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.
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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: A petition to summon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to parliament for questioning over a long list of accusations, including corruption, failed Wednesday after some lawmakers withdrew their support for the motion, an Iranian legislator (...)
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.
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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: Fuel consumption has fallen by a fifth since the government began slashing energy and food subsidies earlier this month, a top government official said Wednesday, claiming an early sign of success in the controversial program.
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TEHRAN: Iran's opposition leaders said that a "dark future" awaits the economy because the government didn't listen to economists when it slashed energy and food subsidies in a country already struggling under biting U.N. sanctions.
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TEHRAN: The human impact from the wrangling between Iran and the West over its nuclear program could fall first in nuclear medicine clinics around the country, where hundreds of cancer patients a week get treatment with radioactive isotopes.
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TEHRAN: Iran began loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant on Tuesday, moving closer to the start-up of a facility that the US once hoped to stop over fears of Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
Iranian and Russian engineers started (...)
TEHRAN: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was holding talks Tuesday with Iranian leaders expected to focus on boosting cooperation between the countries' oil, gas and petrochemical industries.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warmly greeted (...)
TEHRAN: Iran on Wednesday said 18 members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard were killed in an explosion that struck the force's base in the country's west a day earlier.
The state IRNA news agency said 14 other Guard troops were wounded in (...)
TEHRAN: Iran's leader issued a decree that paves the way for a state takeover of the country's largest private university, in a crushing blow to the nation's moderates.
The Islamic Azad University is the center of power for former President Akbar (...)
UNITED NATIONS: Representatives from developing nations railed at the world's rich nations for failing to fulfill their commitments to increase financial aid, reiterating that developed nations are responsible for challenges like global warming that (...)
TEHRAN: Iran has obtained four S-300 surface-to-air missiles despite Russia's refusal to deliver them to Tehran under a valid contract, a semiofficial Iranian news agency claimed Wednesday.
The Fars news agency, which has ties to Iran's elite (...)
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 (...)
YASOUJ, Iran: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday dismissed the threat of new international sanctions, saying any UN resolution punishing Iran for its refusal to stop uranium enrichment "won't be worth a cent."
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TEHRAN, Iran: Iran's intelligence agents mounted a "complicated" cross-border operation and freed an Iranian diplomat kidnapped in 2008 by gunmen in northwestern Pakistan, state television reported Tuesday.
The agents rescued Heshmatollah (...)
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 (...)