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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Monday urged the United States to be "realistic" to help reach an agreement in Vienna talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Cambodia has invited Iran to examine the feasibility of developing the Kingdom’s existing oil blocks and requested that the republic conduct further oil and gas exploration studies.

A top Iranian security official said on Monday that the success of the Vienna talks on the restoration of a 2015 nuclear deal depends on the U.S. political determination.

The iconic Azadi Tower in Tehran, Iran's capital, flashed red on Monday, a colour associated with good luck and happiness in China, to mark the Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 1 this year.

The Iranian foreign ministry denied on Monday a claim by U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan that there were direct talks between the two countries over the past few months, official news agency IRNA reported.

Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) staged a large-scale war game, codenamed "the Great Prophet 17," along the southern coasts of the country on Monday, state TV reported.

VIENNA - The latest round of nuclear talks between world powers and Iran adjourned here on Friday after what a senior State Department official said was a two-week session that was "better than it might have been" but "worse than it should have been."

Irans chief negotiator in the Vienna talks announced on Thursday that two draft texts containing Irans proposals on sanctions removal and nuclear restrictions have been presented to the parties to the 2015 nuclear agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

The designation came after a drone attack targeted a U.S. base in the al-Tanf area in southern Syria last week.

Iran appears to have been responsible for a drone attack last week on a U.S. outpost in Syria, suggesting that a new front could be opening in the low-level conflict that has simmered since the United States pulled out of the Iran nuclear accord in 2018.

Iran tests new indigenous air defense systems in large-scale drill

A prominent Iranian married couple on hunger strike could cause a political catastrophe if they die, an Iranian lawmaker warned on Saturday.