Tehran, Iran News

TEHRAN, Iran - Islamic religious authorities have begun tightening their grip on Iranian public schools, a report said Wednesday, as hard-liners expand an ideological "soft war" against Western influence.

Iranian officials said Tuesday that the country is not opposed to sending its low-grade uranium abroad, but requires "objective guarantees" on nuclear fuel exchange.

Images broadcast Sunday included warplanes dropping bombs on targets in the desert, rockets being launched and paratroopers boarding Chinook troop helicopters.

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's army and Revolutionary Guard staged large-scale air defense war games yesterday in an effort to show off the country's deterrence capabilities amid rising pressure from the West over its nuclear program, state television reported.

Even if one of the 9/11 suspects who'll be tried in New York is acquitted, he won't be released in the United States.

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack, a senior military commander said Saturday.

Tehran, Iran's capital, ranks among the world's fast-growing cities. In the early 1940s, Tehran's population was about 700,000. By 1966, it had risen to 3 million, and by 1986 - during the Iran-Iraq war - migrants brought the population to 6 million.

Friday, November 20, 2009 at 6:40 a.m. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran plans to launch a communications satellite by late 2011 with no outside help, a top Iranian official said Friday, after Italy and Russia declined to put it into orbit.

At least three others caught up in the turmoil have received death sentences previously.

MANILA a ' More than a hundred people supported a charity bazaar held in Iran to help Pinoy victims recover from the devastation wrought by several typhoons in the Philippines.

TEHRAN // Iran said yesterday it would not send its enriched uranium abroad for processing, but would consider swapping it for nuclear fuel and keeping it under supervision inside the country, the Isna news agency said.

President Barack Obama says China has helped the U.S. pull out of the recession.

In this Sunday, June 14, 2009 file photo, Iranian supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi are followed by Iranian riot-police in front of Tehran university during riots in Tehran, Iran.

People protest in the street in front of burning rubbish on July 9, 2009 in Tehran, Iran.

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TEHRAN, Iran - An impasse in nuclear talks between world powers and Iran would only hurt the West by making Tehran push harder to advance its technology, according to the latest remarks by the Iranian president.

In this Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008 file photo, Iranian Revolutionary Guards members march during a parade ceremony, marking the 28th anniversary of the onset of the Iran-Iraq war , in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran.

Iran's state-run media say the country's parliament has approved the remaining three Cabinet nominees proposed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

TEHRAN, Iran a " Several Iranian news Web sites are reporting that a former deputy defense minister who has been missing for more than two years was abducted by Israeli agents.Israel's Foreign Ministry refused to comment.

A car is parked near the Islamic Education Center November 13, 2009 in Potomac, Maryland.