Iran

An explosion in Shahid Avini Center belonging to The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran rocked the Iranian capital city of Tehran early on Saturday.

Iran has begun the process of producing enriched uranium metal, the UN atomic watchdog said on July 6, a move that could help it develop a nuclear weapon.

As widespread power cuts continued across Iran, angry protesters on Monday continued to shout anti-regime slogans in different cities and towns.

An unidentified security official in Iran said the country fought a group of Kurdish forces in the border area around Mariwan city, Akam news reported.

Iran's only nuclear power plant has been fixed, its manager said early on Monday, after two weeks of pause amid conflicting reports over an apparent technical issue.

Iran has been restricting UN nuclear inspectors' access to its main uranium enrichment plant at Natanz, Reuters reported citing diplomats.

United Nation Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on US President Joe Biden's administration to lift or waive all sanctions on Iran as agreed under a 2015 deal, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

The strike by Iranian workers in the gas, oil, and petrochemical industries, which began on Saturday June 19, is still ongoing after 10 days.

Iran said on Monday it has yet to decide whether to extend a monitoring deal with the UN nuclear watchdog which ended last week, Reuters reported.

Owners of cattle ranches took to the streets in Iran on Sunday to protest the rising prices of animal feed.