WASHINGTON - Amid an escalated tension threatening a nuclear conflict between the two nations, US President Barack Obama has said he did not believe Israel had decided on an attack on Iran to disrupt...

An Iranian website with close ties to the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has laid out the legal and moral justifications to kill all Jews and annihilate Israel.

Conservative website...

India and Iran have reached an agreement for the payment of oil, said Tehran's envoy to New Delhi Seyed Mehdi Nabizadeh.

"A mechanism has been worked out between India and Iran for the payment of...

The United Kingdom was forced to plead with the US to take part in the flotilla challenging Iranian power in the Gulf after American commanders decided the British military had nothing to contribute...

The U.S. has imposed a fresh set of sanctions on the Iranian government to pressure the latter to halt its nuclear program.

The White House announced that it was freezing all Iran's properties in...

The Simpsons have joined Barbie on the list of dolls prohibited in Iran as part of a decades-long crackdown on signs of western culture.

But bizarrely, the fictional US superheroes Superman and...

Pakistan has assured Iran that it would implement, on a fast track basis, multi-billion-dollar gas and electricity import projects, despite international sanctions and concerns over the latter's...

Iranian authorities have reportedly arrested several people over alleged links to the British Broadcasting Corporation's Farsi-language service.

A report in the Iranian state-media said the...

US President Barack Obama has ordered the freezing of Iran's property under American jurisdiction, including that of the country's central bank, the White House said.

The US and its allies are...

A number of local people "secretly" working for the BBC Farsi-language service have been arrested in Iran, the Mehr news agency reported.

A source told Mehr that a number of "deceived" locals who...

Implementation of the India-US civil nuclear deal, sanctions against Iran and the Af-Pak situation are among the host of bilateral and regional issues expected to figure in talks between Indian...

Brent futures rose above $116 on Tuesday, extending gains after prices settled at a six-month high in the previous session as a cold spell in Europe and supply concerns from the Middle East...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday denounced as "an antagonistic move" a tightening of U.S. sanctions targeting Tehran's central bank and giving U.S. banks new powers to freeze Iranian...

TEHRAN, Iran -; Iran's foreign ministry has dismissed the new U.S. sanctions on Tehran, saying they are part of a "psychological war" meant to sow discontent among Iranians. Ramin...

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Falls Church, Va. President Barack Obama announced tough new sanctions on Iran's Central Bank Monday amid increased...

Iran's Foreign Ministry has denounced as "psychological war" new U.S. sanctions against the Islamic republic imposed by President Barack Obama's administration. Iranian Foreign...

Iranian blogger Mehdi Khazali has been sentenced to 13 years and 10 months in prison and 10 years in exile. In his blog, Khazali has criticized Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad and Iran's...

The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Iranian authorities have detained more than 65 Arab residents of Iran as part of alleged "security sweeps" in Iran's Arab-majority...

New Delhi, Feb 7 : Ruling out gold as a mode of payment, Iran Tuesday said Indian companies will pay for 45 percent of their oil imports from Iran in the Indian currency as part of a mechanism agreed...

Don’t have a jihad, man!Iran is blacklisting dolls of "The Simpsons," saying Bart, Homer, Lisa and Marge corrupt the youth of the Islamic Republic."Imports of all kinds of dolls...

Iranian Jews look at the Torah scroll during a morning service for Shabbat, on the Jewish festival of Passover, at the Pol-e-Choubi Synagogue, in Tehran, Iran, April 23, 2011. Iran has the largest...

Syria's Free Syrian Army has said that Turkey mediated the release of 11 kidnapped Iranians and thanked Turkey for its support. Gunmen kidnapped 11 Iranian pilgrims heading to the Syrian...

US President Barack Obama signed an executive agreement on 6 February imposing tougher sanctions on Iran as a further reaction to the worsening nuclear proliferation situation in Iran. The order...

International News: VIENNA, After two days of rare and intensive talks in Tehran, senior U.N. nuclear officials may have felt they were finally making headway towards getting Iran to address...

According to the Iranian TV, in December - January there were 29 Iranians kidnapped in Syria - 22 of them were pilgrims and seven experts in the field of energy, which provided technical assistance...

Iran on Tuesday rejected as an "antagonistic move" a tightening of U.S. sanctions that targets the Islamic state's central bank and gives U.S. banks new powers to freeze assets linked...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Sunday he did not think Israel had made a decision on whether to launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear installations, a threat that has...

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama unveiled new sanctions on Iran's central bank Monday, tightening an economic choke hold with speculation rampant over a possible Israeli strike on...

KUWAIT CITY/SINGAPORE -- Oil prices could soar to as high as US$160 a barrel if tension over an Iranian oil embargo persists or in the event of conflict, a top Kuwaiti oil executive said in remarks...

TEHRAN, Iran: Iranian authorities have arrested several people over alleged links to the British Broadcasting Corporation's Farsi-language service, Iran's semiofficial Mehr news agency...

Iranian scientists have already managed to enrich enough radioactive material to successfully produce not just one, but four nuclear bombs, Israel's military intelligence chief has...

Iran on Tuesday rejected as an "antagonistic move" a tightening of U.S. sanctions that targets the Islamic state's central bank and gives U.S. banks new powers to freeze assets linked...

In this file picture, samples of rice are seen on the desk as a rice wholesaler checks his books while waiting for customers at his shop in south Tehran June 18,...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's foreign ministry has dismissed the new U.S. sanctions on Tehran, saying they are part of a "psychological war" meant to sow discontent among Iranians....

US President Barack Obama unveiled new sanctions on Iran's central bank on Monday, tightening an economic choke hold with speculation rampant over a possible Israeli strike on Tehran's...

A group of pro-government Iranian students have gathered outside the parliament building in Tehran to call on the government to stop oil exports to Europe. The protest comes after the EU banned all...

Reports from Iran say several people have been detained for alleged links to the BBC's Persian Service, which is banned in the country. The Mehr news agency says they were involved in...

Iran's foreign ministry has dismissed the new U.S. sanctions on Tehran, saying they are part of a "psychological war" meant to sow discontent among Iranians. Ramin Mehmanparast, the...

Brent may rise to $118.65/bbl -technicals * Coming Up: Germany Industrial output for Dec; 1100 GMT (Adds U.S. inventory poll, Nigeria unrest, updates prices) By Manash Goswami SINGAPORE, Feb 7...

US President Barack Obama Washington (dpa) – US President Barack Obama has expanded sanctions against the Iranian government and its central bank, the White House announced Monday. In an...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian authorities have arrested several people over alleged links to the British Broadcasting Corporation's Farsi-language service, Iran's semiofficial Mehr news...