Iranian MP calls for sanctions on US ships amid nuclear talks

A member of the Iranian parliament’s Resistance fraction — a grouping of ultraconservative lawmakers — has called for sanctions on US ships in the Persian Gulf, accusing Washington of escalating pressure during ongoing nuclear talks.

Confidential data exposes depths of energy woes in Iran

President Masoud Pezeshkian’s campaigned on transparency, but his administration is presenting inflated and misleading data about Iran’s energy sector in an apparent bid to soothe public dissatisfaction with deepening blackouts.