Iran's military base, believed to house the country's missile research facility was totally obliterated by a recent deadly explosion when the technicians were at final stages of testing a long range m

Norway has closed its embassy in Tehran after the British mission in the Iranian capital was attacked by an angry mob, the government said on Wednesday.

Norway's diplomatic staff are still in Tehran

Britain has ordered the closure of the Iranian embassy in London and has shut its mission in Tehran after it was attacked by protesters, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday.

He also acc

Iranian protesters stormed two British Embassy compounds in Tehran on Tuesday, smashing windows, hurling petrol bombs and burning the British flag during a rally to protest against sanctions imposed b

The United States announced fresh sanctions against Iran's energy sector on Monday and warned firms against dealing with Iran's financial sector, as it tried to 'sharpen' Iran's choice to pursue nucle

The United States is to unveil new sanctions against Iran on Monday targeting its financial, oil and petrochemical sectors, according to briefings by US officials to several American news outlets.

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The CIA's operations in Lebanon have been badly damaged after Hezbollah identified and captured a number of U.S. spies recently, current and former U.S. officials told The Associated Press. The intell

Iran is less than a year away from being unstoppable in its goal of producing a nuclear weapon, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in an interview with CNN released on Saturday.

In an advance t

A resolution condemning Iran at the UN atomic agency on Friday will only strengthen the Islamic republic's determination to press ahead with its 'peaceful' nuclear programme, Tehran's envoy said.

"We

India and 39 other nations abstained from a UN resolution condemning an alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States, saying full facts were not known and the matter was sub-