Iran said on Thursday that an Argentine diplomat it accuses of attempting to smuggle antiquities is already back in his home country. "Sebastian ...
Iran's top leader urges end to postelection accusations in mass trials of protesters Iran's Supreme Leader warned government supporters against accusing opposition members ...
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's opposition leaders will attend the nationwide "Qods Day" rally on Friday, a reformist website reported on Wednesday, a move that could lead to fresh anti-government protests. The June presidential election, which was followed by huge opposition protests, plunged ...
Several aides to former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami were put on trial on Tuesday on charges of masterminding post-election unrest and plotting a "soft coup" in the Islamic republic. Among the 20 or so people in the dock in the revolutionary court ...
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has urged Iranians to follow Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's guidelines, five weeks after he challenged the authority of the country's most powerful figure. Rafsanjani, a rival of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who last ...
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has urged people to follow Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's guidelines, five weeks after he challenged the authority of Iran's most powerful figure. Rafsanjani, who last month defied a call by hardline clerics ...
Powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani urged Iran's warring political groups on Saturday to follow the orders of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for ending the present political turmoil. In his first such statement in direct support of Khamenei since the June 12 ...
Powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani urged Iran's warring political groups on Saturday to follow the orders of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for ending the present political turmoil. In his first such statement in direct support of Khamenei since the June 12 ...
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian opposition leaders say 69 people were killed in protests after a disputed election in June -- more than double the official toll of 26 -- and parliament has promised to investigate, pro-reform newspapers said on Tuesday. Many conservatives ...
An Iranian opposition leader claimed women and boys have been savagely raped while they were in custody following the wave of unrest after the disputed presidential election. The allegations by defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi surfaced as Iran hit back at Western ...
Powerful Iranian cleric and opposition supporter Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has decided not to lead Friday prayers this week to avoid "political abuse" of the event, an official said on Monday. "This week's Friday prayers were to be held by Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani," ...
