TEHRAN, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Iranian defense officials announced they launched as many as 30 different military projects in coordination with Sacred Defense Week.

TEHRAN, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Iranian authorities held a special investigative session with local police in western Kordestan province following a string of assassinations, ministers said.

TEHRAN, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- The perpetrators of the spate of terrorist attacks in the western Iranian province of Kordestan must be dealt with firmly, the Iranian vice president said.

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, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Iran's military should prepare to meet the challenges in the threat environment of the 21st century, the nominee for defense minister 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.

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The proposed Cabinet portfolio offered by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was met with objections from leading members of Parliament.

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.