TEHRAN, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Supreme Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Western accusations that his country is building a nuclear weapon are false.

TEHRAN, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Friday opposition leaders in Iran will face harsh scrutiny if they fail to follow Islamic Republic rules.

TEHRAN, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Military leaders in Iran plan to hold court hearings for jailers accused of abusing prisoners at Tehran's Kahrizak detention center, an Iranian lawmaker says.

TEHRAN, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's drive to take over the power centers of Iran's security services got a hefty boost Wednesday when Parliament approved a former Revolutionary Guards chief wanted for the deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina as minister of defense.

TEHRAN, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Iranian lawmakers proceeded Wednesday with what is expected to be their final day of deliberations over nominees for the next portfolio of Cabinet ministers.

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The violence following Iran's presidential elections cannot be blamed on outside influences, Iran's supreme leader told a group of university students.

TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Uzi Rubin, former head of Israel's ballistic missile defense program, says Iran has made a "technological and strategic breakthrough" with its Sajjil-2 intermediate-range ballistic missile, which will be able to hit a swathe of European states in three to four years.

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- An Iranian parliamentary committee agreed to review evidence of abuse in Tehran's prisons after allegations were posted on the Web, an opposition leader said.

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The political climate in Tehran in the post-election environment brought about the need for key changes in the next government, the Iranian president said.