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Tehran, Dec. 02 – Iranian authorities amputated the hand of a man in a prison in the western province of Kermanshah.   The sentence was carried out on Wednesday in…

TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran on Wednesday hanged a woman convicted of murdering a love rival, her lawyer told the official IRNA news agency. Shahla Jahed was hanged at 5:00 am…

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States Tuesday criticized Iran for its “continued failure” to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency, after a new report by the agency said Iran…

The Observer Nuclear fears prompt government to tighten up list of items British firms can export Iranian army troops open fire during military exercises aimed at preparing responses to aerial…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged young girls to marry at age of 16 in his latest rejection of the country’s once effective family planning program, local…

LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Oil trade with Iran remains more difficult following tougher sanctions against the Islamic Republic, industry sources said, despite a message from the European Union that…

LAGOS, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Nigeria has reported the seizure of an illegal arms shipment from Iran intercepted by its secret service in Lagos last month to the U.N. Security…

Kasra Ebrahimi, of ‘Unknown Prisoners’ of last year’s upheavals, who was arrested at the Ashura protests and was later released on bail has been returned to Evin by the courts.…

TEHRAN, November 14, 2010 (AFP) – Iranian authorities have arrested three female lawyers at an airport in Tehran after they arrived on a flight from Turkey, media reported on Sunday.…

The Obama administration has concluded that Chinese firms are helping Iran to improve its missile technology and develop nuclear weapons, and has asked China to stop such activity, a senior…

Marzieh, the great diva of Persian traditional song, who was silenced after the Islamic Revolution in 1979 but who re-emerged years later outside Iran as a singer and a highly…

NICOSIA (AFP) — Russia is reimbursing Iran for its down payments on a deal for advanced S-300 ground-to-air missiles, which Moscow halted in the face of tough new UN sanctions,…

Tehran, Iran (CNN) — A bomb exploded Tuesday at a hospital near Tehran, Iranian media reports said. One person has been arrested, suspected of placing the bomb at the entrance…

Reporting from Beirut and Tehran — In New York, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad can boast that he’s the talk of the town, appearing on television shows with the likes of…

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States and five other world powers which are seeking to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions will hold talks next week on the sidelines of the the…

TEHRAN, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Veteran Iranian politician Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani criticised President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday for failing to counter the impact of sanctions — the latest sign of…

Hossein Alizadeh said he had held the No. 2 post at the embassy in the Finnish capital Helsinki as deputy head of mission. He said he informed the embassy four…

The United Arab Emirates central bank is studying the economic impact of United Nations sanctions against Iran and has asked lenders in the U.A.E. to declare remittances sent to Iran…

DOHA (AFP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has questioned the accepted narrative of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, saying it was still not clear who was…

Several sources report that clashes between plainclothes forces and students of Ayatollah Dastgheib were reported at Qoba mosque in Shiraz. As Ayatollah Dastgheib predicted, following the Qods Day rally, plainclothes…

Philosophy student Hamed Rouhinejad was sent into exile from Evin to Zanjan prison on the night of August 26, 2010. HRANA reported that the ruling was implemented by officials without notification…

Subsequent to a wave of international condemnations of threats by the Iranian regime and its Iraqi proxies against the lives and security of Camp Ashraf residents, the Diyala police announced…