Internet access in Iran has been affected because of the damage caused to undersea cables providing internet services to the Middle East and India, Iranian press reports suggest.

The number of internet users in Iran is now more than 11 million, according to the managing director of the state IT Company, Sa'id Mahdiyun, ISNA news agency reported on 16 January.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A Canadian-Iranian writer freed after four months in an Iranian jail for allegedly endangering state security was quoted by an Iranian news agency on Thursday as saying he had been duped into aiding U.S. organizations.

By Parinoosh Arami TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday the West would suffer more than Iran if it continued to try to stop the Islamic Republic developing nuclear technology, local media reported. Speaking a day after it became clear that the U.N.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday Western countries were vulnerable and would suffer more than Iran if they continued to try to impede its attempts to develop nuclear technology, local media reported. Speaking a day after it became clear that the U.N.