The United States has asked the Chinese government to do more to stop Chinese companies helping Iran with its nuclear programme and missile technology. Read the full story

Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power plant on Saturday, a major milestone as Teheran forges ahead with its atomic program despite UN sanctions. Read the full story

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the United States and Israel plan to attack two countries in the Middle East as part of a conspiracy to apply pressure on Iran. Read the full story

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Russian President Dmitry Medvedev of turning against Teheran and joining US efforts to spread lies about its nuclear program on Friday, in the latest sign that Iran is drifting apart from a one-time key backer. Read the full story

Iran said on Tuesday it would soon resume nuclear talks with Turkey and Brazil — a tentative first step back to international negotiations after Tehran was hit with a new wave of sanctions over its disputed nuclear work. Read the full story

Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard is now in the cross-hairs of U.N. penalties over Tehran’s nuclear program, and it’s an elusive target — a master at the sanctions-busting strategies long used by the Islamic Republic. Read the full story

Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva met with Iranian leaders on Sunday, and called the relationship between the two countries “strategic.” Read the full story

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday questioned the veracity of Pentagon’s disclosure on Monday that the U.S. has 5,113 nuclear warheads in its stockpile and “several thousand” more retired warheads awaiting the junkpile. Read the full story

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the United States should dismantle its nuclear bases around the world as a step to create a nuke-free world. Read the full story

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is looking to turn the tables Monday on Western efforts to rein in his nuclear program, with a speech at a United Nations treaty conference which Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called a bid to “divert” and “confuse.” Read the full story

The U.S. is negotiating with Egypt a proposal to make the Middle East a region free of nuclear weapons, as the U.S. seeks to prevent Iran from derailing a monthlong U.N. conference on nuclear nonproliferation that begins Monday. Read the full story

Secretary Hilary Clinton says Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will not get a warm welcome at next week’s arms talks in New York. Read the full story

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to arrive in Zimbabwe, despite protests by the MDC party of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Read the full story

Iran’s president has urged the UN to launch an investigation into the aims of Western military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. The office of Secretary General Ban ki-Moon said that it was studying the letter from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but had no comment. Read the full story

Iran unveiled a third generation of domestically built centrifuges Friday as the Islamic Republic accelerates a uranium enrichment program that has alarmed world powers fearful of the nuclear program’s aims. Read the full story

Former UN envoy Bolton says Washington pressuring Israel not to strike nuke facilities, former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton expressed concern Sunday that Washington was coming to terms with a nuclear Iran. Read the full story

Addressing Israeli lobbyists, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used new accusatory rhetoric against Iran and vowed extra toughness in blocking Tehran’s progress in its nuclear program by imposing severe sanctions, among other harsh measures. Read the full story

Iran is taking steps to investigate how Jundallah terror chief Abdulmalek Rigi obtained forged passports prior to his arrest nearly two weeks ago. Read the full story