A fifth round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the US start in the Italian capital of Rome.

Here are Press TV's news headlines at 09:00 GMT, May 23, 2025.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has left Tehran for the Italian capital of Rome to participate in the 5th round of indirect negotiations with the United States over the country’s peaceful nuclear program.

Pope Leo XIV has formally begun his papal reign inaugurating it with a mass in Saint Peter’s Square greeted by over 200,000 pilgrims.

Demonstrations take place around Italy to mark the 77th anniversary of Nakba, the day that witnessed the Israeli regime’s beginning to claim existence following a heavily-Western-backed war.

A demonstration takes place in Rome to mark the 77th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba as people in the occupied territories continue to experience mass displacement.

Araghchi says the fourth round of indirect negotiations between Tehran and Washington on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program will be convened in the Italian capital of Rome on Saturday.