Political discussions about Iran's nuclear aspirations were benched Thursday when the U.S. and Iranian national basketball teams went head to head at the FIBA World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.

The lawyer who defended a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran was reunited with his family in Norway Thursday.

Iran's Blood Transfusion Organization (IBTO) says it is ready to donate up to 2,000 units of blood to Pakistan, as Tehran steps up efforts to help its flood-stricken neighbor.

The lawyer defending a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran has been reunited with his family in Norway.

US and Iran faced off at the World Basketball Championships here on Wednesday night, electrifying Iranian fans and offering a rare opportunity for people of the two arch-enemy nations to meet face to face.

Authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran are continuing to arrest and jail civil society activists while persecuting and prosecuting independent lawyers, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported

DIZIN, Iran (Reuters) - Skiing down a grassy mountain in the middle of summer is not the only unusual thing about Marjan Kalhor.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to make a brief visit on Sunday to Qatar, Iran's closest ally among the Gulf Arab states, the Iranian ambassador in Doha, Abdollah Sohrabi, said.

Tehran - Iran called Thursday on all Iranians to attend nationwide anti-Israeli rallies as direct peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians were under way in Washington.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says Tehran is still waiting for a response from the Vienna Group.

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Iran and Oman have been jointly developing a crude oil field in the Gulf. Copyrights 2008, Middle East Newsline. All rights reserved.

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Iran plans to intensify its search for uranium ore. Copyrights 2008, Middle East Newsline. All rights reserved.

Iran's Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi says Tehran is engaged in a "multifaceted and complicated" defensive war which has been imposed by the US.

Iran has extended a credit line of more than $250 million to Bolivia as development aid. -VOA

IRAN kicked off mass production of two classes of high-speed missile-launching assault boats today, warning its enemies not to "play with fire" as it boosts security along its coastline...

Iran produces 44m tons of petrochemicals

Iran has extended a credit line of more than 200 million euros to Bolivia to help the industrial development of the South American country.

Iran to increase gas imports from Azerbaijan

Iran says the financial support that "leaders of sedition" received is not a matter of election or post-election unrest, it started years ago.

Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar is set to visit flood-ravaged Pakistan on Thursday to assess the extent of damage in the country.