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A document containing new evidence that Iran is developing nuclear weapons is genuine, according to Sky sources.

This Sept. 26, 2009, satellite image shows a facility under construction inside a mountain located about 20 miles north northeast of Qom, Iran.

Iran captured two months ago a spy from a Western intelligence agency who gathered information on the Islamic Republic's newly disclosed uranium enrichment site at Qom, Channel 2 reported on Tuesday.

Iran's refusal to engage with other countries on its nuclear program has united the international community, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.

The United States said Tuesday it will investigate a British newspaper report that Iran is working on a trigger for a nuclear bomb, adding the "revelation" fuelled concerns about Iranian intentions.

Mohammad Yazdi in his recent speech in Qom had very harsh words for Mehdi Karroubi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, and especially Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani In response to the insults made by Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi against the reformist leaders, Mehdi Karoubi in an interview with Tagheer website addressed Yazdi and said: "regarding your remark and your ...

The moderate cleric Ayatollah Rafsanjani has been the target of heavy hardliner attacks in the aftermath of National Students Day protests which have persisted over a week after the date.

Iran worked on testing a key component of a nuclear bomb as recently as 2007, a British newspaper said on Monday, a finding which if proven would be at odds with Iran's assertion its nuclear work is for civilian use.

Behind closed doors, the Iranian regime probably cannot conceal its surprise and delight at what it has gotten away with.

Iran arrested a Western spy who was operating within its uranium enrichment plant at Qom just before the facility's existence was revealed to the world in late September, according to a Channel 2 report.

The Iranian capital of Tehran on Tuesday witnessed dueling student protests at universities in the ongoing fallout over footage showing the burning of a picture of the Islamic Republic's founder.

Discovery of Iran's secret uranium enrichment facility near Qom several months ago is a "warning sign" for anyone who thinks that the Islamic Republic's nuclear program is for civilian purposes, head of Military Intelligence Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin said Tuesday.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has declared efforts to talk with Iran about his nuclear goals have failed.

TEHRAN, Iran a ' Iran said Monday it would try three Americans jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July, a step certain to aggravate the U.S. at a time when Tehran is locked in a standoff with the West over its nuclear program.

Payvand.com - A large group of clerics and Seminary students held a gathering in the city of Qom Saturday to protest the burning of photo of Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of Islamic Republic, which was allegedly done by students during the Student Day protests in Tehran University.

Confidential intelligence documents obtained by The Times show that Iran is working on testing a key final component of a nuclear bomb.

Secrets about Iran's clandestine uranium enrichment facility being constructed near Qom were revealed to UN weapons inspectors by an Iranian scientist who mysteriously disappeared six months ago, The Sunday Telegraph reported.

Hardliners accused Iran's reformist opposition on Saturday of seeking the removal of key pillars of the Islamic Republic, including the office of the supreme leader, and of insulting the memory of its late founder.

For years the pro-Israel lobby has been pushing more punitive steps to deter Irana s nuclear ambitions.