TEHRAN (Tasnim) A senior Iranian security official said initial investigation about the murder of an Iranian deputy minister proved that the incident was not a terrorist or a politically-motivated act. Deputy Industries, Mines and Trade Minister for Parliamentary Affair Safdar Rahmatabadi was shot dead in his passenger car Sunday evening as ...

(Reuters) - An unidentified attacker shot dead an Iranian deputy minister of industry in Tehran on Sunday, the state news agency IRNA reported, in what appeared the first reported killing of a senior central government official in years. The Mehr semi-official news agency reported a police officer as saying a personal motive was most probably behind ...