The Latest Breaking News from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

US President Donald Trump appeared to catch Tehran off guard on Monday when he announced "direct talks" between the arch-foes over Iran's nuclear programme, having previously threatened to bomb the Islamic republic.

Iran’s foreign minister confirms indirect talks with the US via Oman, questions sincerity of Washington’s approach.

US president threatens Iran with bombings if Tehran does not come to a nuclear agreement with Washington.

The threat from Tehran follows warnings by the US president of potential military action against Iran

Iran’s foreign minister says response sent through Oman, affirms policy that ‘indirect negotiations can continue’.

Israel Katz orders army to ‘seize more ground’ as he threatens ‘permanent occupation’

Trump is still met with defiance from the leadership in Tehran as he threatens military strikes against Iran.

The US president has threatened Iran, while the Pentagon vows ‘overwhelming lethal force’ against the Houthis in Yemen.

Azerbaijanis in Iran, like many other non-Persian ethnic minority groups living under the Islamic Republic, face repression and are denied the right to speak in their mother tongue at official gatherings, even if they are the president of Iran. Don’t they deserve better, Mordechai Kedar writes.