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Ahmadi-Nejad tests Brazilian diplomacy

Critics say the visit will lend legitimacy to Tehran as it faces intense international pressure led by the US over its nuclear ambitions and alleged support for terrorism

US warns of Iran sanctions ‘within weeks’

US President Barack Obama has said that world powers could have a package of measures against Iran ”within weeks”, warning Tehran of consequences for its failure to respond to an offer of a nuclear deal

Iran rejects key tenet of nuclear compromise

Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran’s foreign minister, has rejected a US-backed confidence-building measure that required Tehran to ship enriched uranium out of the country

Beijing remains guarded on Iran

Barack Obama, the US president, sought to convince China to increase pressure on Iran’s nuclear programme – but received no public commitment that Beijing would support sanctions

Iran told to reveal all nuclear facilities

Revelation of undeclared enrichment plant near Qom has reduced IAEA’s confidence in Tehran’s declarations

Ankara pursues lead role in Middle East

Simple formula of romantic television drama and an anti-Israeli stance has enabled Turkey to make a comeback as an influential power in the Middle East

US and Russia agree on Iran

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev say the world is running out of time in using diplomatic means to resolve a crisis over Iran’s nuclear programme

Iran’s artists join growing boycott of state

A growing boycott of state-sponsored ceremonies is under way by many Iranian cultural figures in protest at the policies of the hardline regime

Iranian consulate worker shot dead in Peshawar

A senior Pakistani official working for the Iranian consulate in Peshawar is killed in an armed attack, prompting fresh concerns over mounting tensions between the countries

Iran executes Kurdish activist

In a rare application of the death penalty against a political prisoner, Iran has hanged Ehsan Fattahian, a Kurdish activist, on charges of armed struggle against the Islamic regime

Iran criticises Oxford memorial to Neda

Iran charges US hikers with spying

Israel seizes arms ‘bound for Hizbollah’

Tehran reluctant to cede state control

Iranian opposition and police in fresh clashes

Merkel warns Iran against nuclear move

Khamenei rejects engagement with US

UN nuclear chief urges Iran to engage

Tehran shuts second reformist paper

Iran risks overplaying nuclear hand

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