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Iran's Revolutionary Guards have detained several foreigners, including Britain's second most senior envoy in Tehran, for alleged acts of spying such as taking soil samples in restricted areas, state television reported on Wednesday.

Iran said on Wednesday it sought a strong and lasting nuclear agreement with world powers following talks with U.S.

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said on Tuesday that he will press French President Emmanuel Macron on the Iranian nuclear negotiations and urge a tougher Lebanese stance against Tehran-backed Hezbollah.

US, Iran chief negotiators in Qatar for nuclear talks

Qatar will host indirect talks between Iran and the United States in the coming days, Iranian media reported on Monday, amid a push by the European Union to break a months-long impasse in the negotiations to reinstate a 2015 nuclear pact.

EU top diplomat bids to 'reverse tensions' on surprise Iran visit

Indian authorities seized nearly 90 kg of heroin worth $58m (£46m) from Pipavav port in the western state of Gujarat last week. It had been kept in bags containing heroin-soaked yarn bales.

The Islamic republic has generally barred female spectators from football and other sports stadiums since it was established in 1979.

Israel fears Iran is seeking to obtain nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran denies.

An Iranian man who was jailed for murder around 18 years ago and was put on death row, suffered a cardiac arrest after he got to know that he will not be executed.

The man murdered his 17-year-old spouse as part of an "honour killing" ritual he participated in with his brother.

Last year Iran also lost its vote over unpaid dues. It said it could not pay even the minimum amount because of US economic sanctions.

Two weeks earlier the US Navy said it had rescued five Iranian sailors injured in an explosion on their vessel and seized its cargo of illegal drugs.

UN Security Council Resolution 2231 of 2015, endorsing the nuclear deal, imposed no blanket ban on Iranian rocket or missile launches.

Some Gulf countries such as Qatar and Oman are often seen as channels for the US to communicate with Iran.

President Joe Biden's administration says it is ready to return to the 2015 deal and lift sanctions but negotiations have stalemated.

The ship was heading towards Iran under the control of armed men, said industry intelligence site Lloyd's List.

The MT Mercer Street, managed by prominent Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer, was attacked Thursday off Oman.

Smoke was still rising from the charred debris of the temporary building on Tuesday, as grieving relatives looked on.

The US side said the Iranian actions "increased the risk of miscalculation and/or collision."

IAEO spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi had earlier reported an accident at the enrichment facility caused by a "power failure".

The assassination of Fakhrizadeh is the latest in a series of killings of nuclear scientists in Iran.

Russia, the United States and France have called for an immediate halt to the fighting.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani voiced guarded hopes for negotiations that his government has opened with the Taliban to end two decades of war.

Microsoft said that attackers have been targeting staff from the campaigns of President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden.

Fresh clusters have been reported in countries that had previously brought their outbreaks under control.

Resurgent virus outbreaks have forced nations around the world to step up measures against the contagion.

The United States is the world's worst-hit country with 135,171 deaths from 3,301,820 cases.

The pandemic is gathering pace in Latin America, and Iran and India have reported worrying increases in deaths and infections.

As of 1900 GMT, a total of 400,581 deaths were recorded worldwide.