WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Despite London’s denials, Scotland’s controversial release of a convicted Libyan terrorist was part of a three-way deal between Britain, Libya and Scotland lubricated by oil. Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi explains Libya’s part in the bombing of Pan Am 103.

TEHRAN, June 15 (UPI) -- The successful re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a blow to Israeli, which fears Iranian military power, Iran's defense minister said.

BANDAR ABBAS, Iran, June 1 (UPI) -- Iran commissioned three new Ghadir-class submarines for its naval fleet at a Monday ceremony, bringing the total number of the sonar-evading vessels to seven.

BANDAR ABBAS, Iran, June 1 (UPI) -- The Iranian air force has launched a large military exercise dubbed "Thunder 88" over its regional waters, official media indicated Monday.

TEHRAN, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Iranian oil officials boasted of the national oil refining capacity at four oil fields during the inauguration of new infrastructure.

TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Iran sacked a top official in the Oil Ministry in what is widely seen as a move by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to increase his control over the energy sector.

BANDAR ABBAS, Iran, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- At lease six people were killed Wednesday in a 6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck near Iran's southern port city of Bandar Abbas, state media reported.

UNITED NATIONS, July 17 (UPI) -- Tons of precursor chemicals used to produce heroin were seized in Afghanistan, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime said.

WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) -- Resolutions working their way through both houses of Congress would require a naval blockade to impose its draconian measures against Iran. Tehran’s military chiefs threatened “blitzkrieg” tactics if the Gulf (25 percent of the world’s daily oil supply) came under attack. But at the United Nations, Iran’s foreign minister talked compromise. Talk about talking appeared to be Iran’s way of muzzling talk about war.