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The Obama administration is shifting the focus of its Iran policy from talk to sanctions, but the prospect of winning early international support for toughened new penalties appears dim. Complete Story...
A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Friday urging Iran to halt the persecution of political opponents following the country's disputed presidential election and release those still detained.
Iran plans to launch a communications satellite by late 2011 with no outside help, a top Iranian official said Friday, after Italy and Russia declined to put it into orbit.
Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned Tehran not to miss the opportunity to resolve the dispute.
The families of three American hikers detained in Iran have filed a petition with the Iranian mission to the United Nations.
An Iranian doctor who went public with reports of tortured protesters he treated at Tehran's most feared detention facility dies, amid conflicting reports of a heart attack, a car accident or suicide — raising opposition accusations that the 26-year-old was killed.
Iran's chief of staff has warned Saudi Arabia over its military offensive against Shiite Yemeni rebels, saying it signals the start of "state terrorism" and endangers the entire region.
Iran has sentenced five defendants to death in a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest that followed the disputed June presidential election, state television reported Tuesday.
Underscoring Israel's military might, Israel's prime minister warned about the dangers of a nuclear Iran Tuesday after visiting a submarine believed capable of carrying nuclear-tipped missiles and a ship used to seize weapons Israel says were being sent to Lebanese foes by Iran.
Saudi Arabia's most senior cleric accused Iran on Monday of supporting Shiite rebels whose war with the government of neighboring Yemen has spilled across the border and drawn in Saudi firepower.
Moscow on Monday dashed Iranian hopes that a Russian-built nuclear reactor will be switched on this year, a blow to Tehran amid persistent tension over its nuclear program.
The portfolio of Iran's Revolutionary Guard keeps on growing. Its troops watch over nuclear facilities, its rocket scientists enlarge Iran's missile arsenal and its engineers have taken on a rail line as their latest big-ticket project. Could media mogul be next?
An Iranian former deputy defense minister who has been missing for nearly three years was abducted by Israeli agents and is now being held in Israel, several Iranian news Web sites reported Sunday.
Iran's first lady made rare public appearance and even more rare, a speech, at a Rome forum on the eve of a U.N. summit to fight hunger beginning Monday.
Iran on Sunday denounced as 'disgraceful' U.S. moves to seize four mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a Muslim nonprofit organization suspected of Iranian links.
President Barack Obama says the U.S. and its allies are working on ways to send a "clear message" to Iran on its nuclear program.
Iran's greatest master of traditional music, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, always avoided open clashes with his country's ruling hard-line clerics.
Iran's embattled opposition leaders accused the government of becoming more brutal than the shah's regime in Web statements Saturday, and authorities announced a new Internet crackdown aimed at choking off the reform movement's last real means of keeping its campaign alive.
The brother-in-law of Iran's top opposition leader will be put on trial before the Revolutionary Court, months after his arrest in the country's postelection crackdown, Tehran's top prosecutor said Friday.
Iran's recently revealed uranium enrichment hall is a highly fortified underground space that appears too small to house a civilian nuclear program, but large enough to serve for military activities, diplomats told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday said his country would not export its enriched uranium for further processing, effectively rejecting the latest U.N. plan aimed at preventing Tehran from building nuclear weapons.
An Italian company that helped build a communications satellite for Iran said Wednesday there are no plans to launch it, denying an announcement made in Tehran this week.
Just minutes before anti-riot police charged opposition marchers in Tehran last week, a new chant bubbled up from the crowd: "Death to Nobody."
Iran has protested to an Oxford University college over a scholarship in memory of the slain Iranian student who became an icon of mass street protests sparked by the disputed June election.
Iran announced Tuesday it will use Italy to launch a communications satellite after waiting years for Russia to do the job, the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported.
World opinion: who cares?Israel forces recently captured the vessel Francop carrying hundreds of tons of Iranian weaponry en route to Hizbullah for use in southern Lebanon against Israel.
God, Family & Country RevisitedDiversity, multiculturalism and moral relativity have replaced life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and hold the status of religious doctrine. We must welcome into our midst those who read and abide by teachings that say kill those who don't believe as you do.
Six powers regret Iran's stance on nuclear dealSenior officials from six world powers expressed disappointment on Friday that Iran had not accepted proposals intended to delay its potential ability to make nuclear bombs and urged Tehran to reconsider.
The Hindu : International : Mottaki dismisses sanctions threatDUBAI: Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said he does not expect fresh sanctions against Iran as imposition of internationally approved economic curbs has become outdated.
Brazil's New Standing Threatened by Ahmadinejad Visit SÃO PAULO, Brazil -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's coming trip to Brazil is spurring criticism of the country in Washington, souring a budding U.S.-Brazilian relationship that appeared to promise a period of unprecedented cooperation in Latin America.
The Taliban's Unseen Force Multiplier Even if analysts existed who understood Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and the other countries of this region, their history, their people and why war and threat of war is a way of life, even if America's "decision makers" knew how ill conceived our policies are, how self def …
BBC News : Iran doctor 'committed suicide'Iran's police chief says a doctor who died at a detention centre shut in July after the deaths of several opposition supporters committed suicide.
Global powers ponder how to punish IranThe United States and five other world powers will meet Friday in Brussels to discuss what measures can be taken to punish Tehran for its refusal to halt its nuclear enrichment program.
News Media Ignoring Persecution of Christians Around the WorldIt is unrealistic to expect the same freedom of religion to exist in Iran or Egypt that exists in the U.S., but that doesn't mean we should be a nation where the persecution of Christians around the world is ignored by the media while Johnny Depp being named "Sexiest Man Aliv …
Obama Takes Stern Tone on North Korea and IranSEOUL, South Korea — President Obama delivered a stern message on Thursday to North Korea and Iran that they risk further sanctions and isolation if they do not rein in their nuclear ambitions.
US considering measures over IranPresident Barack Obama says the US and its allies are discussing "a package of potential steps" they could take if Iran snubs a uranium enrichment deal.
How the U.S.-China Relationship Has ChangedAn undercurrent in commentary about President Obama's three-day trip to China is the anxious, decades-old question: has the Asian giant finally caught up? After debating Obama's town hall speech and negotiations over the trade imbalance, commentators have begun scrutinizing the o …
Obama: Talks under way on Iran sanctionsPresident Barack Obama says the United States has begun talking with allies about fresh punishment against Iran for defying efforts to halt its nuclear weapons pursuits.
Iran rejects talk of sanctions over nuclear fuel dealIran's foreign minister on Thursday dismissed the possibility of sanctions over Tehran's rejection of a deal to send enriched uranium abroad for further processing.
Iran brushes aside U.N. nuclear dealIran's foreign minister says his country would not export its enriched uranium for further processing, brushing aside the latest U.N. plan aimed at stopping nuclear weapons.
Iran sentences 5 to death for post-election protestsIran said Tuesday that it has sentenced five people to death and another 81 to prison terms of 6 months to 15 years for their roles in the protests that followed the country's disputed presidential elections.
Carter defends his handling of Iran hostage crisisFormer US President Jimmy Carter said he was pressed by his advisers to attack Iran during the hostage crisis there more than 30 years ago but resisted because he feared 20,000 Iranians could have died.
Iran rejects sending uranium abroad, considers swaps - Haaretz - Israel NewsIran said on Wednesday it would not send its enriched uranium abroad for further processing but would consider swapping it for nuclear fuel and keeping it under supervision inside the country, the ISNA news agency said.
Iran condemns Oxford University over Neda scholarship - CNN.comIran condemns Oxford University over Neda scholarship
Eye On Iran: Inspectors Fear Iran Is Hiding Nuclear Plants -- New Site Shows Iran Insists on Enrichment -- Obama Warns Iran of 'Consequences' Over Nuclear Plans | UANIEye On Iran: Inspectors Fear Iran Is Hiding Nuclear Plants -- New Site Shows Iran Insists on Enrichment -- Obama Warns Iran of 'Consequences' Over Nuclear Plans
Islam Bashers RepentWhat does it take to make Islam bashers mend their ways? Why don't these folks come to their senses and see Islam as a religion of peace and praise the God of Abraham for continuing his beneficence on humanity by sending Muhammad to guide and humanize us? Well, just a few probl …
Iran defiant as Obama warns of 'consequences'Iran has an opportunity to present and demonstrate its peaceful intentions but if it fails to take this opportunity, there will be consequences," Obama said after talks with Chinese leader Hu Jintao. "On this point our two nations and (other global powers) are unified," said Oba …
Inspectors Fear Iran Is Hiding Nuclear PlantsWASHINGTON — International inspectors who gained access to Iran's newly revealed underground nuclear enrichment plant voiced strong suspicions in a report on Monday that the country was concealing other atomic facilities.
Iran's "Apartheid Wall""A senior Kurdish official confirms Iran's start on the building of a wall separating the Islamic Republic with Iraq's Kurdistan Region, meant to prevent separatists from crossing the mountainous border"
Anti-Obama, Pro-America: What is the loyal oppostion to do? Obama's claim does, however, invite the question: Just what is Barack Obama as president making of our American destiny?
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