Tehran: Moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani assumed the presidency on Saturday after Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei officially endorsed him, hailing his services to the Islamic establishment

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday met Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during which they discussed Tehran's controversial nuclear programme,

Iran's supreme leader urged his country's politicians to show more unity as he warned the West that sanctions imposed over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme would only make the government more deter

In a secret message sent through a foreign leader to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, US President Barack Obama hinted that Tehran can have a civilian nuclear programme if it never pursue

Iranians voted on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to reinforce Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's power over rival hardliners led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Iranian leaders were

Iran on Friday voted for a new parliament in the first nationwide elections since a bitterly contested 2009 poll that returned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power, posing a new test of his support

The European Union may approve fresh sanctions against Iran within weeks, after a U.N. agency said Tehran had worked to design nuclear bombs, EU diplomats said on Thursday.

Iran denies trying to buil

Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday he had 100 'undeniable documents' proving the United States has been behind 'terrorist acts' in the Islamic state and elsewhere in the Mi

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, dismissed on Saturday US allegations of a Tehran-sponsored assassination plot as 'absurd,' in his first direct reaction to the claim.

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Tehran: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appealed to Muslims to back the separatist campaign in Jammu and Kashmir, equating the Indian state with the 'nations' of Afghanistan and Iraq.