
Iran nuke policy 'unchangeable' no matter who wins
Just hours after Iran's presidential candidates bickered over nuclear policies during a televised debate, the country's foreign minister stepped in ...

A look at the latest Syria developments
Here are the latest developments in the Syria crisis: — Syria's foreign minister and the main Western-backed opposition group issue terms that would ...
Iran expresses support for Geneva talks on Syria
Iran has expressed its support for an international conference to end the bloodshed in Syria. The U.S. and Russia are leading a joint push to launch ...

State media say Internet service restored in Syria
Internet service was restored in Syria on Wednesday, after a countrywide outage cut off the country from the rest of the world for nearly 20 hours, ...

President Assad says Syria able to face Israel
In his first response to Israel's weekend airstrikes, President Bashar Assad said Tuesday that Syria is capable of facing Israel, but stopped short ...

Analysis: Syria has limited response options
The Syrian regime on Tuesday dispatched an obscure proxy, a Damascus-based Palestinian militant group, to threaten retaliation for two Israeli ...

Israeli airstrike in Syria aimed at Iran
From Israel's perspective, its airstrikes near Damascus were more about Iran than Syria: Tehran's shipment of guided missiles destroyed in the weekend ...
Iran detains senior diplomat for unknown reasons
Iran's foreign minister says authorities have detained a veteran Iranian diplomat, but describes the incident as a potential "misunderstanding." No ...

Hezbollah warns of possible Syria intervention
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said Tuesday that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad's regime ...
Iran: chemicals 'red line' but seeks rebel probe
Iran's foreign minister is insisting that use of chemical weapons in Syria would also be a "red line" for Tehran, but suggests rebel forces should be ...
Iran denies link with Canada terror plot suspects
Iran on Tuesday denied any links with an alleged terrorist plot that Canadian authorities claim was directed by al-Qaida operatives in Iran and sought ...
Iran says it will help learn fate of ex-FBI agent
Iran's foreign minister says his country is ready to help learn the fate of a retired FBI agent who went missing six years ago. Iranian media on ...

Syria, Iran say Assad to remain in power till 2014
Iran and Syria condemned a U.S. plan to assist rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad on Saturday and signaled the Syrian leader intends to ...

Sanctions relief offered in Iranian nuclear talks
World powers, fearful of scuttling negotiations beginning this week with Iran, are offering the Islamic republic some small new sanctions relief in ...
Diplomats: No Iran-UN nuke agency meeting planned
Top Iranian officials coming to Vienna usually hold talks with the head of the U.N. nuclear agency. But diplomats say not this time, in a development ...

Iran mourns slain senior military commander
Prominent Iranian politicians and clerics led mourners at a funeral Thursday for a senior commander of the country's powerful Revolutionary Guards who ...

Iran: Sanctions make nuclear talks with US futile
American proposals for direct talks with Iran are pointless while Washington is "holding a gun" to the country through sanctions, Iran's supreme ...

Syrian opposition chief renews dialogue offer
The leader of Syria's main opposition group urged President Bashar Assad on Monday to respond to his offer for a dialogue, insisting he is ready to ...

Turkey pledges support for Syrian opposition
Turkey on Sunday pledged its continued support for the Syrian opposition, saying its leaders should not be pressured into talks with the regime as ...

Iran positive but noncommittal about talks with US
Iran's foreign minister on Sunday welcomed the United States' willingness to hold direct talks with Tehran in the standoff over its nuclear program ...

Biden: US would hold direct talks if Iran serious
The United States is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran in the standoff over its nuclear ambitions, Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday — but ...

Syria threatens retaliation for Israeli airstrike
Syria threatened Thursday to retaliate for an Israeli airstrike and its ally Iran said the Jewish state will regret the attack. Syria sent a letter ...

Israel angered over Argentina-Iran bombing probe
Israel summoned the Argentinian ambassador on Tuesday in protest over an agreement between Iran and Argentina to jointly investigate the bombing 19 ...
Lavrov: Iran and West need to set venue for talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that Iran and the West should stop behaving "like little children" and agree on where to hold talks ...

EU chides Iran over nuclear talks venue proposals
The European Union rebuked Iran on Wednesday in unusually direct language, suggesting it was willfully delaying new nuclear talks with six world ...