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Diplomats: New Iran-nuke agency talks agreed on
Two diplomats say Iran and the U.N. nuclear agency have agreed to mid-May talks focused on restarting a probe of suspicions that Tehran has worked ...
Quake wipes out nearly entire Pakistani town
Zar Bibi's 7-year-old son was napping when a massive earthquake demolished this small Pakistani town earlier this week near the Iranian border.
Iran's president holds rare massive rally
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad thanked government workers in a massive rally that was seen as a show of his power ahead of the June presidential ...
Moderate earthquake injures 2 in northwest Iran
A moderate earthquake that shook a small town in Iran's northwest on Thursday afternoon injured two people, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Kerry disappointed by recent talks with Iran
Secretary of State John Kerry called for patience despite widespread frustration with the recent failure of negotiations between six world powers and ...
Iran's president slams 'foreign presence' in Gulf
The Iranian president on Thursday slammed the West for its naval presence in the Persian Gulf while the country's army commanders warned archenemy ...
Thousands of Pakistanis homeless after quake
Thousands of people are homeless and desperate for aid in southwestern Pakistan following a deadly earthquake centered in neighboring Iran that ...
APNewsBreak: Diplomats: Iran ups nuke technology
Technicians upgrading Iran's main uranium enrichment facility have tripled their installations of high-tech machines that could be used in a nuclear ...
Iran condemns Boston blast, criticizes US policy
Iran's top leader on Wednesday condemned the twin bombing attacks in Boston, yet chided the U.S. for employing a double standard when it comes to ...
Iran's reformists stake long shot hopes in Khatami
It's difficult to measure how much lifeblood is left in Iran's pro-reform factions after four years of punishment. Its leaders are incommunicado under ...
Iran begins registration for municipal elections
Iran's state radio says candidates can begin to register for municipal council elections scheduled for June. The councils have little power.
Hezbollah-backed Lebanese Shiites fight in Syria
Masked men in camouflage toting Kalashnikov rifles fan out through a dusty olive grove, part of a group of Hezbollah-backed fighters from Lebanon who ...
Iran urged to boost nuke safety review after quake
The head of the Gulf states' main political bloc is urging Iran to join an international accord on nuclear safety following an earthquake near the ...
US ends Iran-related sanctions on 3 maritime firms
The Obama administration is lifting sanctions it imposed on three companies two years ago for helping Iran to ship oil in violation of U.S. law.
Iran negotiator: Sanctions can end 'step by step'
An Iranian negotiator suggests that "step by step" progress can be made toward lifting sanctions over the Iranian nuclear program. Ali Bagheri told ...
Iran candidate vows 'constructive' diplomacy
Iran's former nuclear negotiator, now a candidate in Iran's presidential election, pledged Thursday to improve rocky relations with the West if he is ...
Iraq inspects 3rd Iranian plane to Syria this week
An Iraqi official says the country has forced an Iranian plane headed to Syria to land in Baghdad so authorities could search it for arms. It's the ...
Egypt denies hardliners halted Iran tourism
Egypt's presidential spokesman says tourist flights from Iran were not suspended because of pressure from "any particular groups." Ehab Fahmy's ...
Iran says 37 killed in earthquake in south
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed at least 37 and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian officials ...
Iran unveils uranium sites, renews defiant tone
With words of defiance, Iran announced two nuclear-related projects Tuesday that expand capabilities to extract and process uranium — modest advances ...
US lawmakers push for new sanctions on Iran
The failure of negotiations between six world powers and Iran over its disputed nuclear program has jumpstarted the congressional push for even ...