Islamic Republic president says his government working to prevent confrontation or war, dialogue with world powers difficult but 'possible'

Foreign ministers from countries who lost citizens aboard Ukrainian plane to press for full cooperation at Thursday meet, amid concerns that Tehran may withhold information

'This is not an election,' president says of decision to reject candidates, drawing criticism from body tasked with vetting contenders

Rouhani says soldiers could be in danger after triggering of nuclear accord's dispute mechanism; Zarif says Iranians were lied to about Ukrainian airliner shootdown

Angry demonstrators at universities in Tehran slam regime for initial denials; security forces separate protesters from pro-government counter-demonstrators

Regime says most are accused of corruption, but opposition paper says moderates and reformists make up lion's share of black list, meaning hardliners will dominate vote

British PM says US president is a 'great dealmaker, by his own account and many others,' stresses goal must be 'to stop the Iranians acquiring a nuclear weapon'

No details given on identity or number of detainees; Iranian president calls for formation of special court because 'the whole world will be watching'

Powerful military unit angry it was publicly blamed for downing of Ukrainian plane; government claims it was deceived over what had happened, UK's Telegraph reports

Global leaders and top diplomats are repeating the mantra of 'de-escalation' and 'dialogue,' yet none has publicly laid out a path to achieving either