Aug 01, 2012
Faced with an ageing population and low birth rate, authorities urge couples to have more children. Read Article Iranian couples encouraged to create baby boom
Jul 15, 2012
The chairman of Iran's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the decision over whether Tehran would block the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway through which a fifth of the world's oil flows, rests in the hands of the country's supreme leader. Read Article Decision to block Strait of Hormuz lies with Ayatollah Khamenei
Jun 04, 2012
Iran's Supreme Leader warns that any Israeli attack would be answered with a "lightning" response from Tehran. Read Article Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Israel risks `lightning' reply
Mar 05, 2012
The widespread rout of the Iran president's supporters could consign him to a lame-duck status for his 18 remaining months in office. Read Article Ahmadinejad is left isolated as Khamenei tightens his grip in elections
Feb 29, 2012
Ruling hardliners who united behind Iran's president to crush the reformist challenge are now locked in fierce competition for Friday's parliamentary elections. Read Article Iran election highlights Ahmadinejad and Khamenei power battle
Feb 23, 2012
Iran's supreme leader insists his country is not seeking nuclear weapons, claiming that "holding these arms is a sin as well as useless, harmful and dangerous". Read Article Nuclear weapons are a sin, says Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Feb 17, 2011
If Egypt and Tunisia have proven anything, it is that decades-long grievances cannot be trodden underfoot forever. Mr Khamenei may still pay lip service to a revolutionary line, but he seems to have forgotten that real grievances and an oppressive regime were the spark of 1979.
Read Article Tehran betrays brave words by its own actions
