Iran’s state oil company successfully mounts a giant drilling platform at the Reshadat oilfield in the Persian Gulf.

The United States has authorized the production, delivery and sale of Iranian oil for 60 days, implementing a key provision of a recent memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran aimed at advancing talks toward a final agreement.

The US-Israeli war sent shockwaves through strategic metals markets, but Iran emerged with a rare-earth processing plant that could reshape global supply chains.

Iran is remaking its ports into Eurasian logistics hubs, slashing China-Europe rail transit to 15 days and challenging maritime chokepoints.

Iran's industry minister says the country's economic resilience and national unity have reduced the impact of sanctions on economic activity.

Strikes on Iranian universities and tech firms have damaged infrastructure but not the indigenous expertise that has driven the country's sanctions-defying scientific rise, from vaccines to bioreactors exported to Germany.

Iran and Russia are expected to complete the third and final phase of integrating their national banking payment systems within the next two months, the governor of Iran's Central Bank says.