Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Sunday said it is “impossible” for Tehran to yield to the key Western demand over its nuclear program, even if the UN Security Council imposes further sanctions.

The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei will tell nations on its governing board this week Iran’s pledge of extra atomic transparency should be given a chance to work, not dismissed as a time-buying ruse.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini stressed his country’s insistence on the right to access civilian nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, underlining that Tehran has not changed its nuclear stances.

KABUL, Afghanistan – Sensing unrest outside a packed stadium, Afghanistan’s president abruptly cut short a speech Sunday as police fired shots into the air in an attempt to restrain a crowd trying to enter, officials said.Shortly after being rushed off the podium, President Hamid Karzai said security in Afghanistan was …

Pakistan – Pro-Taliban militants on Monday freed more than 260 Pakistani troops who were kidnapped nearly two weeks ago in a restive tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, security officials and a militant said.The soldiers were handed over to members of a jirga, or tribal council, in Ladha, a …

We are waiting for the inauguration of the largest nuclear power plant of the world of Islam, former head of Pakistan’s atomic energy organization said.

The first international conference on Reconstruction of Iraq’s Economy kicked off work here in Tehran on Sunday.

Head of Iran’s Assembly of Experts Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said his country is today enjoying proper economic and security conditions, and voiced Tehran’s preparedness to share experience with other nations, Iraq in particular.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on his newly-appointed central bank governor to pay maximum care and attention to 8 crucial issues.

An earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale jolted the city of Sahneh in Iran’s western province of Kermanshah on Sunday.