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US paid Iran an additional $1.3bn just two days after $400m cash payment
Money was 'interest' on original arms deal with the shah, none of it ransom, the White House said.
Iran: Hundreds of social media users to face trial for carrying out 'immoral activities'
Media censorship has led to many Iranians turning to weblogging in search of political news.
$400m payment to Iran contingent on release of American prisoners says US State Department
Negotiations on payment were conducted separately from the release, spokesman John Kirby said.
Russian carpet bombing kills 150 Isis jihadis in 'maximum payload' airstrikes
2 jihadi command posts and 2 terror training camps were also destroyed in the strikes.
Iran arrests Briton on suspicion of spying for UK intelligence services
The Briton holds dual nationality and had reportedly been 'active in the economic field.'
Commodities Round-up: Gold rallies but oil futures stutter as production freeze rumours fade
Weaker dollar supports gold rally but oil futures slide.
Balochistan is the invisible victim of terrorist atrocities in Quetta
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's 'crocodile tears' betray Pakistan's treatment of the Baloch people.
Protesters undertake hunger strike outside Parliament in solidarity with Iran's political prisoners
The demonstration came less than a week after 20 people were executed in the Islamic Republic.
Donald Trump claims unsecure Clinton emails led to execution of Iranian nuclear scientist
Trump made the claims on social media after unveiling his economic plan in Detroit.
Iran in talks to buy 20 Japanese jets from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries subsidiary
Iran has already signed multi-billion draft deals with Boeing and Airbus to buy 200 new aircraft.
Executed scientist was under 'psychological pressure' to reveal Iran's nuclear secrets
Iran claims Amiri offered to tell the US about its nuclear research.
Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr: Saudi Arabia holding Shia leader's body eight months after execution
Mohammed al-Nimr says the authorities have buried his pro-democracy father but won't reveal where.
Officials deny US paid Iran $400m in ransom to release four American prisoners
They however confirm Obama administration secretly arranged a plane to deliver cash for failed arms deal.
US paid $400m ransom to get 4 Americans in Tehran prison freed – Report
Among the four US nationals was Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian.
Russia and Damascus regime need to 'show restraint' in Syria says John Kerry
US Secretary of State's comments come after Russian helicopter was shot down in Aleppo.
'Men in hijab' campaign sees males join the fight against compulsory veiling in Iran
My Stealthy Freedom has seen women campaigning against forced hijab, and men are with them.
Women told they are banned from cycling in public in Iran and made to sign pledge
The news comes less than a week after 150 people were arrested for being at a party with the opposite sex.
Tortured dissident held for five years vows to continue his fight against Iranian regime
Farzad Madadsadeh was abused inside Iranian prisons and kept in solitary confinement.
UK's Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has languished in Iranian jail for 100 days with charges unknown
Ratcliffe's toddler daughter is also stranded in the Islamic Republic.
British MPs call for backing of Iranian resistance and end to blacklisting of leader Maryam Rajavi
400 lawmakers from both the House of Commons and the House of Lords have said they support the group.
I used to support the US-led nuclear deal with Iran – I was wrong
Iran's nuclear deal with the US and Europe has made the Middle East more divided, unstable and violent.
Iraq: Iranian exiles blame missile blitz at Camp Liberty on Tehran's Revolutionary Guard
Camp has previously been targeted with several fatal attacks over the years.
Giant 24-stone bodybuilder dubbed 'The Hulk' announces he will fight Isis alongside Iranian military
The 'Persian Hercules' wants to battle the extremists in their self-declared caliphate.
US Navy says sailors captured in Iranian waters revealed key information under interrogation
The 10 crew members were detained after their boats entered Iranian territorial waters in January 2016.
Iran claims it has foiled the 'biggest terrorist plot' in its history, which targetted Tehran
Iranian officials claim Sunni militants planned bomb atacks in capital.
51 US State Department officials call for bombing of Assad government targets
It's the best way to achieve 'regime change' and drive out Isis says 'dissent' memo
Iran: British-Iranian woman accused of attempting to 'overthrow the regime'
Family of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says she was forced to sign a confession under duress.
Border Force rescues 'three Iranian men' from small boat in the English Channel
The trio were rescued by the Border Force cutter HMC Seeker at around 9.30am on 11 June.
PC game 1979 Revolution: Black Friday banned in Iran, accused of 'hostile intentions'
'Historically accurate' PC title from former Rockstar Games developer blocked from sale.
Iran's supreme leader lambasts 'evil' UK and rejects cooperation with 'great satan' US
Ayatollah Khamenei is hardliner who distrusts the UK and US and dislikes nuclear deal.