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Iran's Foreign Minister sacked
Iran's Foreign Minister has been replaced by the head of the country's nuclear programme.

Iran: Persian pleasures (+recipe)
Food writers Greg and Lucy Malouf find their journey to Iran filled with incredible cuisine and warm hospitality.

Iranian woman facing gallows
The Iranian woman facing the death penalty for adultery could be executed in the next 24 hours.

<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Stuxnet mystery Israel, bluff, or double bluff?
Sophisticated computer worm has to be the work of a government - but which one, and why?

Secrets of the story hunters
The Independent looks at a vanishing breed - the investigative journalist.

Stoning woman to be lashed over photo
Iran has sentenced a woman facing execution for adultery to 99 lashes for allowing an unveiled photo of herself to appear in a UK newspaper.

Agonising wait for children to be freed
Three American hikers held in Iran for more than a year are pawns in a diplomatic game, say their families.

Iran's nuclear ambitions edge closer
Iran's ambitions to become a nuclear superpower edged closer to realisation yesterday.

NZ considers more sanctions on Iran
New Zealand is considering imposing further sanctions on Iran as part of an international bid to halt its nuclear programme.

Sanctions against Iran on brink
The United States is on the brink of ushering in a fourth round of punitive United Nations sanctions against Iran.

Iranian group to challenge aid blockade
The Iranian Red Crescent is planning to send humanitarian aid by sea to Gaza in a brazen challenge to Israel's sea blockade.