A grenade exploded on Wednesday near the motorcade of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the western city of Hamedan, but the Iranian President was unhurt, a conservative website reported.

Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday he was ready for “face-to-face” talks with US President Barack Obama on issues concerning the international community.

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake jolted south-eastern Iran on Saturday, the country's state television reported.

An ancient underground city believed to have been used as a shelter during wars by habitants has been discovered in the western Iranian province of Hamedan.

Iran’s first nuclear power plant is set to be launched by late September now that an important final test has been carried out at the reactor, the head of the Islamic state’s Atomic Energy Organisatio

Iran on Tuesday set September 1 as a possible date for the resumption of nuclear talks with six world powers which have been stalled since October, but insisted conditions set by Tehran must first be

Airports in Britain, Germany and the United Arab Emirates have refused to offer fuel to Iranian passenger jets after unilateral sanctions imposed by Washington, ISNA news agency said on Monday.

A man claiming to be an Iranian nuclear scientist whom Tehran alleges the United States kidnapped said he has escaped from US agents, in a video screened on Tuesday on Iranian television.

Iran on Monday accused the US Central Intelligence Agency of waging psychological warfare against it through “fake reports,” saying the CIA knows Tehran’s nuclear programme has no military aims.

Emergency plans will help Iran boost gasoline output sharply by early 2012, an official said in comments published on Sunday, after the US Congress approved a bill to penalise firms supplying the Islamic state with the fuel.