Teheran: Iran's daily oil output rose by around 100,000 barrels with the opening on Tuesday of the second phase of Darkhovin field in the southeast of the country, the oil ministry's news agency repor

Tehran: The Iranian government has hanged dozens of drug traffickers in the first month of 2011 and vowed to pursue its anti-drug trafficking campaign. The latest one to be hanged was an Iranian-Dutch

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.

Six world powers began fresh talks with Iran on Friday in a bid to resolve tensions over its controversial nuclear drive, but the United States warned against building up hopes of a breakthrough.

Tehran: Iran has hanged nearly 50 people during the past three weeks, human rights groups have claimed.

The Guardian quotes the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) as saying that

Tehran: Iran shot down two US navy drones outside its airspace in the Gulf, ILNA news agency quoting a top military commander as saying on Sunday.

The head of Guards' air force, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, s

Iran has hanged five men convicted of drug trafficking, the state broadcaster website reported on Thursday, taking to 33 the number of executions in the Islamic republic in 2011.

Tehran: Iran hanged on Wednesday seven men convicted of drug trafficking and another found guilty of raping a teenage girl, the state news agency IRNA reported.

The convicted rapist was hanged in Teh

Tehran: Seventy-two people, including 12 crew members, were killed when a plane with 105 people on board crashed in northwest Iran.

The remaining 33 people were seriously injured in the accident that

Iran said on Tuesday it has invited ambassadors of some of the six world powers and European Union nations to visit its nuclear facilities ahead of talks in Istanbul over its atomic programme.