Vladimir Putin has opened the way for the controversial delivery of a sophisticated missile system to Iran – embargoed for the past five years.
An agreement would also boost the legacies of the presidents of both Iran and the United States.
Masih Alinejad is not opposed to the hijab, but she has created a Facebook page because she wants people to have the freedom to choose.
South Africa’s government scrambled on Tuesday to deal with the fallout of the worst intelligence leak in its two-decade democratic history.
Iranian embassy staff members in Pretoria were scrutinised despite intelligence service stating repeatedly that Iran poses no threat to the country.
The collapse of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme would be potentially cataclysmic.
Female journalists and fans have been barred from attending a World League volleyball match between Iran and Italy in Tehran, according to a report.
A stunning from Lionel Messi spared Argentina’s blushes as they qualified for the last 16 of the World Cup with a hard fought 1-0 win over Iran.
The UK cosying up to Iran points to a creeping hypocrisy at play in Western military intervention.
Negotiators say a deal over the country’s nuclear ambitions is at hand, but trust issues remain.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the US had a ‘controlling and meddlesome’ attitude towards the Islamic Republic.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has sought to reassure sceptics in the US Congress who worry that Iran might not follow through on its obligations.
Iranian-Americans reacted with some skepticism to a breakthrough agreement by Iran and six world powers to curb Tehran’s nuclear program.
The Iranian leader has promised hardliners that the West will not dictate the terms of nuclear engagement.
France’s President François Hollande and US President Barack Obama are both seeking guarantees that Iran will not develop nuclear weapons.
Iran and six world powers have failed to reach a deal on Tehran’s nuclear programme, but are scheduled to meet again on November 20.
High-stakes talks between Iran and global powers on reining in its nuclear programme will stretch into a third day in Geneva.
Brazil, which hotly denounced US surveillance of its leaders, itself spied on US officials as well as on Russia, Iran and Iraq a decade ago.
With its glittering mosques and spectacular landscapes, Iran’s new leaders are
overhauling visa
requirements to boost its tourism industry.
Iran has rejected the West’s demand to send nuclear material out of the country but signalled flexibility on other aspects of its atomic activities.
As Iran’s new president reaches out to the West with a message of moderation, Israel’s hawkish approach looks likely to come under pressure.
Iraqi officials deny allegations that they killed the Iranian exiles in an offensive on Sunday.
Zimbabwean police are looking for two journalists who wrote the story about a secret uranium export deal between Zimbabwe and Iran.
Israel is not convinced that the aims of new Iranian President Hassan Rowhani, who was sworn in this weekend, will change
Hassan Rouhani has a lead in Iran’s presidential election, garnering nearly 51% of the vote at 76% of polling stations, says the interior ministry.
Iran’s reformists have backed Hassan Rouhani, a moderate cleric who has emerged as the dark horse candidate in the upcoming presidential election.
Iran’s presidential candidates may differ, but they are united in pursuing what they see as its peaceful atomic ambitions.
Pakistani troops have scrambled to aid the remote victims of an earthquake centred in nearby Iran, as a strong aftershock has jolted the region.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended Iran’s nuclear programme, calling it peaceful and arguing that Tehran has no use for an atomic bomb.
The Iranian authorities have accused Google Earth of being a tool for western spy agencies, and are now planning to launch an "Islamic" competitor.
Efforts to negotiate curbs on Iran’s nuclear programme have backfired by giving it more time to work on building a bomb, said Benjamin Netanyahu.
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.