Iran has threatened to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz if its interests are seriously threatened.

Iran has threatened to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz if its interests are seriously threatened, a senior Iranian military commander has said.

Iran's supreme leader has urged Iranians to vote in large numbers as the country holds parliamentary elections today, saying a high turnout would send a strong message to the enemies of the nation.

Iran said it was very optimistic over a visit by UN nuclear inspectors aimed at shedding light on suspected military aspects of Tehran’s atomic work, but suggested Tehran would curb cooperation if the experts became a “tool” for outside powers.

THE United States last night rejected Iran’s accusation that Washington was behind the killing of an Iranian scientist and urged Tehran not to use the case to distract attention from its nuclear dispute.

BRITAIN’S ambassador in Iran was summoned to the country’s foreign ministry yesterday amid growing tension over the clampdown on protesters in Tehran and other cities.

Iran accused Britain of helping stir up unrest that has led to deadly street clashes in the country and summoned its ambassador to complain today.

UN inspectors got their first look yesterday inside a once-secret uranium enrichment facility that has raised Western suspicions about the extent of Iran’s nuclear programme.

A team of UN inspectors today prepared for their first look inside a formerly secret uranium enrichment facility that has raised Western suspicions about the extent of Iran’s nuclear programme.

A suicide bomber killed five senior commanders of the elite Revolutionary Guard and at least 26 others in an area of south-eastern Iran that has been at the centre of a simmering Sunni insurgency, state media reported.

Iran faced more world condemnation today after parliament backed the Cabinet appointment of a man wanted for the bombing of a Jewish centre in Argentina.

An Iranian pathologist found that the son of a prominent conservative politician’s adviser died from beatings and poor prison conditions, it was reported.

Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad revealed a new cabinet purged of critics and packed with loyalists and little-known figures today.

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s right to rule received an unprecedented challenge from a group of former reformist politicians today.

The Iranian parliament began the inauguration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term as president today.

Iran continued its crackdown on protesters arresting 70 university professors after they met embattled opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, but he vowed to persevere with his election challenge today.

Iran’s leaders today declared the country’s parliament elections, which were carried by conservatives, a victory that showed Iranians’ defiance of the West.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that George Bush sent a “message of confrontation” during his recent trip to the Middle East.

Iran's new top nuclear negotiator will hold his first meeting with the EU's foreign policy chief over Tehran's contentious nuclear programme today in Rome.

The Iranian government announced today that its top nuclear negotiator had resigned, a move seen as a victory for hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that could bring about an even tougher stance in ongoing talks.

The top negotiator of Iran’s controversial nuclear programme has resigned, the country’s government spokesman said today.

Russian president Vladimir Putin made a proposal concerning Iran's nuclear programme to Tehran's leader at a private meeting during his brief stay in the country.

Iran today warned that UN sanctions could “destroy” its willingness to co-operate with an investigation of past nuclear activities.

A UN nuclear watchdog delegation arrived in Iran today to see if the Tehran government is willing to answer all outstanding questions about its disputed nuclear programme, state television reported.

IRAN has invited an International Atomic Energy Agency team to Tehran to work on clearing up suspicions about its nuclear programme, an IAEA spokeswoman said yesterday.

Iran has invited the International Atomic Energy Agency to Tehran to draw up a concrete plan for clearing up suspicions about its nuclear programme, an IAEA spokeswoman said today.

Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator today said his country was ready to compromise on its contentious atomic programme, but offered no specifics as he headed into a meeting with the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

RUSSIA yesterday bluntly told the United States it saw no threat from Iran’s ballistic missiles and was perplexed how Washington could use this to justify a planned US defence system in Europe.

Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, will meet the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency this week, an Iranian nuclear official said today.

Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, and EU foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, will meet in Lisbon, Portugal, on Saturday for a new round of talks over Tehran's disputed nuclear program, state television reported today.

A senior Iranian envoy abruptly cancelled talks today with the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, dashing hopes that Tehran is ready to end its secrecy about past nuclear activities that could be part of a weapons programme.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that it was "too late" to stop Iran's nuclear programme and warned the US and its allies not to push for new UN sanctions.

Iran today said disputes over its nuclear program could be settled in the coming weeks.

Iran’s nuclear negotiator today rejected the possibility of Iran suspending its controversial nuclear enrichment programme.

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator and the European Union’s foreign policy chief are to meet this week in an effort to explore whether there’s room to resume negotiations over Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme.

A meeting between Iran’s leading nuclear negotiator and the European Union’s foreign policy chief has been postponed, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said today.

With the threat of new UN sanctions looming over Iran, senior European officials met an envoy from Tehran, in what officials described as an attempt to defuse the crisis over the Islamic republic’s refusal to scrap uranium enrichment.

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator today warned that a compromise over its controversial nuclear programme was impossible if the West continued to demand Tehran suspend uranium enrichment, Iran’s state broadcasting company reported on its website.

Diplomats from six countries held talks in Berlin today on ways to get Iran to halt its disputed uranium enrichment programme.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirmed today that his government will attend a major regional conference on Iraq set for this week in Egypt, the Iraqi prime minister's office said.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proposed holding talks with US President George Bush in a surprise suggestion.

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana will meet top Iranian negotiator Ali Larijani in Ankara on Wednesday to see if Iran can be persuaded to halt uranium enrichment in exchange for negotiations about economic incentives.

Top negotiators from Iran are to meet representatives of the major powers seeking to halt parts of its nuclear programme for the first time since February, a European Union official said today.

The European Union today called on Iran to live up to international demands to halt its nuclear programme and return to negotiations.