The Iranian government revealed Wednesday that they failed to launch a live monkey into space atop a live rocket, this was their first step into sending a man into space.

Text of report by Iranian Tabnak news website on 20 June Al-Arabiyah TV has aired footage of kidnapped Iranian hostages. Tabnak website reports, this TV that has close relationship with Saudis was not showing such videos for a while as Al-Qai'dah has become weaker recently.

By Ford, Neil THE INTERMINABLE PROBLEMS that have beset Iranian efforts to develop its South Pars gas field look set to continue as a result of disagreement between French firm Total and the Pars oil and Gas Company.

The Iranian government might block private access to the Internet for the general legislative election on March 14, two Iranian news outlets reported Monday. But the two accounts appeared to differ on the rationale.

By Saeed Barzin of BBC Monitoring on 14 February The Iranian government is unhappy with the state of the country's media, statements by Ali Akbar Javanfekr, the press advisor to the Iranian president suggest.