WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (IPS) - Iran could emerge as a big winner, at least in the
short term, from the rapidly escalating tensions between the
United States and Russia over Moscow's intervention in
Georgia, according to analysts here.

The third session of the Nigerian-Iran Joint Commission opened yesterday in Abuja with an agreement between the two parties to enter into discussion on nuclear power for peaceful purposes, oil and transportation.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran could hit back at Israel with missiles if the Jewish state attacked it and could also rely on allies in the region to strike, the commander of the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday.

OAKLAND, California, Aug 26 (IPS) - When Michelle May, an avid traveler, returned to
New York's John F. Kennedy airport after a seven-week trip
to Iran this summer, she says she was closely questioned and her
luggage searched after officials read on her customs card that
she had been to the Islamic Republic.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Wracked by drought, Iran has turned to the United States for wheat for the first time in 27 years, marking a setback for Tehran's search for agricultural self-sufficiency.

Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najar said that Iran had begun a submarine production line to equip its army for protecting an important oil shipping route.

A CIA deal with a family of Swiss engineers helped end Libya's nuclear bomb program, reveal Iran's atomic labors and undo Abdul Qadeer Khan's black market, officials said.

A C.I.A. deal with a family of Swiss engineers helped end Libya’s bomb program, reveal Iran’s atomic labors and undo Abdul Qadeer Khan’s nuclear black market, officials said.

A C.I.A. deal with a family of Swiss engineers helped end Libya’s bomb program, reveal Iran’s atomic labors and undo Abdul Qadeer Khan’s nuclear black market, officials said.

A government spokesmwoman in Kyrgyzstan says 71 people are dead after a passenger plane bound for Iran crashed shortly after taking off.