The PDKI says six Kurdish fighters were killed in an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp ambush near Piranshahr, while the Revolutionary Guards claim five Kurdish militants dead.

The ceremonies arranged by the authorities eclipse even those held for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of Iran’s Islamic Republic. Whereas Khomeini's funeral, in 1989, lasted two days and reportedly drew 10m mourners (though some estimates put it at 2.

By Amanda Stephenson and Robert Harvey CALGARY/LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Oil prices were little changed for the week as traders held on to hopes for a successful outcome from attempts to secure peace between the U.

Pickaxe Mountain, a secret nuclear site in the Zagros Mountains, shows continued construction per satellite imagery. IAEA inspectors have not been allowed to visit the facility.

Everyday expenses have doubled,” one Tehran resident told NBC News.

US officials attempted to warn Iran of fears they had that Israel would assassinate meditators during talks this spring, two US officials said.

Iran allegedly attacked commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz to counter a new southern corridor developed by the U.S. and Oman, analysts say.