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Last Updated: Tuesday, 19 February 2008, 16:01 GMT
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006
Secret diplomacy, missed opportunities
Gordon Corera looks at the tangled relationship between Iran and the United States since 9/11.

KEY GUIDES

Find out more about the land, people and infrastructure

Who runs Iran? A guide to the system of government

Iranian Jews perform the Morning Prayer, IranCommunity spirit
Iran's 25,000 Jews are determined to stay despite the pressures
Iranians walk in the courtyard of the Jamkaran mosque outside the religious city of Qom Uncovering Iran
The ancient moments that have shaped Iranian identity
Iran policewoman warns "bad hijabi"'Bad hijab'
Iranians face a severe crackdown over un-Islamic dress

POSTCARDS FROM IRAN

k Maheen
"We have the ability to do great things"

Hamid-Reza
"We are a country still suffering from war"

Hamid
"I want the government to listen"
Amir
"We don't want change"

IRAN IN PICTURES

Women walking in Tehran on the birthday of the "hidden imam" Imam's birthday
Crowds, bright lights and banners celebrate the "hidden Imam"

Tehran pedestrian crossing Tehran commute
A BBCPersian.com reader's images from the Iranian capital

Iran's Zoroastrians
Inside a bathhouse
Iran's palaces

FEATURES

Iran students, Azad university Call for change
Women graduates are overtaking men, promising profound social change.

Prison tour
Iran: Life in the diaspora
Female football fans banned

FROM PROGRAMMES
Woman's faceUncovering Iran
Discover the stories behind the preconceptions

John SimpsonRegional power
John Simpson on how the West has misunderstood Iran
Iranian clerics attend a conference Iran's nuclear technology at the Qom UniversityTargeting Iran
Iranian exiles in the US differ over how to topple the ayatollahs
Payam Mohebi, 31-year-old veterinarian, Tehran. In pictures
The story of Tehran's first private hospital for pets

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