Iran

1-17 of 46 results

Iran says nuclear fuel swap remains an option

AP News 8 hours ago

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 ...

Iran court cuts jail term for U.S.-Iranian scholar

Reuters US Online Report Top News 9 hours ago

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 ...

Mideast Iran Militia's Rising

AP News 10 hours ago

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 rewards Basij militia with political clout

AP News 10 hours ago

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 ...

Iran says nuclear fuel deal "still on the table"

Reuters US Online Report World News 11 hours ago

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. seeks full divestment of insurers from Iran

AP News 13 hours ago

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 ...

Clinton to visit Qatar, Saudi Arabia

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 19 hours ago

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 ...

Iran boosts nuclear enrichment, drawing warnings

AP Features 20 hours ago

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 ...

Obama says world moving quickly on Iran sanctions

Reuters US Online Report World News 21 hours ago

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 ...

Obama says US developing new sanctions for Iran

AP Features 21 hours ago

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 ...

Last Page