Officially an Islamic republic, Iran is divided into five regions with 31 provinces. Tehran is the nation's capital, largest city and financial centre. A cradle of civilisation, Iran has been inhabited since the Lower Palaeolithic.

Iran now enriches uranium to near weapons-grade levels of 60%, the only country in the world without a nuclear weapons program to do so. Under the original 2015 nuclear deal, Iran was allowed to enrich uranium up to 3.67% purity and to maintain a uranium stockpile of 300 kilograms (661 pounds). The last report by the International Atomic Energy ...

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1 day ago · Iran doubles down on defense. While Washington asserts Iran’s openness to a nuclear deal that could prevent military confrontation, Tehran is ringing two deeply buried tunnel complexes with a ...

1 day ago · The clock is ticking on President Trump’s two-month timeline to reach a deal with Iran over its nuclear program, with the president signaling optimism ahead of a third round of talks later this ...

5 days ago · The United States and Iran held a second round of negotiations on Saturday in Rome over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program, officials said. U.S. Middle East envoy and billionaire Steve ...

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6 days ago · ISFAHAN, IRAN - MARCH 30: Technicians work inside of a uranium conversion facility producing unit March 30, 2005 just outside the city of Isfahan, about 254 miles (410 kilometers), south of ...

3 days ago · Iran, a mountainous, arid, and ethnically diverse country of southwestern Asia. The country maintains a rich and distinctive cultural and social continuity dating back to the Achaemenian period, which began in 550 bce. Since 1979 it has become known for its unique brand of Islamic republic.

2 days ago · Iran is a unitary Islamic republic with one legislative house. The country’s 1979 constitution put into place a mixed system of government, in which the executive, parliament, and judiciary are overseen by several bodies dominated by the clergy.