US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump backed off a false claim, admitting he had not seen a video of a $400 million payment being unloaded from a US plane in Iran, it was reported on Saturday.
Members of Irans dispatched squad to Rio Olympic Games paraded in front of the Games guests at the opening ceremony on Saturday while Iranian Olympics and Paralympics gold winner sportswoman Zahra Nemati was Irans flag bearer.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman rejected as interference the expression of concern by certain Western officials and by a UN commissioner about the execution of terrorists in Iran.
The website of Irans Arabic-language Al Alam television news network, has been hacked,marking the latest cyber attack against the Tehran-based channel.
A senior adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran sees no difference between the US presidential candidates from the Democratic and Republican parties.
A massive fire on a 42-inch gas pipeline in southern Iran has been contained after leaving one person dead, the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) says.
A US-based advocacy group has been sending letters to international companies, warning them of the costs of doing business with Iran despite the signing oflast years nuclear dealthat would seethe lifting of sanctions, a French newspaper says.