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

Iran is building a concrete fence all along its 700-km long border with Pakistan to stop cross-border movements of terrorists, according to the country’s defence minister.

The three feet thick and 1

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'

Tehran: Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi are still 'in their homes', Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said on Wednesday, denying reports they had been jailed.

Tehran: Iran on Saturday said it is removing the fuel from the reactor of a Russian-built nuclear power plant, a move seen as a big blow to its controversial nuclear programme.

The decision to rem

Washington: The United States is 'watching carefully' two Iranian warships that entered the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday, officials said.

It was Iran's first passage through the Suez Canal since its

Cairo: Suez Canal officials say two Iranian naval vessels have entered the strategic waterway en route for the Mediterranean Sea.

Canal officials say the ships — a frigate and a supply vessel — enter

Teheran: Several Iran opposition websites said that anti-government demonstrations had started in some cities, including Teheran on Sunday, as police said security forces were deployed in the Iranian

Teheran: Two people were killed in clashes between police and protesters during an anti-government demonstration in Teheran, a senior lawmaker was quoted as saying on Tuesday, updating a previous toll

Tehran: Scores of Iranian security forces were deployed in the streets of Tehran on Monday to prevent a planned opposition rally in solidarity with popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia that toppled