Iran's foreign minister says his country will never suspend uranium enrichment as demanded by the United Nations Security Council.

Deputy foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Russia, and Turkmenistan are scheduled to meet in Tehran today to discuss the status of the Caspian Sea.

Iran's Foreign Ministry has said that Tehran will not agree to suspend uranium enrichment as demanded by the UN Security Council.

Tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets of Tehran today in an annual show of support for the Islamic revolution.

President Bush says no one in his administration is talking about invading Iran, although all options remain on the table. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House, Mr. Bush was asked about tensions with Tehran during a nationally broadcast interview.

U.S. President George W. Bush's choice for the No. 2 position in the State Department says the United States is reluctant to hold direct talks with Iran until there is progress in the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program.

Iran says it is considering an offer from the United Nations which would suspend sanctions against Iran for a certain period of time if Iran stops its sensitive nuclear work.

More than half of the 290 lawmakers in Iran's parliament have backed a letter assailing President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's budget preparations. In it, they attack his government for failing to present a budget on time and warn that it must be realistic in its basic assumptions.

An Iranian official has said that air pollution has directly or indirectly killed 3,600 people in just a month in the Iranian capital, Tehran.