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An Iranian diplomat said Thursday that four Iranians who disappeared in Lebanon in 1982 are alive in Israel and called for their release.

Iran has seized four fishing boats from Saudi Arabia with 17 Indian crew on board in Persian Gulf waters near its first nuclear power plant.

By Hashem Kalantari and Fredrik Dahl

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian court on Monday sentenced to death an Iranian businessman on charges of being an Israeli spy who targeted the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear program and its military, media said.

The Tehran court handed down its sentence at a time of high tension with Israel and speculation of a possible Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear installations.

Iranian media identified Ali Ashtari as the manager of a company selling communications and security equipment to Iran's government and said he had been accused of "engaging in espionage for (Israel's) Mossad intelligence service."

Iranian government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic has made no change in its nuclear stance and will hold on to its right to peaceful use of nuclear.

-- Winners of the Seventh Women's Theater Festival were announced in Tehran on Wednesday in a ceremony held at Tehran's City Theater Complex.

Iran's Parliament Speaker said under current conditions US would face a dead end in region, advising them to change their mentalities and correct their misconceptions if they are after changing Middle East's ...

The much awaited Pakistan-Iran bus service would be launched from the third week of August as arrangements in this regard are in the final stages, an official said.

The Anniversary for Victims of the air tragedy caused by the US warship which opened fire on Iranian passenger plane over the Persian Gulf were commemorated on Wednesday.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Thursday that the proposal to establish a U.S. diplomatic interests section in Tehran is a "deceitful move". "I do not like to talk about rumors but it seems that ...

Hezbollah instructors trained Shiite militiamen at remote camps in southern Iraq until three months ago when they slipped across the border to Iran - presumably to continue instruction on Iranian soil, ...

Israeli fighter jets flew 1,500 kms across the Mediterranean this month, in a dry run for an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.

About 15 people are feared to have lost their lives in an explosion of natural gas tanks in a city west of Tehran, Iran's satellite Press TV said on Monday.

Israel shut down border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after Palestinian rocket attacks tested a fragile truce between the Jewish state and the besieged territory's Hamas rulers.

Despite constant talk of war , U.S. officials have tried to reach out to the Iranian people in an attempt to get past the animosity between Washington and Tehran.

Iran is to build its first hotel on water in the southwestern Bushehr Province in a bid to expand the country's range of tourist venues.

Iran's daily oil production has hit a record of 4.23 million bpd, the managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company has said.

The 17th session of Iran-Pakistan Joint Economic Commission started on Sunday with a speech by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.

The US military has constructed four advanced bases 20 miles from Iraq's border with Iran, a senior Iraqi police officer has announced.

King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, who inaugurated the International Islamic Conference for Dialogue in the blessed city of Makkah on June 4, gave full support to initiate dialogue with people of other faiths, including Christians and Jews.

A new petrochemical complex was officially inaugurated by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran's western province of Kermanshah on Thursday, the official IRNA news agency reported.