Speaking with NBC News’ Lester Holt, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian denied his government plotted to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump last year.

Just three days before US President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, Russia and Iran have finally signed a “comprehensive partnership agreement,” a deal that had been in the works for months.

Iran's leader made the claim less than a week before the president-elect returns to the White House. In his first term, Trump took a tough line on Iran.

Trump’s repeated warning that “all hell will break out” should Hamas not release all remaining hostages before he takes office is an example of how he “speaks like a Middle

Since November, producers have been denied electricity for as many as two days a week as the aging grid staggers under international sanctions and lack of foreign investment

In his first interview with foreign press since the U.S. presidential election, Iran’s new president Masoud Pezeshkian denied a plot to assassinate Donald Trump. It comes after the Department of Justice charged an Iranian national in November in a plot to assassinate Trump.

With just three days to go until Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States, experts are steeped in uncertainty as to how Trump’s appointees to the top diplomatic roles will be vying for influence over long-term Middle East agenda items.

President-elect Donald J. Trump has made big promises on Ukraine, Iran, China and crises around the globe. But he will have to make difficult choices.

Trump's role in securing a hostage deal in Gaza before taking office drew parallels with Iran's release of American hostages in 1981.

LIVE: Before Donald Trump's Return, Iran Expands Nuclear Program | Vantage with Palki Sharma The West Asia crisis continues to spiral out of control with growing enmity between Iran and its arch rivals,

With just over a week until President-elect Donald Trump takes office, the soon-to-be second-time U.S. leader famed for his "art of the deal" approach in business and politics prepares to take on a series of interconnected yet equally volatile conflicts in the Middle East.