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An whistle-blowing Iranian doctor who treated victims of torture at Tehran's most feared prison has died, amid conflicting reports of a heart attack, a car accident or suicide — raising opposition accusations the 26-year-old was killed.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cannot be removed from his post because his legitimacy comes from God, an official close to Iran's most powerful figure was reported Friday as saying. Khamenei, whose public persona is usually above pol
"Police arrested 109 people who created disorder and disturbed public order and security on the sideline of the rally Wednesday," said Azizollah Rajabzadeh, head of Tehran police, IRNA reported.
Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment, intensifying pressures on the government to reject the U.N.-backed plan altogether. Prominent conservative lawmaker Alaeddin Bo
U.N. inspectors found "nothing to be worried about" in a first look at a previously secret uranium enrichment site in Iran last month, the International Atomic Energy chief said in remarks published Thursday. Mohamed ElBaradei also told the New Yo
U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei urged Iran to respond quickly to his nuclear fuel proposal while warning the world against using force. "I therefore urge Iran to be as forthcoming as possible in responding soon to my recent pr
Iran proposed changes to a U.N.-drafted nuclear fuel deal making demands that appeared to challenge the basis of the agreement with the United States, France and Russia. "(ElBaradei) is engaged in consultations with Iran as well as all relevant parti
A team of U.N. nuclear inspectors returned Thursday from a visit to a previously secret Iranian uranium enrichment site and their leader expressed satisfaction with the mission. What the inspectors saw — and how freely they were allowed to work — wil
The families of three Americans being held in Iran plan to release video footage that they say proves the three were simply on vacation and had no underhand intentions when they strayed across the border. Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31, and Jos
Pakistani forces detained 11 Iranian Revolutionary Guards for crossing into the country days after an Iranian commander was reported saying his men should be allowed to confront terrorists in Pakistan, officials said.
Iran will accept the framework of a U.N.-drafted nuclear fuel deal, but will also demand changes to it, al Alam state television reported. Iran would present its response to the proposed agreement within 48 hours. It did not give details on what kind
This mythic dream has sold well on the Arab street, as did the dreams of Nazism in prewar Germany. As a dream, the fundamental contradictions remain in the shadows and adherents can proceed with the task of building the movement. This had gone well
Iran on Friday deferred a decision on accepting an international offer to supply fuel to a nuclear research reactor, saying an answer would come next week on a deal that would greatly reduce its stockpile of low-enriched uranium. The United States
When it comes to Iran, the U.S. may be facing a cataclysm.
Iranian negotiators accepted a draft agreement that would transfer the bulk of Iran's enriched uranium stockpile out of the country, providing a major boost for the Obama administration as it seeks to engage the Islamic republic.
“It seems quite clear that the contingencies are being set for a potential US attack on Iranian nuclear facilities,” investigative journalist Wayne Madsen told RT after returning from training facilities in the USA.
The chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard accused the United States, Britain and Pakistan of having links with the Sunni militants responsible for a suicide bombing that killed five senior Guard commanders and 37 others. Iran's president said
The Iranian armed forces have accused the United States and Britain of involvement in a suicide bombing that targeted the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guard on Sunday, and warned of revenge.
Congressional Democrats pushed the Obama administration to get behind tough economic sanctions against Iran, and they voiced deep skepticism that direct negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear ambitions will prove fruitful.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's vitriolic attacks on the Jewish world hide an astonishing secret, evidence uncovered by The Daily Telegraph shows.
Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has handed the Kremlin a list of Russian scientists believed by the Israelis to be helping Iran to develop a nuclear warhead. He is said to have delivered the list during a mysterious visit to Moscow
Iran is caught lying … time to now reveal where its nuclear plants are hidden across the country or else … But it is bad politics that is actually leading us to Hell !!!
.Ron Paul is the guest tonight (Tuesday) on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central).The show is repeated three times tomorrow (Wednesday).It will also be available on their website starting tomorrow. Video Ron Paul on the Most Recent 'Discl
Iran said it successfully completed two days of missile tests that including launching its longest-range missiles on Monday, weapons capable of carrying a warhead and striking Israel, U.S. military bases in the Middle East, and parts of Europe.
The Obama administration is scrambling to assemble a package of harsher economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program that could include a cutoff of investments to the country’s oil-and-gas industry and restrictions on many more Iranian ba
In an exclusive interview with TIME, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says America should back off from allegations about Iran's nuclear program
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Thursday that the Group of Eight nations is giving Iran until the end of the year to commit to ending uranium enrichment and avoid new sanctions. Frattini, whose nation holds the rotating chair of the
Iran's top leader told the opposition on Friday they would face a harsh
response if they drew their "swords" against the Islamic Republic,
three months after a disputed election that sparked widespread unrest.
The stern warning from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivered
at a Friday prayers sermon broadcast live by state media, was a clear
signal he would not tolerate any perceived threat to Iran's clerical
system of government.
Iran began its fourth mass trial of people accused of fomenting unrest after the disputed June presidential election, state broadcaster IRIB reported.
The official IRNA news agency said earlier those to be put on trial in a Tehran Revolutionary Court included former Deputy Interior Minister Mostafa Tajzadeh, former Deputy Foreign Minister Mohsen Aminzadeh, former government spokesman Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, and Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh.
The June 12 vote plunged the Islamic state into its most serious internal crisis since the 1979 Islamic revolution and exposed deep divisions in its ruling elite.
In a 67-page report, Human Rights Watch
(HRW) detailed an intensive “sexual cleansing” campaign of
murder, torture, kidnapping, beatings, and blackmail carried out
against those perceived to be gay in Iraq.
The report, entitled
“They Want Us Exterminated: Murder, Torture, Sexual Orientation and
Gender in Iraq,” is based on interviews recently conducted by an HRW
team in Iraq with more than 50 men who identified as gay, as well as
with doctors, journalists, United Nations aid officials, and others.
