For some Iranians, it's a galling thought: the United States may oust Iran as the world's largest producer of pistachio nuts this year because of one of the worst harvests ever in the Islamic Republic.
The popular nibble is Iran's main export (...)
One of the two kidnapped Belgian tourists who were abducted by bandits in southeastern Iran was released, an official from the Rasoul Akram military base announced Wednesday.
Colonel Mohammad-Javad Asna-Ashari told 'IRNA' that the forces of the (...)
A magnitude-6.4 earthquake shook
central Iran on Tuesday, destroying villages, killing at
least 231 people and injuring more than 1,000, state-run
television reported. Residents frantically dug through
collapsed mud-brick homes looking for loved (...)
brick walls still standing. Residents could be seen
digging frantically amid collapsed slabs of concrete and
piles of dirt in a bid to find people buried under the
rubble. But cement buildings didn't appear to sustain heavy
damage.
"All (...)
