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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani leaves after a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 14, 2014. Rouhani says the international sanctions regime has crumbled and will not be rebuilt even if Iran and world powers fail to reach a final nuclear deal by a July 20 deadline. Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany reached an interim deal in November that limited Iran's uranium enrichment program in exchange for the easing of some sanctions. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s president: Ready to help Iraq if asked

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · June 14, 2014 3:30 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 14, 2014. Rouhani says the international sanctions regime has crumbled and will not be rebuilt even if Iran and world powers fail to reach a final nuclear deal by a July 20 deadline. Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany reached an interim deal in November that limited Iran's uranium enrichment program in exchange for the easing of some sanctions. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran says no return to past if nuclear talks fail

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · June 14, 2014 10:51 am

Iran tries to block Afghanistan’s opium boom

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · June 4, 2014 5:10 am

Iran cleric condemns ‘satanic’ divorce parties

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · May 23, 2014 3:08 pm

FILE - This Dec. 6, 2013 file image posted on his official Instagram account shows Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hiking in the Tochal mountain area north of Tehran, Iran. A court in Iran has ordered that the photo-sharing app Instagram be blocked in the Islamic Republic over privacy concerns, the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported Friday, May 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Office of Hassan Rouhani via Instagram, File)

Report: Iran court orders Instagram blocked

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · May 23, 2014 10:59 am

FILE- In this file photo taken on April 3, 2006, members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard attend maneuvers in the Persian Gulf. Iran will target American aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf should a war between the two countries ever break out, the naval chief of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard warned Tuesday as the country completes work on a large-scale mock-up of a U.S. carrier. (AP Photo/IRNA, File)

National Security

Iran admiral: US ships are a target in case of war

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · May 6, 2014 5:59 pm

Iran wants 400 new planes by 2025 if sanctions end

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · April 30, 2014 12:55 pm

Iran eyes snappier businesses to boost economy

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · April 29, 2014 7:24 am

A gas station worker fills a car in central Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 25, 2014. The Iranian government on Friday cut a portion of fuel subsidies, nearly doubling some prices at the pump as part of a second round of cuts delayed since 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran cuts portion of gasoline subsidies

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · April 25, 2014 12:59 pm

National Security

Iran vice president says row over reactor resolved

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · April 19, 2014 7:06 pm

National Security

Official: Iran will not discuss missile program

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · April 16, 2014 8:24 am

In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaks to a group of officials and scientists of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Iran's Supreme Leader urged Iran's negotiators Wednesday not to give in to "coercive words" from world powers at talks over Tehran's nuclear program. Iran is celebrating its National Nuclear Technology Day as talks with world powers over its contested program continue in Vienna. A Portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini hangs in background.(AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)

Energy and Environment

Iran official concerned for nuclear power plant

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · April 14, 2014 9:16 am