Iran and Iraq will exchange about 1,600 of war on March 17, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

The operation was halted in the afternoon when the storm got worse, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

The official Islamic Republic News Agency said the earthquake registered 6.3 on the standard magnitude scale.

One dog team dug out 20 survivors, the official Islamic Republic News Agency said.

Iran will hold presidential elections in August, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported today.

This was later increased, and according to Islamic Republic News Agency there were 181 qualified candidates.

Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency said 10 civilians were wounded in that attack.

Some photographs published by Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency showed what it said was the body of the scientist still inside the car.

Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency confirmed raids on oil installations, which it did not identify, and said some workers had been killed.

The Islamic Republic News Agency said the town of Abbar was 100 percent destroyed.