Iran’s authorities have detained the daughter of influential ex-president and political centrist Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Iran has unveiled an upgraded version of a short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile just weeks after it was test-fired, the country's state media reported.

AN IRANIAN passenger plane burst into flames on landing at an airport in northern Iran, killing at least 17 passengers, in the country’s second plane tragedy this month, state media reported.