By Elizabeth Howcroft and Tommy Reggiori Wilkes PARIS/LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - U.S. investigators are examining whether specific crypto platforms have facilitated sanctions evasion by Iranian officials,

The blast happened a day before a planned naval drill by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all oil traded passes.

President Donald Trump said Iran is negotiating “seriously" with the U.S. as he keeps military options on the table and American naval forces move into the region.

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Iran is weighing the terms for resuming talks with the United States soon, a foreign ministry official said on Monday, after both sides signalled readiness to revive diplomacy over a long-running nuclear dispute and dispel fears of a new regional war.

Iran says it has had summoned all of the European Union ambassadors in the Islamic Republic to protest the bloc’s listing of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terror group.

An explosion has ripped through an apartment building in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, killing a 4-year-old girl

By Maha El Dahan and Nayera Abdallah DUBAI, Feb 3 - Regional power United Arab Emirates urged Iran and the United States on Tuesday to strike a nuclear deal and reach a long-term solution to tensions ahead of the resumption of talks between the foes and regional states,

Iran escalates regional threats while reportedly exploring nuclear talks with the U.S., as violent regime crackdown on protesters killed thousands nationwide.