ROME (Reuters) - Italy said dozens of members of Iran's hardline religious Basij militia had tried to attack its embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, but Iranian media described the incident as a student protest and did not mention any violence. Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told a Senate hearing: "About a hundred Basij dressed as civilians tried to assault the ...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday that it wanted a U.N. sanctions resolution on Iran "within weeks" as Iran further expanded its nuclear programme in defiance of growing international pressure. The Islamic Republic, which denies its programme has military aims, said on Sunday it would enrich uranium to 20-percent purity for a reactor making isotopes for cancer ...

About 100 Iranians protested Tuesday in front of the Italian embassy in Tehran, shouting "Death to Italy, Death to Berlusconi, " Italy's foreign minister said. Protests were also held outside the French and Dutch embassies. The protests came a week after Premier Silvio Berlusconi announced ...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests now comes in emails. They say they don't know who sends them. Internet messages have been circulating about possible rallies on February 11, when Iran marks the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. But ...