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Opposition activists stood trial in Tehran Saturday on charges of rioting following the disputed presidential vote.

Three American tourists are reportedly in Iranian custody after they may have strayed across the border from Iraq during a mountain hike, Kurdish officials said Friday.

Thousands and possibly tens of thousands of mourners, many of them black-clad young women carrying roses, overwhelmed security forces today at Tehran's largest cemetery to gather around the grave of Neda Agha-Soltan, the young woman whose videotaped shooting at a June 20 demonstration stunned the world.

An Iranian passenger plane skidded off the runway and caught fire while landing in the northern city of Mashhad on Friday.

Iran's semi-official media are reporting that Iran's supreme leader has ordered the president, a close ally, to dismiss the vice president he chose last week.

It was the latest in a flurry of attacks that, though relatively small, have killed or wounded scores in the last week.

Iran's supreme leader issued a tough warning Monday to the opposition to back down after a pro-reform former president called ...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's re-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday his next government "would bring down the global arrogance," signaling a tougher approach toward the West after June's disputed election.

The crash of an Iranian plane that killed 168 was probably caused by technical problems, an official says.

Investigators have recovered two of the three black boxes belonging to a Russian-made jetliner that crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran, Iran's state radio reported Thursday.