Taking aim at the US, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that it's the United States that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan, fighting terrorists it once supported.

Iranian media say six journalists and opposition activists held for suspected involvement in the country's postelection turmoil have been released on bail.

The United States should pack up and leave the Middle East and stay out of regional affairs, Iran's president said on Thursday during a visit to Damascus that follows a string of US efforts to break up Syria's 30-year alliance with Tehran.

Iran has formally set out its terms for giving up most of its cache of enriched uranium in a confidential document — and the conditions fall short of what has been demanded by the United States and other world powers.

The Iranian security forces unleashed a crushing sweep against opposition protesters on Thursday, as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution to defy the West and boast his country was now a "nuclear state."