Parisa Hafezi

Iranians wrapped up a parliamentary election likely to reinforce Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s power over rival hardliners.

The UN nuclear watchdog’s latest mission to Iran failed to budge a defiant Tehran over its disputed nuclear programme.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that the Islamic Republic would soon announce "very important" achievements in the nuclear field.

Iran has begun enriching uranium inside a mountain and sentenced an American to death for spying, undermining hopes diplomacy could avert sanctions.

An Iranian nuclear scientist who says he was abducted by CIA agents a year ago returned home from the United States early on Thursday.

Iranian police clashed in Tehran on Monday with opposition demonstrators seeking to renew their challenge to the government, witnesses said.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned the opposition on Monday not to use anti-US rallies this week to stage new demonstrations.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that some countries had offered to provide Iran with uranium enriched to 20% for use as nuclear reactor fuel.

The US and other major powers on Wednesday told Iran to prepare a ”serious response” by October 1 to demands it halt its nuclear programme.

Iran is ready to hold negotiations with world powers, the country’s chief nuclear negotiator was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in as Iran’s president on Wednesday after a disputed re-election that has exposed a deep schism.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei formally endorsed the second term presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Western countries on Monday against interfering in Iranian affairs.

Iran confirmed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president and said a row over his re-election was over, leaving opponents who cried foul with few options.

Iran’s top legislative body said on Friday it had found no major violations in the June 12 presidential elections.