Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has accused the US of “encouraging” Israel to kill Palestinians in the Gaza Strip amid rising tensions in the region over the Israel-Gaza war.

The United States accuses Iran of not only providing the weapons for use against Ukraine, but also helping Russia build a plant to manufacture them.

‘Iran is unwaveringly determined to deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership with China,’ Ebrahim Raisi says.

Japanese PM Fumio Kishida and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi are likely to discuss Iran’s nuclear programme and alleged provision of armed drones to Russia.

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan visited the Islamic republic on Saturday following a seven-year rupture. The two countries agreed in March to mend ties in a Chinese-brokered deal.

Authorities issued arrest warrants for a man seen pouring yogurt over the heads of a mother and her daughter The women were also the subject of arrest warrants for flouting Iran’s female dress rules, state media reported.

Iranian president’s visit signals eased tensions following Gulf summit, but Beijing’s latest statement with Tehran could cause ‘ripple effect’ in regional diplomacy and provoke reaction from Israel and Saudi Arabia, observer says.

Chinese president ‘gladly accepted’ invitation from Iranian counterpart, joint statement following Ebrahim Raisi’s visit says.

The Iranian president says his country will play an active part in the Belt and Road Initiative.

Ebrahim Raisi expected to meet Xi Jinping during first visit to China beginning Tuesday.

Ebrahim Raisi travels to Beijing this week in a trip expected to ease tensions that have simmered since President Xi Jinping’s meeting with Gulf leaders in December.

Nationwide protests have swept Iran following the death in September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country’s morality police.

Iran has seen protests since September after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, with protests morphing to calls for a new revolution.

Students at the all-female Alzahra University in Tehran chanted ‘get lost’, according to activists, as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited the campus and recited a poem that equated ‘rioters’ with flies.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi struck a defiant tone at the UN General Assembly after the death of an Iranian woman in police custody sparked protests around Iran.

The Ukraine war is high on the agenda, but Secretary General Antonio Guterres also highlighted growing inequality and the world’s ‘addiction’ to fossil fuels.

Mahsa Amini, 22, was visiting Tehran when she was detained by the unit responsible for enforcing the country’s strict dress code.

The signing ceremony was overseen by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro and took place in north Tehran on Saturday.

Ebrahim Raisi had not travelled in the Gulf region since taking office in June. He arrived in Qatar on Monday for a major gas summit that will be dominated by tensions over Ukraine.

Tehran marked two years since General Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi lieutenant were assassinated in a US drone strike at Baghdad airport on January 3, 2020.

The warning came a day after Washington hit out at Iran, saying talks with world powers had stalled because Tehran ‘does not seem to be serious.’

Monday marked the first discussions in five months, as diplomats race against the clock to save a 2015 deal abandoned by Trump.

A five-month delay has fuelled scepticism the United States and Iran will be able to bridge differences and revive a nuclear deal.

After presidents Ebrahim Raisi and Xi Jinping share phone call, Iran signals willingness to work with China on stability in Afghanistan, which borders both.

Ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi facing early tests on economy, tensions with West.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told a cabinet meeting that new Iranian leader Ebrahim Raisi’s government ‘must never be allowed to have weapons of mass destruction’.