BRASILIA, Brazil, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Brazil's signing of economic agreements with Iran may damage Brazil as a global influence, but shouldn't be viewed as against U.S. interests, observers say.

TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Iran's government is using more executions and death sentences to intimidate political opponents and put down ethnic unrest, human rights groups charge.

BRASILIA, Brazil, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran, Brazil and Venezuela can be part of a new world order.

TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Establishing a formal relationship with the United States is not possible until Washington makes good on its promises to change, Iranian officials said.

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Claims made by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that capitalism is dead may be a reflection of growing turmoil within the Islamic republic, analysts said.

CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Venezuela and Iran are considering a wide-ranging energy cooperation deal that will give Iran a sanctions-busting option to import up to 20,000 barrels a day of gasoline from this Latin American country.

TEHRAN, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi accused the regime in Tehran of undermining the public trust by allegedly meeting with U.S. officials in New York.

TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Questioning the outcome of the June presidential elections in Iran constitutes a major crime, the supreme leader said in Tehran.

TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Iranian officials say they are not willing to ship most of their uranium abroad temporarily, officials involved in nuclear talks said Thursday.