Iran accused three detained Americans of spying Monday, signaling Tehran intends to put them on trial. It drew a sharp U.S. response that the charges are baseless because the hikers strayed across the border from Iraq. The announcement comes as...

Iran has lifted a yearlong ban and allowed U.N. inspectors to visit a nearly completed nuclear reactor as well as granting greater monitoring rights at another atomic site, diplomats said Thursday. International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors visited...

The trial has begun in Iran of 100 people arrested for their alleged involvement in post-election violence. The charges included rioting, vandalism, “acting against national security”, and conspiring against the ruling system, state media...

Reporting from Beirut — Political hard-liners warned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday that he could be deposed like past Iranian leaders if he continued to defy the country’s supreme religious leader. The implied threat was the...

In these incidents, their embassy had a presence, some people were arrested. Naturally they will be put on trial, they have made confessions,” Ahmad Jannati said. Downing Street said on Friday that it was “concerned” about reports...

ran will eliminate Israel if it attacks the Islamic Republic, Iran’s deputy army chief warned Tuesday in words conjuring up Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s threats to wipe Israel off the map. Iran threatens to ‘eliminate...