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Supporters hold a photo of British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, whose jail sentence was recently extended by a year.

Iran claims of multibillion-dollar prisoner deal played down by US, Britain

The United States and Iran are in active talks over the release of prisoners, a person familiar with the discussions said as Washington denied a report by Iranian state-run television that deals had been struck.

  • Matthew Lee and Eric Tucker

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Ophthalmology registrar Joobin Hooshmand, who works with NSW Health, helped co-ordinate the open letter.

As COVID-19 hits Iran, Australian health practitioners plead for Bahais in prison

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said at the weekend that as many as 25 million Iranians could have been infected with the coronavirus.

  • Steve Jacobs
President Hassan Rouhani adjusts his face mask in in Tehran during a meeting on the nations' fight against COVID-19.

Iran president says coronavirus outbreak may be 100 times worse than previously thought

Amid a fresh outbreak, Iran has reintroduced restrictions in Tehran and other parts of the nation.

A cleric talks with a patient infected with coronavirus, at a hospital in Qom, 125 kilometres south of the capital Tehran, Iran.

Iran reports more than 100 new virus deaths as fears mount

Iran acknowledged that "many" of those who have died from the COVID-19 illness caused by the virus were otherwise healthy, with 15 per cent under 40 years old.

  • Nasser Karimi
An almost empty British Airways passenger plane flies from Milan to London in Milan, Italy.

'Push this virus back': World takes drastic measures to halt COVID-19

As China appeared to be winning its costly battle against the new virus, the fight was revving up in newly affected areas of the globe.

  • Matt Sedensky
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pictured at a meeting in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, has blamed foreign forces for the low voter turnout..

Iran's hardliners win as turnout slumps

Hardliners and conservatives won all 30 seats in Tehran, the largest and most influential constituency.

  • Arsalan Shahla and Golnar Motevalli
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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani is hopeful the US will return to the negotiating table.

Trump doesn't want war ahead of 2020 vote: Iranian President

The Iranian leader encouraged Iranians to turn out in large numbers for Friday's parliamentary elections, as a show of defiance against the US.

Pro-government protesters burn an American flag and a cut-out depicting British ambassador Rob Macaire.

Iranian Guards arrest person who filmed plane being shot down

Revolutionary Guards made the arrest as the president announced a special court to investigate the incident, highlighting Tehran's power struggles.

  • Mujib Mashal
Republican congressman Paul Gosar tweeted a doctored picture of President Barack Obama shaking hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in an apparent effort to criticise the former US leader’s Iran policy.

Republican congressman doubles down after tweeting fake image of Obama with Iran president

When commenters pointed out that the photo was a hoax, Paul Gosar doubled down, calling his critics "dim witted" and implying that he knew the photo was fake.

  • Reis Thebault
Large protests across highways and in the streets have left six dead, according to reports, after the government increased the fuel price.

Iran's top leader warns of 'thugs' as petrol protests touch 100 cities

Demonstrators have abandoned cars along major highways and joined mass protests in the capital, Tehran, and elsewhere.

  • Jon Gambrell

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