TEHRAN (dpa) – Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday ordered the creation of a special cyber center led by top political and military figures to control the country's Internet use, Fars news agency reported.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wrote in a letter (...)
Tehran (dpa) – The Iranian parliament rejected a draft bill Monday which would have obliged men to register temporary marriages, Fars news agency reported.
The bill was aimed at increasing the rights of women who become the second or third wives (...)
Tehran (dpa) – Ali Larijani was seen as the right hand of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when the latter was elected president in 2005.
As Ahmadinejad's chief nuclear negotiator, Larijani handled the most sensitive international issue facing the (...)
Tehran (dpa) – The parliamentary elections held Friday in Iran are unlikely to change the country's policies or the lives of its citizens, and this is reflected in a widespread lack of interest.
In the absence of major reformist parties, the main (...)
Tehran (dpa) – Tehran on Saturday rejected comments by British Prime Minister David Cameron that Iran was supplying the Syrian government with weapons to crackdown on its opposition.
“Iran categorically denies any military interference in Syria (...)
Tehran (dpa) – Campaigning by more than 3,400 candidates vying for Iran's March 2 parliamentary elections began on Thursday, with most analysts expecting a comfortable victory by the ruling conservative faction loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali (...)
Tehran (dpa) – Iran is obliging female civil servants to wear uniforms at work, ISNA news agency reported Wednesday.
Azar Nazari, the head of women's affairs of the Tehran governor's office said that women would be obliged to wear uniforms from (...)
Tehran (dpa) – Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) were in Tehran for talks about bilateral cooperation, and not to inspect nuclear sites, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday.
“This team is not an (...)
Tehran (dpa) – Police in Iran on Saturday forcefully removed satellite television dishes in northern Tehran, as part of what is seen as an ongoing clampdown on illegal broadcasters ahead of elections.
“Police came, broke the door to the roof and (...)
Tehran (dpa) – Iran was expected to see its first opposition protests in 12 months on Tuesday.
The protests in Tehran, being coordinated by the Green Movement, will mark one year since Iran's main opposition leaders Mir-Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi (...)
Tehran (dpa) – Iranian officials on Sunday started talks with a visiting Chinese envoy over Tehran's nuclear dispute with the West, ISNA news agency reported.
Chinese deputy foreign minister Ma Zhaoxu met with Iran's deputy nuclear negotiator, (...)
Tehran (dpa) – Millions of people were Saturday attending rallies across Iran, state-run media reported, to mark the 33rd anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
The state-organized rallies were being held in more than 850 cities and (...)
Tehran (dpa) – The Iranian parliament has summoned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for questioning over a number of accusations, including his alleged mishandling of the economy, Mehr news agency reported on Tuesday.
It is the first time since the (...)
Tehran (dpa) – Iran on Monday said “some positive steps” were taken during the visit by international nuclear inspectors that was aimed at settling the dispute over the aims of its program.
The team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (...)
Tehran (dpa) – Iran would retaliate against any country which is used launched an attack on it, the deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards warned on Sunday, according to the Fars news agency.
“Whatever spot being used as base for military (...)
Tehran (dpa) – Iran on Friday launched a small space satellite into orbit, which it says will be used for weather collection data and which the West fears could be used for military purposes instead.
The domestically-built “Navid'e Elm-o-Sanat” – (...)
Tehran (dpa) – Officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) started talks on Sunday with Iranian officials over Tehran's disputed nuclear program.
Both sides have so far kept silent on the exact agenda of the talks but the IAEA (...)
Tehran (dpa) – Iran would consider Russia's proposal for a gradual loosening of sanctions against Tehran in exchange for a gradual increase in access to the country for international nuclear inspectors, a senior Iranian lawmaker said (...)
Tehran/Vienna (dpa) – Tehran on Tuesday warned that a wide-reaching oil embargo imposed on it by the European Union would have “serious consequences,” while the Foreign Ministry summoned the Danish ambassador.
“Iran condemns this EU move as (...)
Tehran (dpa) – The European Union sanctions to be imposed on Iran has been felt by ordinary Iranians even before they have been implemented, as the announcement of a halt to imports of Iranian oil and the blocking of the accounts of its central bank (...)
Tehran (dpa) – The revolutionary court in Tehran on Sunday sentenced the chief of Iran's official news agency IRNA to a one-year jail term.
The Mashregh news website reported that the main charge against Ali-Akbar Javanfekr was insulting Iran's (...)
Tehran (dpa) – Iran confirmed Saturday a visit by inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), official news agency IRNA reported.
At the same time however, Tehran reiterated that the visit did not mean Iran would make any (...)
Tehran (dpa) – A car bomb killed a chemistry scientist and injured two in Tehran on Wednesday, official sources said, confirming earlier reports about the blast in downtown Tehran.
A motorcyclist attached a magnetic bomb to the car of Mostafa (...)
Tehran (dpa) – Iran would not change its policies despite new sanction plans by the world powers, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Monday.
Iran is facing new sanctions due to its continued uncompromising stance in its disputed (...)
Tehran (dpa) – An Iranian ayatollah has said that the social networking service Facebook was un-Islamic and being a member of it a sin, the ISNA news agency reported Saturday.
In Iran, it is common for senior clerics to be asked about their (...)