Iran

Iranian teachers, who have been recently employed by the government, gathered on Monday in front of the parliament protesting against “insufficient” salaries.

Iran has set strict restrictions on its land borders, specifically for travelers from Turkey and Iraq, ILNA news agency reported on Monday citing an Iranian official.

Iran’s First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri talked with South Korea's Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on bilateral ties and Iran’s frozen funds, Iranian media reported.

Natanz nuclear facility in the Iran’s central province of Isfahan has been reportedly hit by a cyber-attack on Sunday, the country’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi confirmed.

Tehran announced Saturday it has started up advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges, Iranian media covered the news.

Mohammad Nourizad, a prominent political activist jailed in Tehran’s notorious prison of Evin, in a letter asked Iranians to boycott the presidential election in June. 

The European Union says Iran, a group of European countries, Russia and China will hold virtual talks on April 2 about the possible return of the United States to a 2015 nuclear deal.

The European Union will target eight Iranian militia and police commanders and three state entities with sanctions next week over a deadly crackdown in November 2019 by Iranian authorities, three diplomats said on Wednesday according to Reuters.

Advisors to the US President Joe Biden believe Iran wants to start debating the 2015 nuclear deal, Reuters reported.

Iran will not stop its 20% uranium enrichment before the United States lifts all sanctions, Iranian state TV quoted an unnamed official as saying on Tuesday.