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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:51:12 GMT Font size : Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the Western powers are concerned about Tehran's steady progress in becoming energy independent rather than its alleged potential to build a nuclear bomb. "The [Western] powers...

Tehran's prosecutor general Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi as saying late Friday. According to the prosecutor, a Danish student was also detained that same day. "We have asked the relevant authorities to present us with documents explaining the purposes of his presence and...

Israel has made this accusation to distract the international community's attention away from the investigating committee's report on atrocities it committed in Gaza," Iran's UN mission said in a statement. On Wednesday, Israel alleged that it had seized a huge...

Security authorities arrested the reporter on Wednesday after they found him to be working in Iran without a permit, Fars News Agency reported on Friday. According to officials, a number of other journalists have also been arrested on the landmark...

Justice Department announced the sentencing of a U.S. citizen charged with conspiring to export banned aircraft equipment to Iran. The Justice Department said Laura Wang-Woodford received a 46-month prison sentence for violating the U.S. trade embargo on Iran.

He may be the bravest student in Iran or an unwitting stooge of the Islamic regime – or both. Either way, Mahmoud Vahidnia has gained instant fame after breaking a taboo by criticising the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to...

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gabriella Shalev filed an official grievance with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Council following Wednesday's seizure of the Francop arms vessel by the Israel Navy.   Thursday's letter stated that the vessel's...

BBC Diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus assesses the revelations. Safeguards Department, which explores various potential military aspects of Iran's nuclear programme. This dossier has led to various questions being put to the Iranians which, so far, appear to have had no...

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Clinton further pointed out that she had an "emotional" meeting with the three US detainees' families and briefed them about the US government efforts for the release of the trio. "It was an emotional meeting, and I described to the...