Iran’s defense minister says the country’s powerful Revolutionary Guard has received its first batch of new missiles with enhanced guidance systems to hit ground targets. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi says the Defense Ministry supplied the Guard with...

Bahrain stripped a powerful Shiite cleric with close ties to Iraq of his citizenship as authorities Monday widened a crackdown against alleged dissidents ahead of next month’s elections in the tiny Gulf nation. The move against Ayatollah Hussein...

Iran showed off four new domestically made small submarines Sunday that Tehran said would bolster its defence capability as it vows to confront any military threat from countries opposed to its nuclear programme. State-run Press TV showed the...

SHE was only 14 when she was forced into marriage with an older man. Yet within a year of her wedding, Azar Bagheri was charged with adultery and sentenced to be stoned to death. The sentence could not be carried out until she was 18. So for the past...

Fearing for people’s safety, Iranian opposition leaders canceled a demonstration planned for the anniversary of last year’s disputed presidential election, according to a statement posted on Facebook Thursday. The protests were to have...

The Iranian lawmakers have rejected government’s plan to save about 40 billion dollars by cutting energy subsidies. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attended the parliament session on Tuesday to ask the MPs to give a yes vote to the plan, aimed at...

Israel’s military chief said Monday that all options remain “on the table” in dealing with Iran’s nuclear program, indicating that the Jewish state has not abandoned the possibility of a military strike. Lt. Gen. Gabi...

On the morning of the inauguration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to his second term, the regime knew it had the upper hand. Baharestan Square, next to the Majlis, the Iranian parliament, is not a good place to hold a protest rally. The space is small and the...

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in Wednesday for a second term in office as president of Iran, appealing for national unity and denouncing foreign interference in his inauguration speech before parliament. Ahmadinejad took the oath and pledged to protect...