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Iran to boycott 2026 World Cup draw over US visa snub

Tehran condemns move as ‘non-sporting’ as key officials barred from attending

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Iran's players celebrate after scoring during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Asia zone qualifiers group A football match between Iran and Uzbekistan, on March 25, 2025 in Tehran.

Indians lose Iran's visa-free entry from November 22

Decision comes amid rising fraud, trafficking networks linked to illegal job routes

Women enter a station of the Shiraz Metro in northwestern Iran on September 17, 2025.

Iran no longer enriching uranium at any site: Minister

All of our facilities are under the safeguards and monitoring, he says

“There is no undeclared nuclear enrichment in Iran. All of our facilities are under the safeguards and monitoring” of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Araghchi said.

Iran: Dam reservoir levels drop below 3% in second city

Mashhad, home to around four million people and Iran's holiest city, relies on four dams

A trickle of water flows in the mainly dried-up Kan River, west of Tehran on November 9, 2025, as the Iran faces sever water shortages.

9 Kuwaiti planes make emergency landings in Iraq

All nine planes landed safely without incident

Thick fog in Basra, Kuwait, and Ahvaz caused poor visibility.

India: 6-month sanction exemption on Iran port

New Delhi and Tehran last year signed a contract to develop Chabahar project

India, which is locked in wider trade negotiations with Washington, said sanctions on its Chabahar project had been paused.

Iraq says some US military advisers will stay

US military advisers and support personnel stationed at Ain Al Asad air base in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani speaks at his political block campaign rally before the parliamentary elections in Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.

Khamenei: Trump can ‘keep dreaming’ over nuclear sites

Last week, Trump reiterated that US confirmed 'obliterating' Iranian nuclear sites

A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him addressing a meeting with local champions and medalists of sports and world science awards in Tehran on October 20, 2025.

UN sanctions revive Iran tensions, stall diplomacy

Renewed restrictions harden Tehran’s defiance and push nuclear crisis into new territory

Iran has condemned as "unjustifiable" the reinstatement of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear programme, after the collapse of talks with Western powers and Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear sites.

From 1940s Dubai to a lasting Iranian restaurant legacy

Mohammad Ali Ansari watched a city rise before his eyes, before he set up Al Ustad

After many jobs that ranged from working in a grocery store, and trading with the Iranian government, Mohammad Ali Ansari started the Al Ustadi restaurant in 1978.

Iran approves plan to slash four zeros from currency

Under the plan, 10,000 current rials will be replaced by one new rial

An electronic board displays currency exchange rates in Ferdowsi Square in the Iranian capital Tehran on September 28, 2025,.

UN sanctions return: Iran calls move ‘unjustifiable’

Measures bar dealings linked to country's nuclear and ballistic missile activities

The return of the sanctions ends months of tense diplomacy aimed at reviving nuclear talks derailed since June, when Israeli and US forces bombed Iranian nuclear facilities.

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