The U.S. military accused Iran on Monday of a direct role in a sophisticated militant attack that killed five American troops in Iraq, portraying Tehran as waging a proxy war through Shiite extremists.
In-form Iran will look to their European-based players for inspiration at the Asian Cup as the three-time champions attempt to win the trophy for the first time in 20 years.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday inaugurated an English-language satellite television channel to counter what Iran claims is the West's influence in covering news, state television reported.
Press TV, Iran?s new 24-hour English-language satellite television channel, which aims to compete with the BBC, CNN and Al Jazeera International, launched on Monday.
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched construction of a joint petrochemical plant on Monday, strengthening an "axis of unity" between two oil-rich nations staunchly opposed to the United States, the presidents of Iran and Venezuela also signed a series of other deals to expand economic cooperation, ranging from setting up a dairy factory in Venezuela to forming an oil ...
In some of its most direct accusations against Iran yet, the U.S. military said on Monday senior leaders in Tehran know about operations in which Iran's Qods Force foments violence in Iraq.
President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin projected a united front Monday against Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program.
Iran launched an English-language satellite television channel on Monday saying it was seeking to redress the balance of world news coverage which was now in the grip of the West.
Iran's supreme court held a new appeal hearing on Monday into the death in custody four years ago of Iranian-Canadian photographer Zahra Kazemi, a case that has strained ties with Ottawa.
The presidents of Iran and Venezuela launched construction of a joint petrochemical plant on Monday, strengthening an "axis of unity" between two oil-rich nations staunchly opposed to the United States.