Investigators today found the black box from a passenger jet which crashed while trying to make an emergency landing in a snowstorm in north-western Iran, killing at least 77 people.

Iran’s state TV says it will air new footage of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, the latest in state-orchestrated broadcasts on the case that has caused an international outcry.

The lawyer of a woman at the centre of an international outcry after she was sentenced to death by stoning in Iran is in Turkey and has the option of applying for asylum, the UN’s refugee agency said today.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stood fast today in maintaining his country’s right to nuclear technology on the day of a UN deadline to roll back on its nuclear programme or face sanctions.

IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday that Hezbollah has “hoisted the banner of victory” over Israel and toppled US-led plans for the Middle East.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today claimed Israel could not harm Iran, even as the Jewish state expanded its offensive into Lebanon to target the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

The Iranian government today closed one of its own newspapers for publishing a cartoon deemed as insulting to the Azeri minority in north-western Iran.

The commander of the ground forces of the elite Revolutionary Guards died today when a small military passenger jet crashed in north-western Iran trying to make an emergency landing, official media reported.

A small military passenger jet crashed in north-western Iran today, killing the commander of the ground forces of the elite Revolutionary Guards and at least 12 other people.

A small Falcon jet crashed in north-western Iran today, killing at least 13 people, Iranian state TV reported.

Iran claimed today that it had arrested anti-government separatists with links to British intelligence services, accusing them of involvement in violent protests and a recent spate of deadly bombings.

A Gulf Air Boeing-332 en route from London made an emergency landing in north-western Iran this morning after its cockpit reported a passenger’s heart failure, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

A moderate earthquake jolted western Iran late Tuesday, causing panic but no casualties, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

A strong earthquake rocked north-western Iran today, killing at least 500 people and injuring about 1,600, Iran’s state-run media reported.