Jan 3 2011
(RTTNews) - Two Western pilotless spy aircraft have been shot down by Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards in the Gulf, reports said on Sunday.
Dec 15 2010
TEHRAN, Iran — An explosion in southeastern Iran killed dozens of people Wednesday, a lawmaker told the official IRNA news agency.
Nov 11 2010
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Iran’s right to nuclear capabilities was non-negotiable, ahead of proposed talks with major world powers on its controversial atomic program.
Sep 18 2010
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Saturday, two days after Assad held talks with a U.S. envoy about the prospects of renewing peace negotiations with Israel. The meeting suggests that Iran wants...
Jul 16 2010
At least 21 people, including members of the elite Revolutionary Guards, were killed and 100 wounded in suicide attack at a Shi’ite mosque in the southeast Iranian city of Zahedan. The Sunni Muslim rebel group Jundollah says it was behind the...
Jan 7 2010
China’s ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Yesui, has said the time is not right to consider more sanctions against Iran. The UN Security Council, including China, has previously called for Iran to stop enriching uranium and has issued three...
Jan 1 2010
Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has said he is not afraid to die for the cause of reform. It was his first comment since the death of his nephew and other anti-government protesters late last month. In a statement posted on his website,...
Nov 30 2009
Iran had no intention of building 10 new nuclear facilities until it was strongly rebuked by the U.N. nuclear watchdog over its nuclear activities, the country’s nuclear chief said Monday. Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi told state radio that...
Nov 24 2009
Iran’s moral police have arrested a dozen couples for engaging in illicit sexual acts, including swapping partners, the conservative Jomhuri Eslami reported on Monday. The report said the couples and another individual were running a website,...
Sep 26 2009
President Obama’s accusations that Iran’s nuclear program runs afoul of international agreements are “baseless,” the Islamic republic’s president told CNN’s Larry King on Friday.