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 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.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a statement of support for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s internal policies and his dogged defense of the country’s nuclear program.

Iran executed a 20-year-old man sentenced to death for a murder he committed when he was 15, reviving an international debate over its punishment of minors.

Iran is prepared to help Muslim countries launch satellites, an Iranian official said Monday, a day after Iran declared that it had test-fired a new rocket capable of carrying a satellite into orbit.

Western experts said the launching represented a potentially significant if much-delayed step in Iran’s efforts to join the international space club.

Iran and Turkey have agreed to increase their cooperation on trading energy, President Abdullah Gul of Turkey said Thursday.

Iran and Turkey have agreed to increase their cooperation on trading energy, President Abdullah Gul of Turkey said Thursday.

There are some things, Iran’s parliament has decided, that a public official should simply not be allowed to say.

There are some things, Iran’s parliament has decided, that a public official should simply not be allowed to say.