Iranian police raids target anti-government protesters before expected rallies Iranian authorities have conducted a series of arrests against alleged opposition activists before expected ...
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has arrested several people who were preparing to disrupt rallies on February 11 marking the 1979 Islamic revolution, police ...
Iran says nuclear fuel swap with West still an option even after higher uranium enrichment A top Iranian official says a nuclear fuel swap with the West proposed under a U.N.-drafted plan remains an option. The late Tuesday comment by Ali Akbar ...
TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian appeal court has reduced to five years the jail sentence for an Iranian-American scholar detained after last year's disputed election and accused of espionage, an Iranian news agency reported on Wednesday. In October, official media said Kian ...
FILE-- In this Sunday, Nov. 26, 2006, file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, waves to the Basij paramilitary volunteers, affiliated to the elite Revolutionary Guard, during their parade ceremony, under the watchful eye of his bodyguard, as he is accompanied by ...
Iran is rewarding Basij militia with greater political voice During an Iranian government meeting late last month, a top adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brought a proposal to expand the political voice of a group more known for its street muscle: the ...
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran believes a nuclear fuel exchange with the West is still possible, state television said on Wednesday, a day after the Islamic Republic's expansion of uranium enrichment drew a U.S. warning of more sanctions soon. "The deal is still ...
Calif. insurance commissioner urges companies to end indirect investments in Iran California's insurance regulator plans to take steps Wednesday to pressure insurance companies into ending any financial relationship they have with Iran. A state law that took effect last year outlaws direct ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Qatar and Saudi Arabia next week for talks that a U.S. official said on Tuesday would likely focus on Iran, Iraq and the Arab-Israeli conflict. On Sunday, Clinton will meet the Qatari ...
Iranian nuclear technicians set dozens of centrifuges spinning Tuesday to begin enriching uranium stocks to a significantly higher level, prompting President Barack Obama to warn of a "significant regime of sanctions." Iran's acceleration in its enrichment program was a defiant step that ...
WASHINGTON/TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the international community was moving "fairly quickly" toward imposing broader sanctions on Iran, as the Islamic Republic defiantly expanded its nuclear program. Obama said Iran's refusal to accept a U.N.-brokered atomic fuel swap ...
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Iran remains on an "unacceptable" path to nuclear weapons, despite its denials, and that the U.S. and like-minded countries will soon produce a set of punishing sanctions against the Islamic republic. Obama and other administration officials ...
