... mostly be directed through the UN World Food Programme and other private agencies. In a major break with the past, the Iranian Government has agreed to let international agencies distribute US food to Afghan refugees in Iran. (C) The Times, London) PRESIDENT ...

... language of Iranian soccer fans just an excuse for keeping women out? KIM BIELENBERG reports What has come over the Iranian government? Those mellow Mullahs seem to be going a bit soft. As a soccer fan might chant on the terraces, It's all gone very ...

... Iraq and North Korea, seeking to threaten the world with weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to carry them One Iranian government spokesman accused the US of behaving like a Roman gladiator. The former Iranian president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ...

... against the US. Meanwhile, in an apparent response to American pressure for Tehran to cease sponsoring terrorism, the Iranian government has arrested 16 al-Qa'ida fighters and handed them over to Saudi Arabia for interrogation. Prince Saud Faisal, the Saudi ...

... evidence that would have proved Salvati's innocence. Garo said he reached the compensation figure from the damages the Iranian government was ordered to pay journalist Terry Anderson, a former Associated Press correspondent held hostage for over six years ...

... added: - The Badr Corps is trained, equipped and directed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard and we will hold the Iranian government responsible for their actions. Earlier yesterday Britain's senior army commander had warned Tony Blair that British ...

... allegedly involved in the attack. Washington is now considering an aggressive policy of trying to destabilise the Iranian government, the Washington Post said. The two countries had been meeting in Geneva to discuss the next government in Baghdad, ...

... to have nuclear weapons in a relatively short period of time. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warning that the Iranian government is developing nuclear weapons •• • , ...

... pre-emptive attacks where he sees threats. Iran is thought by US officials to be developing nuclear weapons, though the Iranian government denies it. Iran's chief representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, rejected allegations ...

... connection with the bombing of a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires. Mr Khatami said said on live State television: The Iranian government will take strong action on this issue. The Islamic Republic of Iran is sensitive about all its citizens, particularly ...

... threats formally to downgrade relations. Extra police officers were positioned around the embassy yesterday and the Iranian government said it was seriously investigating the incident, describing it as an 'lrresponsible act. In London, meanwhile, a ...

... expected to fly to Tehran within the next few days in a joint mission with his French and German counterparts to urge the Iranian government not to press ahead with developing nuclear weapons. The Iranian foreign ministry confirmed yesterday it had invited ...