London, July 5 : The Governor of Afghanistan's Musa Qala district, which lies to the north of the country's Helmand province, Mullah Abdul Salaam, has blamed the Pakistanis and the Iranians for attacks on British...

Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces said on Saturday that Iran's strategy is to keep the Straitof Hormuz in southern Iran open, the official IRNA news agency reported. But if the country's...

Iranian Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari said Saturday that no country will ever dare to carry out an act of aggression against the Islamic Republic, Iran's satellite Press TV reported....

Iranian government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic has made no change in its nuclear stance and will hold on to its right to peaceful use of nuclear....

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran indicated Saturday that it has no plans to meet a key Western demand that it stop enriching uranium, a day after Tehran sent the European Union a response to an...

Zakaria says high price of oil makes Iran less vulnerable to economic pressure Potentially more moderate opponent to Ahmadinejad elected Parliament speaker Israeli attack on Iran would delay, not...

Posted on: Saturday, 5 July 2008, 18:00 CDT By Elaine Sciolino Iran formally responded Friday to a proposal of incentives aimed at resolving the impasse over the country's nuclear program, European...

Iran has vowed to pursue its uranium enrichment program, one day after submitting a response to an incentives package drawn up by world powers trying to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions.An Iranian...

Sunday, July 06, 2008 THE HAGUE: The Netherlands will ban Iranian students from studying nuclear technology, a source of tension between Iran and world powers, at its universities, the government...

DUBAI: India is moving cautiously to secure the release of 17 Indians detained by the Iranian coast guard after it found them in its territorial waters. They were aboard four vessels registered in...

Diplomats Families of four Iranian diplomats who were abducted in the east of Beirut by the Zionist regime in 1982 met on Saturday with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. At the meeting, the...

Wrestlers Iranian Greco-Roman wrestling team stood first in the Asian Junior Wrestling Championships in Doha, Qatar by winning four gold medals. The Iranian squad bagged four gold, two silver and one...

Mottaki Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday that a new atmosphere in Iran's nuclear activities has been created. Mottaki made the remarks in an interview with Malaysian satellite TV...

The secretary general of the OPEC oil exporting group said that it would difficult to replace the crude output of Iran if the country was attacked, in comments published on Thursday. Oil surged...

The chief of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards militia, General Mohammad Ali Jafari, meanwhile, warned that his forces would use "blitzkrieg tactics" in the Gulf if his country came under attack. ...

Iran reiterates right to develop nuclear power for peaceful purposes Announcement comes after Iran responded to world powers' incentives offer They proposed that Iran suspend uranium enrichment for...

In August 1978, Musa al Sadr's disappearance six months prior to the eruption of the Iranian revolution was not the mere absenting of an individual but the loss of a mode of thought, perception and...

Iran Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday emphasized the necessity of implementation of Iran-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan railway. Medvedev, the former chairman of state-controlled gas company...

Larijani Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said Saturday that Iran welcomes negotiations in its nuclear case but believes they should happen in a fair and logical framework. "The Islamic Republic of Iran...

Volleyball Iranian National Junior Volleyball team will leave for Kazakhstan to take part in the Kazakhstan International Volleyball Tournament late Sunday. Seven countries including host Kazakhstan,...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's nuclear program remains unchanged, a government spokesman Saturday, indicating that Tehran has no plans to meet a key Western demand that it stop enriching uranium.Gholam...

)," the spokesman said at a weekly news conference. "Iran insists on negotiations (with world powers) while respecting its rights and avoiding any loss of international rights," he...

New Delhi - Indian officials on Saturday continued talks with their Iranian counterparts to secure the release of 17 fishermen arrested on Saudi fishing vessels that had strayed into Iranian waters,...

July 5, 2008 TEHRAN - Iran's inflation rate, which has provoked intense criticism of the government, topped 26 percent in June. "During the Iranian month of Kordad (to June 20) inflation reached...

Arabnews The bellicose warnings of an Iranian nuclear threat and the need to act before it is too late come all too regularly from unreconstructed neocon voices intent on frightening the American...

Music The Iranian musical bank Fakhteh will perform classical music in Italy from July 9-12. Announcing this, conductor Reza Musavizadeh noted that the group will perform music from July 9-10 in...

Iran Nuclear The British government said Saturday that it was considering Iran's response to a letter sent by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany over the country's...

Nuclear Government Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said here Saturday that the talks between Iran and the Group 5+1 will be based on common grounds of both sides' packages of proposals on nuclear...

Animator Noted Spanish animator Coke Rioboo, heading a cultural delegation, arrived in Iran on Saturday. During his stay, he will visit Iranian animation studios and will become familiar with the...

The two agreed to hold further discussions later this month, Iranian state radio said.Iran's official IRNA news agency said the country's ambassador to Brussels presented its reply to Solana, whose...

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Iran on Friday, causing cracks in some buildings, but there were no reports of any casualties, state radio...

Elites Iranian elites should be introduced to the world, the scientific advisor to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said here on Saturday. Addressing...

Tehran - Iran on Saturday once again threatened to block the oil export route in the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz if attacked, Fars news agency reported. "We have a great deal of respect for keeping the...

July 05, 2008, 12:45 Iran's oil minister said any military attack aimed at curbing Tehran's nuclear work will push crude prices to "unpredictable" highs, the website of the country's Oil Ministry...

Tehran - There have been no changes in Iran's position regarding its nuclear programme, an Iranian government spokesman said Saturday. Iran on Friday replied to the latest incentive package of the...

Iran and Venezuela to launch joint bank By Benedict Mander in Caracas and Anna Fifield in Tehran Published: May 21 2008 21:31 | Last updated: May 21 2008...

Iran has said its position on its nuclear programme remains unchanged. The announcement comes a day after it delivered a formal response to an EU offer of incentives in exchange for halting uranium...

Tehran: Iran's oil minister said any military attack aimed at curbing Tehran's nuclear work will push crude prices to "unpredictable" highs, the website of the country's Oil Ministry...

Iran has officially responded to the package of incentives to halt its nuclear program, the New York Times reported on Saturday. Officials said that the response to the proposal does not address the...

Instead, the letter by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Iran would be willing to open a comprehensive negotiation with Javier Solana, the European Union foreign policy chief, and the six...

Response Iran's response to the Group 5+1 package of incentives was handed over to the European Union foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, on Friday. The response was delivered to Solana in a meeting...

Basra last March, the eventual ceasefire wasn't hammered out inside Iraq. Instead, the agreement was negotiated in Iran with the help of the commander of the Revolutionary GuardQuds Force. For now,...

Press The following headlines appeared in major Tehran dailies on Saturday: ** TEHRAN TIMES - Israel has deprived region of peace: Majlis speaker ** KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL - Solana, Jalili hold...

LONDON, July 4 (IranMania) - Iran's embassy in Lebanon said that its four nationals, seized in 1982 by a Christian militia in Lebanon, are still alive and being held in Israel, Agence France-Presse...

LONDON, July 4 (IranMania) - India expects to sign a deal "by next month" on a pipeline that will transport gas across the subcontinent from Iran, Indian oil minister Murli Deora told AFP. He said...

Crude oil prices Crude oil fell from near a record after Iran said it gave a "constructive" response to the incentives package. Futures climbed to a record $ 145.85 a barrel yesterday on speculation...

LONDON, July 5 (IranMania) - Iranian and Guinean Conakry officials inked industrial and mineral cooperation agreements, IRNA reported. As per the agreement, Guinea Conakry undertook to supply the...

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana held "positive" talks by phone with Iran's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, his spokeswoman said here on Friday. "They had a positive,...

Response Iran's response to the Group 5+1's package of incentives was handed over to Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier by Iran's Ambassador to Berlin Mohammad-Mehdi Akhoundzadeh on...

LONDON, July 5 (IranMania) - Iranian Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari called for making proper investments in various oil and gas sectors, IRNA reported. He made the remarks in a meeting with...