Iranian women outside Iran have an important role in the protests against the regime, explains an activist
Trump stepped back from launching US airstrikes inside Iran, but the conflict is unabated and there appears to be no way out of confrontation for now
The US and its allies have called for the enforcement of a ceasefire and demanded Syria engage in UN-led peace talks
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused Saudi Arabia of helping the United States and the "Zionists".
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatened a "fierce" reaction if Saudi Arabia does not quickly repatriate victims of the hajj stampede.
Iran’s Hassan Rouhani says a nuclear deal with world powers is "more valuable" than a domestic debate about its finer details.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the US had a ‘controlling and meddlesome’ attitude towards the Islamic Republic.
The Iranian leader has promised hardliners that the West will not dictate the terms of nuclear engagement.
Iran does not want nuclear weapons but if it did, no world power could prevent it from obtaining one, Iran’s Supreme Leader said on Saturday.
Ayattollah Ali Khamenei says the issue of Israel and its control over the Palestinian people was the main problem for Islamic countries.
Iranians wrapped up a parliamentary election likely to reinforce Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s power over rival hardliners.
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/ 23 February 2012
The UN nuclear watchdog’s latest mission to Iran failed to budge a defiant Tehran over its disputed nuclear programme.
Iran says it will attack any country launching airstrikes against its nuclear bases as apprehension over the increasing list confrontation is loomin
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/ 4 February 2012
Iran has pledged to aid any nation that challenges Israel, staking out a hard line to suggestions that military strikes are an increasing possibility.
Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says accusations that two Iranians planned to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Washington were "meaningless".
Iran has rejected the Palestinians’ UN statehood bid, saying any deal that accepted the existence of Israel would leave a "cancerous tumour" forever.
Iran’s summer fashion offensive has become more ominous — no mullets or "un-Islamic" jewelry for men and women aren’t allowed to show any leg.
Website claims Khamenei’s key adviser led raid on the home of one of the Green movement’s two main leaders.
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/ 20 December 2009
Leading Iranian dissident the Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, once tapped to become Iran’s undisputed number one, has died.
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/ 25 November 2009
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday Iran was in the throes of a ”soft war” with its enemies abroad.
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/ 3 November 2009
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.
Iran will ”blow up the heart” of Israel if attacked by the Jewish state or the US, an aide to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted on Friday as saying.
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/ 11 September 2009
Iran’s top leader told the opposition on Friday they would face a harsh response if they drew their ”swords” against the Islamic Republic.
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, is personally behind the alleged fraud in the June 12 presidential election, a former president claims.
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.
Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani’s support for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has led both moderates and hard-liners to start plotting against him.
A video of a bloodstained young woman, which is being portrayed as a woman killed in the Tehran protests, has been shown around the world.
A suicide bomber blew himself up at the mausoleum of the father of Iran’s revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, state media said on Saturday.
An Iranian group that had planned to organise a rally on Saturday backed down after authorities warned of consequences if they went ahead.