Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran detention centre doctor commits suicide: IRNA

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A doctor who died at the Kahrizak detention center, closed after the deaths there of several protesters against June's disputed election, committed suicide, state media said on Wednesday.
 

Death of an Iran prison doctor raises suspicion

An Iranian doctor who went public with reports of tortured protesters he treated at Tehran's most feared detention facility dies, amid conflicting reports of a heart attack, a car accident or suicide ? raising opposition accusations that the 26-year-old was killed.
 

Death of an Iran prison doctor raises suspicion

Mysterious death of Iran doctor who treated torture victims amid crackdown raises suspicion. An Iranian doctor who went public with reports of tortured protesters he treated at Tehran's most feared detention facility dies, amid conflicting reports of a heart attack, a car accident or suicide ? raising opposition accusations that the 26-year-old was killed.
 

Iran's parliament approves last three ministers

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's parliament approved on Sunday the last three ministers in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's 21-member cabinet after rejecting his original choices in September, the semi-official ILNA news agency said.
 

Iran to allow IAEA visit, inspect nuclear site

Iran says it will allow UN nuclear agency to inspect newly revealed, unfinished nuclear site. Iran said Saturday it will allow U.N. nuclear inspectors to examine its newly revealed, still unfinished uranium enrichment facility as world criticism mounted over the underground site that was developed secretly.
 

Iran state telecoms firm privatised in eight-bln-dollar deal

A majority stake in Iran's only state-owned telecommunications firm was sold on Sunday to a private consortium in an eight-billion-dollar deal, the largest privatisation in the Islamic republic.
 

Iran's Rev. Guard buys stake in Iran telecom

Iran's Revolutionary Guard buys 50 percent stake in Iran telecom. A consortium connected to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard bought a majority share in the country's telecommunications company Sunday, Iranian state media reported, bringing the strategic sector under the elite military force's control.
 

Iran's Khamenei reshuffles Revolutionary Guards top brass

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday issued decrees reshuffling several commanders in the elite Revolutionary Guards Corps, official media reported.
 

Jailed Newsweek reporter faces personal ordeal

Newsweek reporter's jailing in Iran brings personal ordeal as pregnant wife hopes for release. Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari, who has been imprisoned in Iran for more than three months, got troubling news: His wife is having a difficult pregnancy and will be delivering their first child without him.
 

'Iran's military gains not a threat to neighbours'

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that Tehran's military advances were not aimed at threatening its neighbours but instead were helping them to progress in similar manner.
 

Iran police find no evidence of rape in closed jail

Iran's police chief said on Wednesday that an investigation had found no evidence that election protesters detained in a now closed detention centre had been raped as alleged by opposition groups.
 

Iran warns against attack

Iran issued another warning on Friday against any attack on the Islamic republic, while claiming its talks with world powers over its controversial nuclear programme were "a success and a victory."
 

Iran to 'blow up heart of Israel' if attacked

Iran will "blow up the heart" of Israel if attacked by the Jewish state or the United States, an aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted on Friday as saying.
 

Iran to "blow up heart" of Israel if attacked: official

TEHRAN (Reuters) - 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.
 

Iran probes Revolutionary Guard 'ties' to teleco sale

Iran is probing the 7.9 billion dollar privatisation of a state-owned telecoms company after allegations one of the buyers was linked to the elite Revolutionary Guards Corps, media reports said on Saturday.
 

Israel will ensure 'survival' against Iran threat

Israel reserves the right to take whatever action is needed to survive in the face of Iran's nuclear ambitions, the Jewish state's far-right infrastructure minister, Uzi Landau, said.
 

Iran frees Iranian-Canadian journalist on bail

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, arrested after Iran's disputed election in June, has been freed on bail, the judiciary said on Saturday.
 

Khamenei urges OIC to support Palestinians

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday told the visiting Senegalese president whose nation heads the world's largest Islamic body to do more for Palestinians, his website reported.
 

Iran releases foreign Newsweek reporter on bail

Iran releases foreign Newsweek reporter on bail after almost 4 months in prison. Iran released a foreign Newsweek reporter on bail Saturday almost four months after he was arrested following the country's disputed presidential election, as embattled opposition leaders promised to press on with their campaign against the country's rulers.
 

Iran bombing kills 5 Revolutionary Guard leaders

Suicide bomber in Iran kills 5 top Revolutionary Guard commanders near Pakistani border. A suicide bomber killed five senior commanders of the powerful Revolutionary Guard and at least 37 others Sunday near the Pakistani border in the heartland of a potentially escalating Sunni insurgency.