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Iran's foreign minister said Monday that Tehran may agree to ship part of its stockpile of low enriched uranium abroad for further ...

Iran did not reject the United Nations plan outright, but its counterproposal could draw out the negotiations.

A lone bomber in tribal dress infiltrates what was to have been a reconciliation meeting between Shiite and Sunni tribesmen. Five Guard commanders are killed. At least 28 people also are wounded.

Iran released a foreign Newsweek reporter on bail almost four months after he was arrested following the country's disputed presidential election.

Iran would "blow up the heart" of Israel if it was attacked by the Jewish state or the United States, a Revolutionary Guards official was quoted Friday as saying.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that "some countries" had offered to provide Iran with uranium enriched to 20 percent for use as nuclear fuel, the official IRNA news agency reported.

The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog on Sunday described a "shifting of gears" in the controversy over Iran's nuclear program ...

The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency is traveling to Iran this weekend to discuss the country's recently revealed uranium enrichment facility, a spokesman said Saturday.

World powers increase pressure on Tehran to reveal the nature of its nuclear programme, as they prepare to meet in Geneva.

President Obama has let Iran know that it faces an arsenal of sanctions if it fails to completely disclose the nature of its nuclear program and ambitions.