreign minister said on Tuesday that relations with Iran had become more difficult after Tehran sentenced a French-Iranian academic to prison in what he said was a politically motivated.. Reuters - Published on May 26, 2020
U.S. targets Iran's interior minister in latest sanctions: Treasury Department The United States has sanctioned Iran's interior minister in its latest action against Tehran, according to a notice posted on the U.S. Treasury's website on Wednesday. Reuters - Published on May 20, 2020	Iran complains to U.N., summons envoy over U.S. threat on Venezuela shipment Iran complained to the United Nations on Sunday and summoned the Swiss ambassador in Tehran, who represents U.S. interests in the Islamic Republic, over possible measures Washington could take against.. Reuters - Published on May 17, 2020
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Iran dismisses U.S. threat to trigger return of U.N. sanctions Iran's Foreign Minister on Thursday dismissed as "foolish claims" U.S. threats to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions if the U.N. Security Council does not extend an arms embargo on.. Reuters - Published on May 14, 2020	Russia slams U.S. assertion at U.N. that it remains party to Iran nuclear deal Russia's U.N. ambassador slammed the United States on Tuesday as "ridiculous" for arguing it was still a member of the Iran nuclear deal two years after it quit, so Washington could trigger a return of.. Reuters - Published on May 12, 2020
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Tehran

Capital and largest city of Iran

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