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Guards: Isareli strike on Iran would trigger World War III
Iran could launch a pre-emptive strike if Israel prepares to attack it, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander told broadcaster Al-Alam on Sunday.
Last minute pardon for Iran acid attacker
An Iranian man convicted of throwing acid in the face of a female student, who was to have been blinded himself in retribution, has been pardoned.
Khamenei: US ‘hiding a dagger’ in talks with Iran
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out at the United States on Tuesday, saying Tehran will reject any talks backed by its arch-foe.
Embattled Ahmadinejad urges Parliament to approve Cabinet
Iran’s embattled President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appealed to Parliament on Sunday to approve his new Cabinet.
Iran puts top reformists, Khatami aides on trial
Several aides to former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami and top reformists were put on trial on Tuesday.
Iran puts ‘rioters’ on trial
The trial of a group of people accused of rioting after the re-election in June of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s president began on Saturday.
Iran grapples with political turmoil as minister is sacked
Iran was grappling with fresh political turmoil on Monday as the president came under fire over the sacking of his intelligence minister.
Iran opposition stages rally amid world outcry
Defeated Iran presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has appeared in public for the first time since an election that has divided the nation.
Satan stoned on last day of hajj
The annual hajj in Saudi Arabia entered its final day on Friday as the last of almost 2,5-million Muslim pilgrims took part in the ritual ”stoning of Satan”. Eager pilgrims from…
Iran defiant on nuclear work as more sanctions loom
Iran on Tuesday vowed never to yield to the key Western demand on its nuclear programme after world powers agreed to work on a new resolution that could lead to more United…
Iran steps up enrichment, defies UN
Iranian scientists have begun feeding gas into a second cascade of centrifuges to enrich uranium, defying United Nations threats of sanctions over Iran’s nuclear programme, the…
Iran warns of ‘lightning’ response to any attack
Iran warned Western powers on Friday that armed forces would hit back ”like lightning” against any attack as it crowed over its military prowess and showed off firepower at a…
Iranian president ridicules European nuclear offer
Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday ridiculed a European Union plan to offer trade and technology incentives in exchange for his country agreeing to halt…
Several deaths reported in Iran quake
At least 38 people were killed when a powerful earthquake struck western Iran before dawn on Friday, wiping out villages and sending panicked residents fleeing from their homes.…
Villagers shelter in tents after Iran quake
Iranian rescue workers handed out blankets, food and water on Monday to survivors of a powerful earthquake on a Gulf island that killed 10 people and forced villagers to spend…