Moscow has again urged the West to invite Iran to next week's international peace conference on Syria.
Iran says it won't take part in next week's international peace conference on Syria if preconditions are set for its participation.
Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmud Alavi said the coverage of corruption cases by the media can hurt investment in the country.
The village of Kandovan in Iran's East Azerbaijan Province is home to ancient cliff dwellings, some of them inhabited for as long as 700 years.
White House spokesman Jay Carney says the United States has raised concerns with Russia about reports that Moscow and Tehran are negotiating a barter agreement for Iranian oil.
Washington rejects Iranian President Hassan Rohani's claim that a nuclear deal reached in Geneva in November was a "surrender" by world powers.
President Barack Obama has urged U.S. lawmakers to give diplomacy with Iran a chance after agreements with Tehran cleared the way during the weekend for a six-month interim nuclear deal to go into force on January 20.
With an interim deal on Iran's nuclear program and talk of involving Tehran in a Syrian peace conference, there is increasing room for Iran and the West to work together to solve crises. Could that lead to a U.S.-Iranian detente?
Iran's semiofficial news agency has reposted a dubious report on its English website that claims the foreign and domestic policies of the United States have been driven by an "extraterrestrial intelligence agenda" since 1945.
Conservative parliamentarian Ali Motahari has left himself exposed by his open criticism of the Iranian regime -- something usually reserved for the opposition, not someone within the hard-line camp. But in the face of scrutiny, Motahari is showing no signs of letting up.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are to meet in Paris on January 13 in a bid to decide Iran's role in ending Syria’s civil war.
Iran and world powers have agreed to start implementing their interim nuclear deal on January 20.
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