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Guards say US to face ‘tragedy’ if it hits Iran

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned the United States on Wednesday it would face a ”tragedy” if it attacked the Islamic Republic.

Reformists fight off irrelevance in Iran

For one spring evening in a blue-tiled mosque just south of Tehran, it sounds and feels as though the hour of the Iranian reformists has come again. The mosque is packed with men…

Iran denies blame for EU nuclear-talks failure

Iran was not to blame for the disappointment expressed by European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana after key talks in London on the nuclear crisis failed, chief…

Ahmadinejad steps up rhetoric against critics at home

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s President, raised domestic tensions over the country’s nuclear policy to higher levels on Monday by labelling his opponents ”traitors” who are working…

Rice: Iran ‘perhaps single greatest’ security risk to US

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice singled out Iran on Wednesday as ”perhaps the single greatest challenge” to US security, but stressed that diplomacy was the preferred way to…

Iran refuses to halt nuclear work, despite EU call

Iran will not stop uranium enrichment, chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said on Wednesday, despite a call by the European Union and United Nations Secretary General Ban…