Israeli President Shimon Peres says that his Russian counterpart has promised to reconsider the planned delivery of top-range air defense missiles to Iran. Peres said Wednesday that the sale of the S-300 missiles would tilt a delicate balance of forces in the Middle East.

The Obama administration says DHL has agreed to pay the government $9.4 million to settle a dispute that the company made shipments to Iran, Sudan and Syria in violation of U.S. embargoes.

The Obama administration says DHL has agreed to pay the government $9.4 million to settle a dispute that the company made shipments to Iran, Sudan and Syria in violation of U.S. embargoes.

The mother of an American freelance journalist missing in Iran says she is concerned for the “safety and welfare” of her son and two other Americans. Shane Bauer’s mother, Cindy Hickey, says her son is one of the three Americans believed to have been arrested by Iranian authorities last week on a hiking trip in northern Iraq.

President Barack Obama says he is “not reconciled” to the idea of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon within a year.

Iranian state television says authorities have released all but one of the Iranian employees of the Britsh Embassy who were detained last week. State-run Press TV says the sole Iranian who remans in custody is being held on suspicion of playing a role in post-election violence.

Iran has accused the United States of “intolerable” meddling in its internal affairs, alleging for the first time that Washington has fueled a bitter post-election dispute.

President Barack Obama says he believes supreme leader Ayatollah ali Khamenei has deep concerns about the civil unrest that has followed the hotly contested presidential election there.

The Obama administration is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit against Iran filed by Americans held hostage at the embassy in Tehran 30 years ago.

President Barack Obama says inflammatory anti-Israel rhetoric by the Iranian president “hurts Iran’s position in the world.“

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has dismissed overtures from U.S. President Barack Obama, saying Tehran doesn’t see any change in American policy toward its government.

The U.S. military says American jets shot down an Iranian unmanned surveillance aircraft last month over Iraqi territory.

The newly installed U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says the Obama administration will engage in “direct diplomacy” with Iran.

Iran is condemning a decision by the European Union to remove an Iranian opposition group from its terror list and lift restrictions on its funds. The country says the EU decision encourages terrorism.