Iran and Russia have signed a $25 billion agreement for the construction of four nuclear power plants as part of a long-term partnership deal aimed at consolidating ties between Tehran and Moscow in various fields.

The death toll from a massive explosion that rocked Iran’s southern Shahid Rajaee Port on Saturday has risen to 70, while more than 1,000 people have been injured

Iran’s southern Hormozgan Province announces three days of public mourning over a deadly blast at the port of Shahid Rajaee.

Shahid Rajaee Port, the largest port in Iran through which most of the international maritime trade takes place, was rocked by a massive explosion on Saturday.

Iranian border police have seized a ship carrying one million liters of smuggled oil in the waters of the Persian Gulf.