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Iranian president calls on Obama not to interfere after remarks by U.S. leader.

Obama blasted allegations of some in the Iranian government that the United States is "instigating protests" as "patently false and absurd." The accusations "are an obvious attempt to distract people from what is truly taking place within Iran's borders," Obama said.

Iran will release imprisoned Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, her father said Monday.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is on a delicate mission, seeking to reassure long-term U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf region ...

Iran will not suspend its disputed nuclear program even if the United States imposes sanctions targeting companies that ship fuel to the Islamic Republic, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday.

Iran said on Saturday it would review the eight-year prison sentence handed down to Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi after she was convicted of spying for the United States.

Iran's President Ahmadinejad says he will not intervene in the case of jailed US-Iranian reporter Roxana Saberi.

The head of Iran's judiciary Monday ordered a "careful and speedy appeal process" for an Iranian-American journalist who was convicted of spying, Iran's state-run news agency reported.

Iran's president has urged the prosecution to ensure an American convicted of spying for the United States be allowed to offer a full defense during her appeal, an official news agency says.

An Iranian-American journalist accused in Iran of spying for the United States has been sentenced to eight years in jail, her lawyer said on Saturday, five days after she was put on trial.