"We are ready to dispatch rapid response teams to assist in combating the fires in California," Fatemeh Mohajerani, spokesperson for Iran's government said.

Having 15 million people, Tehran suffers from chronic congestion, air pollution, water shortage and the threat of earthquakes. The excessive concentration of facilities and government offices has ...

And a parade of the Revolutionary Guards in Tehran on Jan. 10 was perhaps designed to convey the message of the state's resolve to crush protests or an uprising. While officials are talking as if ...