Iran and the United States will meet in Oman for the first talks in President Donald Trump’s second term over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after years of tensions.

Iran says it has executed a dual Iranian-British national who once worked for its defense ministry.

A top Iranian official says his country is seeking “creative ways” to restore its nuclear deal with world powers after Russia’s foreign minister linked sanctions on Moscow over its war on Ukraine to the ongoing negotiations.

(Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)TEHRAN – A top Iranian security official on Monday accused Israel of using “electronic devices” to remotely kill a scientist who founded the Islamic Republic's military nuclear program in the 2000s. Israel insists Iran still maintains the ambition of developing nuclear weapons, pointing to Tehran’s ballistic missile program and research into other technologies. Iran long has maintained that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. Shahin Gobadi, an MEK spokesman, dismissed Shamkhani's remarks as “rage, rancor and lies” sparked by the group's earlier exposes over Iran's nuclear program. Though long suspicious of Iran’s nuclear program, the Emirates has said it wants to de-escalate the crisis.