Iran Pledges New Initiatives Ahead of Crucial Nuclear Talks The Fordo uranium enrichment plant is buried deep under a mountain 160 kilometers south of Tehran and is central to the talks this weekend. According to media reports citing diplomats, the U...
TEHRAN, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Iran's soccer legend Ali Daei has survived a serious car crash, local media reported on Sunday. Former captain of Iran's national soccer team was injured on his way from Isfahan to Tehran after his car overturned on Satur...
IN THE NEWS - United States, European Union say Iran May be Ready to Return to Nuclear Talks This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. American and European officials say Iran may be serious about returning to talks about its nuclear program. Cathe...
US Senators Warn Latin America on Iran Ties Irans increasingly isolated regime retains friends in Latin America, most notably Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. U.S. Democratic Senator Robert Menendez had a stern message for the region. Unfortunately,...
TEHRAN, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Iran successfully test-fired long- and short-range missiles during its military drill in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, state media reported. The launch of the missiles came one day after the Islamic republic test-fired an...
Iran says it will fire long-range missiles on Saturday as part of military exercises in the Gulf. The announcement on Friday was made on the heels of heightened tensions between Iran and Western powers over Tehran's threat to block oil shipments thro...
Iran has rejected a U.S. warning against blocking oil shipments through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, as a war of words between the two countries continues. Iran's semi-official Fars news agency Thursday quoted Revolutionary Guard commander Hossein...
Iranian state television on Thursday released the first images of what it said was a U.S. unmanned reconnaissance drone downed on Sunday along Iran's eastern border after it made a brief incursion into its airspace. The footage shows Iranian military...
Britain Withdraws Some Diplomats From Iran The British government is pulling some diplomatic staff out of Iran following Tuesday's attack on its embassy in Tehran by a group of protesters. On Sunday, Iranian lawmakers voted to weaken diplomatic ties...
TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Iran's volleyball club Paykan is out of FIVB Club World Championship after losing 3-2 to a Canadian club. Canada's Trinity Western Spartans rallied to beat Paykan 25-23, 18-25, 17-25, 25-18, 15-6 on Monday in Doha, Qatar,...
