Today Iran is an established nuclear state and if you repeat your mistakes, you will have to face the consequences, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in clear reference to the West’s likely sanctions on Tehran.

Archaeologists unearthed another 3000-year-old fireplace at the Qoli Darvish Tappe near Qom, central Iran.

Iran still hoped a diplomatic solution to its nuclear program issue could be achieved in spite of efforts by the West to pass a new UN Security Council resolution stepping up sanctions, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana on Wednesday.