At an international conference in Tehran, top Iranian officials said they were eager to make a deal with Trump but that they wouldn’t buckle under pressure.

Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed doubt about his country's nuclear negotiations with the United States, saying he does not think the talks will come to a result, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei slamm ed U.S. demands that Tehran end its uranium enrichment program, stating that he does not believe ongoing nuclear negotiations with the U.S. will yield results. Iran says its nuclear program is for civilian purposes and that its enrichment program is a source of national pride and not negotiable.

State media reports that Iran has executed a man who carried out a 2023 attack on the Azerbaijan Embassy in Tehran, killing its security chief and wounding two others in an incident that escalated tensions between the neighboring nations.

Recent Iranian terrorism plots in the United Kingdom underline the high risk of attacks that would complicate Trump's pursuit of a nuclear deal.

The killing of the embassy’s head of security strained an already tense relationship between the neighboring countries.

A man charged over a fatal shooting at Azerbaijan's embassy in the Iranian capital, Tehran, was executed on Wednesday, Iran's judiciary news outlet Mizan said.

Armenian Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan and Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh met today in Yerevan.

Iran’s parliament has ratified a 20-year strategic partnership agreement with Russia, deepening ties between the two countries, Reuters reported on May 21. The agreement, initially signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Jan.