A Madina-based court awarded 8 and 10 years in prison to 6 Pakistanis for the disrespectful act of raising slogans in the holy mosque of Masjid-e-Nabvi.

On August 1, Iran says it remains "optimistic" that the negotiation process will lead to "a logical and reasonable outcome".

The militant group has warned Israeli leaders against ‘playing with time’ in their offshore territorial dispute with Lebanon

"As Iran, we stand ready to conclude the negotiations in a short order, should the other side be ready to do the same."

She said at least eight other prisoners in Iran are currently at risk of having their fingers amputated.

Washington has walked back earlier charges of an imminent weapon sale to Russia

"Turkey, Finland, Sweden -- they signed a trilateral memorandum in Madrid to set this process in motion".

Dropping restrictions on access to Saudi airspace means they will be able to use it to reach Asia too.

Iran has since ramped up some nuclear activities, putting a ticking clock on an attempt to return to a deal in talks between Western powers and Tehran in Vienna.

It commits the United States to "never to allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon", stating that it "is prepared to use all elements of its national power to ensure that outcome".

The kingdom has repeatedly said it would stick to the decades-old Arab League position of not establishing official ties with Israel until the conflict with the Palestinians is resolved.

This month, the Israeli military said it had intercepted a total of four unarmed drones headed for an offshore gas rig.