Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says Iran will not bow to pressure meant to discourage the country from pursuing its nuclear rights.

London, Sept 5 : Iran has reportedly sentenced Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the 43-year-old Iranian woman who faces execution by stoning after being convicted of adultery, to 99 lashes in prison for "spreading corruption and indecency" over a false picture published by Times newspaper on 28 August this year for which it has already apologised.

Iran's electricity network has integrated to power grids of seven neighboring countries to meet their energy demands, says Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou.

Iran is reacting angrily to a supposed interview with an Islamic Revolution Guards commander, which authorities insist is fake. The alleged interview with the Islamic Revolution Guards army commander appeared in the Kuwaiti Al-Rai Al-Aam newspaper, Javan newspaper reported Friday.

Iran says it is mulling over the outlines of a joint agreement with Bahrain for the export of Iranian natural gas to the Persian Gulf state.

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran holds Iran's Supreme Leader responsible for the safety of presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi and his family following attacks on Karroubi's home by dozens of armed plainclothes forces.

Iran imported $24.2 billion worth of goods during the first five months of current Iranian calendar year (started March 20, 2010). The amount shows 22.21 percent increase in comparison to the same period in the previous year.

A senior commander with Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) says the force is set to stage a military maneuver to test-fire its newly manufactured anti-aircraft equipment.

TEHRAN, Sept. 4 (MNA) – Iran imported $24.2 billion worth of goods during the first five months of current Iranian calendar year (started March 20, 2010).

(MNA), Sept. 4 -- Iran’s Mixed Team Compound claimed silver medal of the 2010 Archery World Cup in Shanghai on Friday.

A vocal female human rights activist and journalist went on trial in Iran Saturday on charges including "warring against God," which is punishable by death, her lawyer was reported as saying.

Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar says Tehran will continue to send in aid to Pakistan to help flood victims in the country.

TEHRAN, Iran -- Pro-government crowds swarmed outside the battered home of a key Iranian opposition leader Friday after militiamen attacked with firebombs and beat a bodyguard unconscious in a brazen message of intimidation and pinpoint pressure on dissent.

CAIRO, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Egypt says it has canceled a meeting with Iran's foreign minister after he called participants in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks "traitors." Iran - Middle East - Egypt - Israeli–Palestinian conflict - Warfare and Conflict

TEHRAN, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Iran is reacting angrily to a supposed interview with an Islamic Revolution Guards commander, which authorities insist is fake. Iran - Middle East - Iranian Revolution - Government - Sept 3

Opposition activists linked to Iran's "green movement" have launched a new satellite TV channel, RASA TV, from Belgium as an alternative news source for discontented Iranians at home and abroad. Ebrahim Nabavi, one of the channel's organizers, is a well-known...

Iran's national soccer team has defeated China 2-0 in an international friendly match at the Tianhe Stadium in China.

Iran basketball team was eliminated from the 2010 FIBA World Championship. In the competition which is underway in Turkey, Iran failed to reach the next round after suffering four losses.

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Iran's military chief of staff says Tehran could strike Israel's nuclear facility if the Jewish state were to attack Iran's nuclear sites.