Iranian Politics

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad smiles during an agreement signing ceremony at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) Copyright 2009 AP News

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, react during an official welcoming ceremony at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) Copyright 2009 AP News

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez used a visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday to brand Israel as a murderous agent of Washington. Chavez and Ahmadinejad, on the last leg of a tour of three left-leaning South American nations, ...

IAEA chief says Iran must agree to ship out its enriched uranium to build trust with world The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency urged Iran on Wednesday to endorse a plan that would strip it of most of its enriched ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran's demand for changes to a nuclear fuel deal is unacceptable because it could mean Tehran keeping enough enriched uranium for possible use in an atom bomb, the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said in an interview. Mohamed ElBaradei also ...

Mothers of 3 Americans jailed in Iran tell their children in new video to stay positive The mothers of three Americans held captive in Iran have recorded video messages they hope Iranian authorities will deliver to their children. From their homes in ...

A man protesting the visit of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stands with a sign that reads "the violent ones won't go through," in Spanish, in front of the Iranian Embassy in Caracas, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Ahmadinejad is on a two day ...

Germany sees "broad support" for a resolution on Iran at the upcoming meeting of the UN atomic watchdog here, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said here Wednesday. "As you know, or perhaps have heard, we have prepared a resolution once again which ...

Iran clerics expand control of schools in ideological battle against West Islamic religious authorities have begun tightening their grip on Iranian public schools, a report said Wednesday, as hard-liners expand an ideological "soft war" against Western influence. The effort appears to be ...

Where's Rafsanjani? Iran's leaders seek to sideline critic within ruling system When Iran holds state-run ceremonies this week for an important Islamic feast day, there will be one very noticeable change: former President Hashemi Rafsanjani will not be leading the prayers. The ...