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Tehran or Teheran is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With a population of around 13.2 million in the city and 23 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and in West Asia [6] and has the largest metropolitan area in the Middle East. It is ranked 9th in the world in terms of metropolitan population.

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Rouhani: U.S. has lost its chance to lift sanctions Iran’s president said on Wednesday that the United States had lost a historic opportunity to lift sanctions on his country over the coronavirus, while adding that the penalties had not hampered.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:03Published 6 days ago

US Might Ease Sanctions On Iran U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. may consider easing sanctions on Iran and other nations. According to Reuters, by doing so, the U.S. would help those nations fight the coronavirus.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:32Published 6 days ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has temporary prison leave extended The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has said her temporary leave from prison in Iran has been extended. Richard Ratcliffe said his wife’s father had been told her temporary release from Evin.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 01:08Published 1 week ago


Richard Ratcliffe: Nazanin's temporary release is light at end of tunnel The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has said her temporary release from prison in Iran will be “devastating” if it does not lead to her eventual release – but he is hoping developments.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 01:24Published 3 weeks ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe temporarily released from Iranian prison amid coronavirus outbreak Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been temporarily released from an Iranian prison amid the coronavirus outbreak. Tehran released thousands of prisoners temporarily in an effort to combat the spread of.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 01:21Published 3 weeks ago

Iranian students make masks for nurses amid crisis Iranian students worked to produce face masks for nurses on Monday (March 16) as the country's coronavirus death toll reached 853, with 129 new deaths in the past 24 hours. Iran is the worst-affected.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:37Published 3 weeks ago

Tehran disinfects streets to protect against COVID-19 coronavirus Iran is one of the worst-hit countries by COVID-19. View on euronews Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 00:50Published on March 5, 2020

Documents show Huawei role in shipping prohibited U.S. gear to Iran China’s Huawei Technologies, which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran, produced internal company records in 2010 that show it was directly involved in sending prohibited.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:28Published on March 2, 2020

Iranian film about living under autocratic regime wins top prize at Berlin Film Festival Mohammed Rasouof's Iranian drama 'There Is No Evil,' a powerful rebuke to the brutal and repressive regime in Tehran, has won the Golden Bear for best film at the 70th Berlin International Film.. Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 00:43Published on March 1, 2020

Pompeo grilled on Soleimani's killing, transparency Democratic congressman Andy Levin asks U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to show him on a map "which of our embassies were under threat of imminent attack so that you had to kill general Soleimani.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:47Published on February 28, 2020

U.S. offered to help Iran with coronavirus response: Pompeo U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States has offered to help with the coronavirus response in Iran, where the outbreak has killed 34 people and raised doubts about Tehran's.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:40Published on February 28, 2020

Many Friday Prayers Cancelled As Iran's Coronavirus Death Toll Rises Iran announced on Thursday its death toll from coronavirus had risen to 26. According to Reuters, it's by far the highest number outside China. The total number of infected people in Iran now stands at.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:39Published on February 27, 2020

Iran parliamentary elections : Hardliners win in Tehran, turnout at 42,6% Credit: FRANCE 24 English Duration: 03:55Published on February 23, 2020

Apathy runs high in Tehran as Iran gears up for parliament vote As campaigning ends, voters in capital say they will boycott key poll despite officials' appeals for a big turnout. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 05:12Published on February 20, 2020

Rouhani: Iran will never hold talks with US 'under pressure' Iran has said will never hold talks with the United States under pressure, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday (February 16), adding that Tehran's help was essential in establishing security in the.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:24Published on February 16, 2020

U.S. Senate rebukes Trump, votes to limit war powers on Iran The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trump's ability to wage war against Iran, rebuking him after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehran's.. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 02:25Published on February 13, 2020

Iran marks revolution anniversary amid U.S. tensions Tens of thousands of Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran on Tuesday morning to commemorate the 41st anniversary of the Islamic revolution, against a backdrop of escalating tensions with the.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:01Published on February 11, 2020

Irans mark revolution anniversary amid U.S. tensions Tens of thousands of Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran on Tuesday morning to commemorate the 41st anniversary of the Islamic revolution, against a backdrop of escalating tensions with the.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:01Published on February 11, 2020

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Rouhani: U.S. has lost opportunity to lift Iran sanctions amid coronavirus Iran's president said on Wednesday the United States had missed a historic opportunity to lift sanctions on his country during the coronavirus outbreak, though he said the penalties had not hampered.. Reuters - Published 6 days ago

U.S. renews sanctions waivers allowing Iran nonproliferation work The United States has allowed Russian, Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites to make it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons, the U.S. State Department.. Reuters - Published 1 week ago
Iran urges U.S. to free Iranian prisoners amid coronavirus The Tehran government on Friday urged the United States to release Iranians held in U.S. jails on sanctions-related issues due to fears about the coronavirus epidemic. Reuters - Published 2 weeks ago
U.S. imposes fresh Iran-related sanctions despite coronavirus The United States blacklisted five Iran- and Iraq-based companies and 15 individuals on Thursday for supporting terrorist groups, its third round of sanctions on Iranian targets in the last two weeks.. Reuters - Published 2 weeks ago

Tehran says missing former U.S. agent left Iran years ago Tehran said on Thursday that a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran 13 years ago had left the country a long time ago, despite his family saying a day earlier that he had died in Iranian custody. Reuters - Published 2 weeks ago
Iran has no knowledge of former FBI agent's whereabouts: Iranian official Tehran has no knowledge about the whereabouts of a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in March 2007, a spokesman for the Iranian mission at the United Nations said on Thursday. Reuters - Published 2 weeks ago
At Saudi music festival, Iran rivalry takes the stage Exile Iranian musicians critical of religious hardliners in Tehran converged this month to perform in the most unlikely locale: Saudi Arabia. Reuters - Published 3 weeks ago
U.S. sanctions Iran, seeks release of Americans amid coronavirus outbreak The United States imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on Tuesday, keeping up its economic pressure campaign even as it offered to help Tehran cope with the coronavirus pandemic and called on the Islamic.. Reuters - Published 3 weeks ago

U.S. seen spurning China's coronavirus-linked call for Iran sanctions relief The United States is unlikely to ease sanctions on Iran despite an appeal from China that it do so because of the coronavirus pandemic, sources familiar with the matter said, arguing that Tehran.. Reuters - Published 3 weeks ago
Iran coronavirus death toll rises by nearly 100 to 611 The death toll from coronavirus infections in Iran rose on Saturday to 611, up nearly 100 from a day earlier, state TV said, while Tehran's governor-general denied plans to impose a lockdown on the.. Reuters - Published 3 weeks ago
Coronavirus makes Iran more dangerous: U.S. general A top U.S. general said on Thursday that Iran is significantly underreporting the number of its coronavirus victims and he believed that the global pandemic is making Tehran more dangerous, a day after.. Reuters - Published on March 12, 2020	Shia militia likely to blame for killing U.S. troops in Iraq: U.S. general Shia militia groups in Iraq were likely responsible for the attack on Wednesday that killed one British and two American troops at a base north of Baghdad, a top U.S. general said on Thursday, in.. Reuters - Published on March 12, 2020
U.S. gives details on Iran sites under scrutiny of U.N. nuclear watchdog One of the three sites in Iran about which the U.N. nuclear watchdog says it has raised questions that Tehran has failed to answer may have hosted uranium metal, the United States said on Wednesday,.. Reuters - Published on March 11, 2020	Responding to U.S., Iran frets for jailed citizens amid coronavirus Iran expressed concern on Wednesday about the health of imprisoned Iranians in the United States amid the coronavirus outbreak, a day after Washington called on Tehran to free detained Americans. Reuters - Published on March 11, 2020
Coronavirus deaths rise to 145 in Iran, infections near 6,000: ministry Iran's death toll from coronavirus reached 145 on Saturday after another 21 people were confirmed to have died during the last day, among them a conservative lawmaker from Tehran, officials and local.. Reuters - Published on March 7, 2020	Iran says coronavirus toll jumps by 17 with 1,000-plus new infections Iran's death toll from coronavirus infections jumped on Friday to 124, as 17 died over the past 24 hours and more than 1,000 were additionally diagnosed with the disease, a health ministry spokesman.. Reuters - Published on March 6, 2020
Pompeo says Iran must be held accountable on nuclear commitments U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called on all nations to hold Iran accountable for its commitments under international nuclear agreements and said Tehran's failure to report nuclear.. Reuters - Published on March 5, 2020	On Ukraine visit, Canada minister presses Iran for access to black boxes from plane crash Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne on Wednesday urged Tehran to allow access to the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that was accidentally shot down over Iran in January. Reuters - Published on March 4, 2020
U.N. nuclear watchdog admonishes Iran for denying access to two sites The U.N. watchdog policing Iran's nuclear deal with major powers admonished Tehran on Tuesday for failing to provide access to two undeclared locations or fully answer its questions about past.. Reuters - Published on March 3, 2020	Jailed British-Iranian Zaghari-Ratcliffe in good health, Tehran says Jailed British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is in good health, Iran's judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday, after her husband said on Saturday he believed she had contracted the.. Reuters - Published on March 3, 2020
Exclusive: U.N. nuclear watchdog plans alert on Iranian stonewalling - diplomats The U.N. atomic watchdog policing Iran's nuclear deal with major powers plans to issue an imminent rebuke to Tehran for failing to provide access to one or more sites that are of interest to it,.. Reuters - Published on March 2, 2020	WHO technical team arrives in Iran to support coronavirus response A team from the World Health Organization (WHO) arrived in Tehran on Monday to support Iran's response to a coronavirus outbreak, the WHO said on Monday. Reuters - Published on March 2, 2020
Coronavirus death toll reaches 66 in Iran, includes a senior official The death toll from the coronavirus in Iran rose to 66 on Monday, including an official on a top council, as a World Health Organization (WHO) team headed to Tehran. Reuters - Published on March 2, 2020	Tehran reports 66 dead from coronavirus as WHO team heads to Iran Sixty-six people have died from the coronavirus in Iran and more than 1,500 have been infected, a senior official said on Monday, as a World Health Organization (WHO) team headed to Tehran. Reuters - Published on March 2, 2020
Some British embassy staff in Tehran evacuated due to coronavirus Dependants and some staff are being evacuated from the British embassy in Tehran as of March 1 due to coronavirus but essential staff will remain, Britain's Foreign Office said on Sunday as part of a.. Reuters - Published on March 1, 2020	Pompeo says U.S. offered to help Iran with coronavirus response U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States has offered to help with the coronavirus response in Iran, where the outbreak has killed 34 people, and raised doubts about Tehran's.. Reuters - Published on February 28, 2020
Iran coronavirus death toll reaches 26, Tehran Friday prayer canceled Iran said on Thursday its death toll from coronavirus had risen to 26 and the total number of infected people now stood at 245, the highest number of deaths from the virus outside China. Reuters - Published on February 27, 2020	Turkey says 132 on flight from Iran to be quarantined All 132 passengers and crew on a Turkish Airlines plane from Tehran will be quarantined for 14 days and tested for possible coronavirus infection at a hospital in Ankara, Turkish Health Minister.. Reuters - Published on February 25, 2020
Dubai airport suspends flights with Iran, except for Tehran Dubai International Airport has suspended all flights to and from the Islamic republic of Iran, with the exception of Tehran, its capital, an airport representative said on Tuesday. Reuters - Published on February 25, 2020	Coronavirus kills 12 in Iran, 61 infected: health ministry Twelve people have died and 61 have been infected with the coronavirus in Iran, Tehran's health ministry said on Monday. Reuters - Published on February 24, 2020
To preserve Shi'ite power in Iraq, Iran-backed groups turn to renegade cleric When the grip of Iraq's Tehran-backed Shi'ite Muslim parties and militias threatened to slip following the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, they turned to an unpredictable rival. Reuters - Published on February 24, 2020	Europeans, Britain, China, Russia to meet Iran in Vienna on Feb. 26 China, Russia, France, Germany and Britain will meet with Iran in Vienna on Feb. 26 to discuss how to uphold the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran, the European Commission said in a statement on Tuesday. Reuters - Published on February 24, 2020
Iran announces low poll turnout, blames coronavirus 'propaganda' Iran on Sunday announced a 42% turnout in its parliamentary election, the lowest rate since the 1979 Islamic revolution, while its top leader said Tehran's enemies played up the new coronavirus threat.. Reuters - Published on February 23, 2020	Iraq extends ban on border crossings by Iranians Iraq has extended an entry ban for any non-Iraqis coming from Iran, the prime minister said, as authorities in Tehran announced 15 more cases of coronavirus and a death toll of eight. Reuters - Published on February 23, 2020
Hardline Guards make early gains in restricted Iran election Candidates affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guards looked on course to win a parliamentary majority on Saturday, reportedly leading in the race in Tehran and towns and villages elsewhere, after a.. Reuters - Published on February 22, 2020	Candidates linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards leading in election in capital: Fars A list of candidates affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guards is leading in a parliamentary election in Tehran, the Fars news agency reported on Saturday. Reuters - Published on February 22, 2020
Iran's Khamenei says voting in parliamentary election 'a religious duty' Casting a vote in Iran's parliamentary election is "a religious duty", the country's top authority Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated on Friday after voting in Tehran, broadcast live on.. Reuters - Published on February 21, 2020	U.S. targets five Iranians in latest sanctions action The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on five Iranians in its latest action targeting Tehran, according to a notice posted Thursday on the U.S. Treasury Department's website. Reuters - Published on February 20, 2020
'Hit with a truck' - How Iran's missiles inflicted brain injury on U.S. troops In the wee hours of Jan. 8, Tehran retaliated over the U.S. killing of Iran’s most powerful general by bombarding the al-Asad air base in Iraq. Reuters - Published on February 20, 2020	Iran's judiciary says jailed German freed, returned home Iran has freed a German citizen sentenced to three years in jail, the Iranian judiciary said on Tuesday, a day after Tehran said a detained Iranian accused of violating U.S. sanctions had returned home.. Reuters - Published on February 18, 2020
Iranian accused of violating U.S. sanctions returns home from Germany An Iranian man accused of violating U.S. sanctions and detained in Germany has been freed and has returned to Iran after diplomatic efforts by Tehran, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday. Reuters - Published on February 17, 2020	Rouhani says Iran will never yield to U.S. pressure for talks Iran will never hold talks with the United States under pressure, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday, adding that Tehran's help was essential in establishing security in the Middle East. Reuters - Published on February 16, 2020
Saudi minister: Iran must change behavior before any talks Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Saturday no private messages or direct contact had taken place to ease tensions with Iran and that Tehran first needed to change its behavior before talks can.. Reuters - Published on February 15, 2020	Saudis don't want to de-escalate tensions with Iran, Zarif says Iran's foreign minister said on Saturday he did not believe Saudi Arabia wanted to defuse tensions with Iran as it was firmly under the influence of the U.S. campaign to pressure Tehran. Reuters - Published on February 15, 2020
Senate rebukes Trump, votes to limit Iran war making ability The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trump's ability to wage war against Iran, rebuking him weeks after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehran's.. Reuters - Published on February 14, 2020	Rebuking Trump over Iran, U.S. Senate passes measure curbing president's ability to wage war The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trump's ability to wage war against Iran, rebuking the president after a strike against an Iranian military commander and.. Reuters - Published on February 13, 2020