Lawyers

• Russia, Iran lift legal barriers on $5-bln State loans

  Russia and Iran have removed legal hurdles on on a State loan. According to a latest preliminary accord, Russia will grant a $5-billion loan to Iran.

• The European Union and Iran in Better Relations

  The European Union (EU) has been reaching great heights in its most recent dealings with Iran talking about economy, energy, education, migration and transport. According to reports, the visit also comes with the possibility of EU helping out Iran in its re-entry to the global financial system in Washington.

• EU Extends Assets and Travel Ban Sanctions to Iranian Individuals

  The European Union has extended the ban for 82 individuals accused of violating human rights. The EU has banned them from assets and travel since 2011.

• Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr's death execution: An uproar uprising against Saudi Arabia; Did Canadian diplomats overlook the case?

  An uproar happened in the Saudi embassy in Tehran as a result of the death execution of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. Canada dimplomats seems to overlook Sheikh Nimr's case.

• Oil Prices Volatile Following Saudi Arabia-Iran Spat

  Saudi Arabi has just cut its diplomatic ties with Iran causing the oil prices to go on a roller-coaster ride.

• Russia sees chance of deal at nuclear talks with Iran

  A senior Russian diplomat expressed optimism on Wednesday that a deal could be reached this month between world powers and Tehran on curbing Iran's nuclear program despite "deep gaps" on some issues.

• Rise in divorce in Iran linked to shift in status of women

  Weddings in Iran have long been an over-the-top affair with families spending thousands of dollars to celebrate a union. But now some couples are splurging on an entirely different sort of nuptial celebration: a divorce party.

• Senior police officers among seven dead in Iran plane crash: IRNA

  An Iranian police plane crashed late on Saturday killing four high-ranking officers investigating the deaths of police in a province that borders Pakistan and Afghanistan, state news agency IRNA reported.

• Minds focused by IS, Saudis and Iranians think about making up

  For decades the opposing poles of Middle East power politics, Saudi Arabia and Iran may be driven to set aside at least some of their differences by the rise of a mutual enemy: Islamic State.

• Plane from Afghanistan landed in Iran over flight plan issue: U.S.

  A charter aircraft flying from the U.S. airbase at Bagram in Afghanistan to Dubai was re-routed to Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Friday because of "issues with the flight plan," a U.S. State Department official said.