Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi will travel to Kuwait on Wednesday to discuss bilateral and regional issues, ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said.

Iran is bracing for a fresh showdown between supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and some conservatives as simmering tensions build in the run-up to the March 2012 Parliamentary election.

Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Saturday called on Egypt to take a "courageous step" towards renewing diplomatic ties with Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Iran on Thursday hanged four men convicted of murder and rape, Fars news agency reported, saying the executions were carried out in public in the Southern port city of Bandar Abbas.

Iran plans to launch a monkey into space in mid-September, the ISNA news agency said on Wednesday, citing Iranian Space Agency head Hamid Fazeli.

The monkey will be sent into orbit in a capsule carri

Iranian MPs have submitted a bill in parliament that asks for barring of dogs from public places because the animals are 'unclean' and keeping pets was an 'un-Islamic' custom.

Besides being 'unclean'

Iranian MPs have submitted a bill in parliament that asks for barring of dogs from public places because the animals are ‘unclean’ and keeping pets was an ‘un-Islamic’ custom.

Besides being ‘unclean’

Iran plans to launch several home-built satellites by March, 2012, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday after the unveiling of four new prototypes.

An aging oil pipeline has ruptured in Southern Iran contaminating vast patches of the coast and farmland near the town of Deylam on the gulf, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.

Iran is open to holding further talks with six world powers over its nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday, a day after the failure of the latest round of dialogue.