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By CHIP CUMMINS and JAY SOLOMON Iran's foreign minister appeared to renege on a pact that the U.S. had hoped would curtail the Islamic Republic's ability to build a nuclear bomb, dealing a blow to the Obama administration's efforts to...

TEHRAN: About 130,000 people in Iran become addicted to drugs each year, the Iranian police chief said, acknowledging the scale of the problem for a country on a key heroin trafficking route. In comments published on Sunday, Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam, who...

TEHAN, IRAN—In a defiant tone, the nuclear chief of Iran , said that his country “ pre-empted a conspiracy” by the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, by reporting the construction of a nuclear enrichment facility on Monday. Under...

Holocaust denier Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be hiding Jewish roots. A close look at his identity card—which he held up to the media during Iran's presidential campaign—reveals that his family changed its name from Sabourjian shortly after his birth, the Telegraph...

U.S. President Barack Obama called on Iran to provide the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency with "unfettered" access to the newly disclosed Qom uranium enrichment site, and Tehran's nuclear negotiator said the country would cooperate with inspectors. President Obama said Iran...

Iran confirmed today that it has built a second uranium enrichment site in an underground facility hidden from weapons inspectors—a revelation coming just hours before Barack Obama and other Western leaders were prepared to disclose it. The US has been...

Let's give the North Koreans credit - Iran is biting from their play book as news today reported missile tests by Iran which resulted in condemnation from the U.S. and which came on the heels of an admission that Iran...

Iran's president hit back today at President Obama's accusation that his country had sought to hide construction of a new nuclear site, arguing that Tehran reported the facility to the UN even earlier than required. "The US president made a...

Russia's envoy to Tehran on Sunday urged Iran to sign on to a UN-drafted nuclear fuel in a bid of resolve the controversy over its automic drive, which he said lucks "complete transparency." Alexander Sadovnikov's comments came on day after...