Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed today to resist pressure from the UN Security Council over his country’s nuclear programme, saying “no power” can take nuclear fuel cycle technology away from Iran.

An Iranian newspaper has published a caricature of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hitting a punching bag with a nuclear emblem on it, marking the first time the country’s leader has been drawn in a cartoon in more than 25 years.

At least 32 people have drowned while swimming in the Caspian Sea in northern Iran, state-run television reported today.

IRANIAN judiciary officials yesterday denied reports that a young woman, who has been sentenced to death for prostitution, is mentally disabled.

IRAN declared three days of mourning yesterday for the victims of a powerful earthquake that killed at least 36 people, as aftershocks continued to rumble through northern Iran.

MORE than 80 villages were seriously damaged by a strong earthquake that hit northern Iran yesterday, killing at least eight people.

More than 80 villages were seriously damaged by a strong earthquake that hit northern Iran today, killing at least eight people.

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake damaged homes in northern Iran today and there were reports of casualties.

Torn between a reformist boycott and calls by conservatives to cast each vote as “a slap to America’s face,” Iranians voted today in elections expected to return the nation’s parliament to Islamic hard-liners.

A plane carrying 302 people, all military personnel, crashed in southern Iran tonight, killing all on board, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.