Chavez defends Carlos the Jackal, calls imprisoned Venezuelan 'revolutionary fighter'. Hugo Chavez has defended the alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was an important "revolutionary fighter" who supported the cause of the Palestinians.

Iran to hold large-scale air defense war games to protect nuclear facilities. 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, reflecting the country's concern that Israel could make good on threats to strike militarily.

Planned Iranian news agency yields first story line: Will elite military force act as editors?. The portfolio of Iran's Revolutionary Guard keeps on growing. Its troops watch over nuclear facilities, its rocket scientists enlarge Iran's missile arsenal and its engineers have taken on a rail line as their latest big-ticket project. Could media mogul be next?

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the country's nuclear rights were not negotiable, the student news agency ISNA reported on Monday.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday the "enemies" of his country's nuclear programme had been defeated ahead of the release of the latest UN report on the atomic drive.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday the "enemies" of his country's nuclear programme had been defeated ahead of the release of the latest UN report on the atomic drive.

The UN atomic watchdog on Monday demanded more information from Iran about the purpose of a previously secret nuclear site and indicated that the Islamic Republic could be hiding other facilities.

The UN atomic watchdog on Monday demanded more information from Iran about the purpose of a previously secret nuclear site and indicated that the Islamic Republic could be hiding other facilities.

Iranian technicians have moved highly sophisticated technical equipment into a previously secret uranium enrichment site in preparation for starting it up in 2011, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a new report Monday.

The UN atomic watchdog on Monday demanded more information from Iran about the purpose of a previously secret nuclear site and indicated that the Islamic Republic could be hiding other facilities.

The UN atomic watchdog demanded Monday more information from Iran about the purpose of a previously secret nuclear site and indicated the Islamic republic could be hiding other facilities.

French academic Clotilde Reiss on Tuesday appeared before Tehran's Revolutionary Court and was then allowed to return to her country's embassy, the French foreign ministry said.

French academic Clotilde Reiss on Tuesday appeared before Tehran's Revolutionary Court and was then allowed to return to her country's embassy, the French foreign ministry said.

French academic Clotilde Reiss on Tuesday appeared before Tehran's Revolutionary Court and was then allowed to return to her country's embassy, the French foreign ministry said.

A French academic arrested after Iran's disputed election appeared before a Revolutionary Court in Tehran on Tuesday and was then allowed to return to her country's embassy, French officials said.

Israeli prime minister warns about Iran on tour of Israeli submarine, missile ship. Underscoring Israel's military might, Israel's prime minister warned about the dangers of a nuclear Iran Tuesday after visiting a submarine believed capable of carrying nuclear-tipped missiles and a ship used to seize weapons Israel says were being sent to Lebanese foes by Iran.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Five people have been sentenced to death and 81 have received jail terms of up to 15 years in connection with unrest after Iran's disputed election in June, state broadcaster IRIB reported on Tuesday.

Iran state television says 5 people have been sentenced to death over postelection turmoil. Iran has sentenced five defendants to death in a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest that followed the disputed June presidential election, state television reported Tuesday.

Israeli president predicts Chavez, Ahmadinejad will 'disappear' before long. Israel President Shimon Peres predicts the people of Venezuela and Iran will make their leaders disappear before too long.

The lawyer of a French academic who appeared before an Iranian court in connection with anti-regime protests hopes for an acquittal at its next hearing, Fars news agency reported on Wednesday.