The incoming head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says he knows of no hard evidence that Iran is trying to gain the ability to develop nuclear...

South African police have seized a large quantity of heroin which they say was smuggled into the country from...

The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding freedom of expression and press freedom on Friday voiced his strong support for the recent call issued by the foreign ministers of the Group of Eight (G8) nations on Iran to respect fundamental human rights....

US President Barack Obama has been squabbling with West European leaders over how to handle issues such as the global economic crisis and climate change, and those differences appeared to hang over the upcoming G8 summit in...

The lawyer of a detained Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran said today his client had been charged with “acting against national security”.Lawyer Abdolsamad Khorramshahi said his...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A newspaper editor seen as close to Iran's top authority said on Saturday defeated election candidate Mirhossein Mousavi and a former pro-reform president had committed "terrible...

John McCain called for Americans to support Iranian election protesters. The one-time presidential rivals both cited the spirit of the nation's founders in their Fourth of July radio and Internet...

Iranian worshippers perform Friday prayers, at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3,...

A senior pro-reform cleric said many Iranians remained unconvinced about President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election because of voting "ambiguities" and the government could face problems, an...

Kuwaiti Mobile Telecommunications Co (Zain) has reportedly landed in trouble in Iran as the government says the company failed to “fulfill its obligations”, according to a...

Two Iranian men convicted of murder have been hanged in a prison in the southern city of Shiraz, Etemad newspaper reported on Saturday. The latest hangings bring to at least 141 the number of...

Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to the United States, on Friday warned that an Iranian atomic bomb could "wipe Israel off the map in a matter of seconds," and that the Iranians could "accomplish in...

TEHRAN, Iran — A top aide to Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and said in an editorial Saturday he should be tried for committing crimes against the...

'); CAIRO | A powerful cleric said Friday that Iran will put British Embassy staffers on trial for fomenting postelection turmoil, a step that would likely increase Iran's isolation and alienate...

Tehran - The chief editor of Iran's state-run newspaper Kayhan accused opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi and former president Mohammad Khatami of treason Saturday. "The two main protagonists...

TEHRAN - A leading Iranian daily called on Saturday for Mir Hossein Mousavi to be tried for treason, as hardliners stepped up their attacks on the opposition leader over the unrest that followed last...

Last updated: 2:34 amJuly 4, 2009 Posted: 2:17 amJuly 4, 2009 Iran will stage a show trial of British Embassy staffers arrested for allegedly instigating postelection chaos, a top cleric announced...

The New York TimesBy MICHAEL SLACKMANPublished: July 3, 2009 CAIRO — Iranian leaders say they have obtained confessions from top reformist officials that they plotted to bring down the...

The Associated PressBy SAM F. GHATTASBEIRUT (AP) — Syria's leader sent a July 4 message full of praise to President Barack Obama on Friday and invited him to visit Syria — the latest...

Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari and a number of reformist leaders in Iran are to face trial accused of "acting against national security," their lawyer Saleh Nikbakht...

Britain's Foreign Office on Friday expressed concern over reports in Iran that staff of its embassy in Tehran involved in post-election riots will face trial. "We are very concerned by these...

By Brian Ellsworth and Denise LunaRIO DE JANEIRO, July 3 (Reuters) - Brazil's state oil company Petrobras expects exploration of an Iranian block will yield disappointing results, a company...

By Marie MaitreAIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, July 3 (Reuters) - Total's negotiations with Tehran on a multi-billion dollar contract to develop a major Iranian gas field are at a standstill, the head...

Nakilat and Qatargas announce the delivery of LNG ... Iran to invest $70bn in gas IPIC completes $5.0bn fund raising International Petroleum to borrow $5bn Taqa cuts Standard and Poor's...

European countries have reacted angrily to reports that Iran is planning to prosecute local staff from the British embassy in Tehran. All 27 EU member states have summoned the Iranian ambassadors in...

JERUSALEM: An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defence sources said yesterday, describing the unusual manoeuvre as a show of strategic reach...

(CNN) -- Iranians worried about their loved ones detained in the protests that followed the presidential election got the ear of a former president, who wants the detainees released, an Iranian...

Merkel turning into a bit of a character Divisions in Ahmadinejad’s ranks add uncertainty to a lack of consensus, writes JEFFREY FLEISHMAN and BORZOU DARAGAHI in Cairo and Beirut...

Iranian employees of the British Embassy in Tehran face the prospect of a show trial after the regime said that they had admitted conspiring against the Islamic Republic. The announcement,...

TEHRAN: A powerful Iranian cleric said Friday British Embassy local staff arrested for allegedly stoking unrest after the June election will be put on trial, a move that prompted coordinated protests...

TEHRAN: Outside the gates of Terhan's notorious Evin prison, hundreds wait impatiently - some with blankets spread out in the parking lot on the street below, making time for dinner. The improvised...

TEHRAN — Iran, stung by European Union criticism of its handling of post-election unrest, yesterday accused the 27-nation bloc of meddling and demanded an apology before any more talks on...

The European Union is "ready to take action" if Iran does not free the remaining UK embassy staff held in Tehran, This warning was made Thursday by the Swedish EU presidency. European nations have...

NAJAF: There is no place outside Iran that has closer links to Tehran's ruling establishment than Iraq's holy Shiite city of Najaf, where the silence during Iran's post-election crisis says much...

VIENNA — The incoming head of the UN nuclear watchdog yesterday said he did not see any hard evidence Iran was trying to gain the ability to develop nuclear arms.“I don’t see any evidence in...

Published Date: July 02, 2009 SIRTE: Iran's hardline president yesterday cancelled his first foreign trip since his re-election was confirmed, leaving African leaders to turn their focus to Somalia...

The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding freedom of expression and press freedom today voiced his strong support for the recent call issued by the foreign ministers of the Group of...

A convicted sex offender and drug dealer who was supposed to be deported from Canada after leaving Manitoba's Stony Mountain Penitentiary this week is free on bail and remains in the country. Farid...

LONDON, July 3 (Xinhua) -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Friday that Britain is "urgently seeking" clarification from the Iranian authorities after a top Iranian cleric had said...