TEHRAN Irans atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi said on Friday that Tehran was against stockpiling 20 percent-enriched uranium, the sensitive material world powers want the Islamic republic to stop producing.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian official says cigarettes smuggled into Iran have been tainted with pig blood and nuclear material as part of a Western conspiracy.

Iran's atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi said on Friday that Tehran was ready to hold talks with the United States, Russia and France "in the next few days" on a nuclear fuel swap.

Iran's atomic energy chief Thursday offered to suspend an ongoing uranium enrichment program for its Tehran research reactor if the country was assured of supply of the fuel from other sources.

Iran Air plans to trade shares on the public market in order to energize and rejeuvenate its fleet, the head of the Iranian flag carrier has said.

Iran Air, the state-owned flag carrier, plans to sell its first shares to the public and buy as many as 100 new aircraft to expand in the face of tighter international sanctions, the companys chairman said.

Iran Air , the state-owned flag carrier, plans to sell its first shares to the public and buy as many as 100 new aircraft to expand in the face of tighter international sanctions, the companys chairman said.

TEHRAN, July 29 (UPI) -- Iran's atomic energy chief Thursday offered to suspend an ongoing uranium enrichment program for its Tehran research reactor if the country was assured of supply of the fuel from other sources. Iran - Enriched uranium - Tehran - Research reactor - Middle East

The bomb-Iran agitation in Washington combined with President Obama keeping a military option 'on the table' may be designed to sweat Tehran into backing down, but it could also limit his options

Iran is considering an Iraqi request to import Iranian natural gas, as the two countries set a joint commission to raise cooperation in the gas sector.

Iran's nuclear point man says Tehran is ready to rethink its uranium enrichment to 20 percent if it is guaranteed that it will be supplied with fuel for its Tehran research reactor.

Iran will suspend uranium enrichment to 20 percent if it acquires nuclear fuel for a research reactor, the country's atomic chief said on an Iranian television channel on Thursday.

Rights group Amnesty International accuses Iran of persecuting a lawyer involved in the high profile case of a woman sentenced to death by stoning.

Iran pledged to halt enriching uranium if world powers agree to a nuclear fuel swap deal it signed with Turkey and Brazil, a newspaper on Thursday quoted Turkey's foreign minister as saying.

Iran's Oil Minister Massoud Mirkazemi says the oil-rich country has exported around 14 million tons of petrochemical products worth more than $9 billion in 2009.

Amnesty International today called on Iran to stop harassing human rights lawyers amid continuing uncertainty over the whereabouts of the lawyer in the stoning case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and the arrest of two of his relatives.

Iran and the United States sent positive signals yesterday about the possibility of fresh talks on the Iranian nuclear programme, which Washington suspects aims to develop atomic weapons.

Iran and the United States sent positive signals on Wednesday about the possibility of fresh talks on the Iranian nuclear program, which Washington suspects aims to develop atomic weapons.

Trying to offset the effect of sanctions, Iran said Wednesday that it would increase gasoline production by converting two petrochemical plants so they could produce gasoline.

WASHINGTON, July 29 Iran and the United States sent positive signals yesterday about the possibility of fresh talks on the Iranian nuclear programme, which Washington suspects aims to develop atomic weapons. Iran has given an assurance that it would stop enriching uranium to 20 per cent purity if world powers agreed to a proposed nuclear fuel ...