WikiLeaks documents reveal that Israel’s attempt to convey sense of urgency, its contradicting assessments on when Iran would achieve nuclear ability made US officials take its warnings ‘with a grain of salt’. One US diplomat noted it...

On one hand, not identifying Iran as a threat, as requested by some Iran-friendly nations such as Turkey, which reportedly is primed for a NATO missile defense system “eyeing Iran”, would make it harder to justify locating missiles pointed...

Iranian security forces have surrounded the office in Tehran of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, in effect closing it, his supporters say. Two days ago security agents reportedly raided the office, taking computers and some of Mr Mousavi’s...

The power plant, which began receiving fuel Saturday and is set to commence producing power next month, is supposed to be operated under an agreement whereby Moscow supplies the uranium fuel for the plant and takes back all of the plant’s spent fuel...

His first impulse was to dismiss the ominous email as a prank, says a young Iranian-American named Koosha. It warned the 29-year-old engineering student that his relatives in Tehran would be harmed if he didn’t stop criticizing Iran on Facebook.

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, is expected in Iran to discuss inspectors’ access to a recently revealed uranium facility. Iran announced the existence of the enrichment plant, built into a mountain near the city of Qom,...

From time to time, a message pops into my e-mail announcing that someone is ‘’Following You On Twitter.'’ In fact, I don’t go anywhere on Twitter, having signed up just to get squatter’s rights to my own name. I have enough...

A hardline cleric close to the Iranian regime demanded the execution of leading demonstrators yesterday as the opposition ended the week in disarray. In a televised sermon at Friday prayers in Tehran, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami called on the judiciary to...

A month ago, the Iranian parliament voted in favour of a draft bill, entitled “Islamic Penal Code”, which would codify the death penalty for any male Iranian who leaves his Islamic faith. Women would get life imprisonment. The majority in favour of...

Investigators have identified a number of British arms dealers trading with Tehran, triggering alarm among government officials who fear Iran’s nuclear programme may be receiving significant support from UK sources.