TEHRAN: Iran's parliament grilled President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday over a long list of accusations, including that he mismanaged the nation's economy and defied the authority of the country's supreme leader.
Ahmadinejad is the first (...)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran won't retreat "one iota" from its nuclear program but the world is being misled by claims that it seeks atomic weapons, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday in his first reaction since a U.N. watchdog report that (...)
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's parliament is set to summon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for questioning over an economic scandal and his polices after the required number of lawmakers signed a petition Sunday, the latest salvo in a long battle between the (...)
TEHRAN: In the ongoing political skirmishes among Iran's leadership, it was the equivalent of bringing out the heavy ammunition: The country's most powerful figure warning that the post of elected president could someday be scrapped.
Although no (...)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Two Americans jailed as spies in Iran will be released on Wednesday, their lawyer said, after the court approved a $1 million bail-for-freedom deal that cleared the way for the release of the men after more than two years in (...)
TEHRAN: Iran's top leader warned Arab nations swept up in uprisings against autocratic regimes not to allow the US or NATO to influence the types of post-revolution political systems they form.
"Never trust America, NATO, and the criminal regimes (...)
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's top leader warned Arab nations swept up in uprisings against autocratic regimes not to allow the U.S. or NATO to influence the types of post-revolution political systems they form.
"Never trust America, NATO, and the (...)
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's top leader warned the Arab world Wednesday not to allow Western powers and Israel to "confiscate" the region's pro-reform uprisings, in comments that appear to reflect the Islamic republic's unease about their standing in a (...)
TEHRAN: Iran's newly appointed deputy foreign minister has resigned under pressure from hard-liners who view him as part of a movement seeking to weaken the role of Iran's powerful Muslim clerics, media reports said Tuesday.
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TEHRAN: Iran's top security body on Friday railed against the latest UN sanctions imposed over Tehran's controversial nuclear program, saying they show world powers are applying a double standard.
The Supreme National Security Council said that (...)
TEHRAN: The one-year anniversary of Iran's disputed election passed quietly Saturday with little more than a subdued Internet appeal by opposition leaders for supporters to speak out on the Web against government repression.
Fearing bloodshed and (...)
TEHRAN: Iran on Friday didn't accept a UN-drafted plan that would ship most of the country's uranium abroad for enrichment, saying instead it would prefer to buy the nuclear fuel it needs for a reactor that makes medical isotopes.
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TEHRAN: Tens of thousands of opposition supporters packed Iran s main Islamic prayer sermon Friday, chanting freedom, freedom and other slogans as their top clerical supporter Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani delivered a sermon sharply criticizing the (...)