TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Iran's oil minister said Saturday his nation's refining sector could use an influx of about $15 billion to continue its development.

MASHHAD, Iran, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Friday's fiery crash of a Russian-made Tupolev 154 airliner in Iran left 29 people dead, but 148 passengers survived the crash at the airport in Mashhad. While Iranian state television originally reported that Friday's crash had left 80 dead, 29 bodies we

MASHHAD, Iran, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- At least 60 people died when a passenger plane burst into flames during a landing at an airport in Mashhad, Iran, state TV has said.

DODOMA, Tanzania, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- A huge shipment of smuggled bomb-making uranium, uncovered by customs officials in Tanzania, was headed for Iran, a United Nations report says.

BANDAR ABBAS, Iran, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A powerful, 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck southern Iran Sunday, killing at least 10 people, injuring dozens more and damaging several villages.

TEHRAN, June 20 (UPI) -- About 13,000 Afghans have been repatriated from Iran in recent months and the exodus is continuing, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported Sunday.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- In the United States and around the world, individuals and groups are rushing to contribute monetary and other much needed aid to the stricken Iranian city of B