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Five people arrested after street disturbances erupted in Tehran during the recent Ashura holy day could face the death penalty, an Iranian semi-official news agency reported Thursday.
Tehran - Five of at least 300 Iranian demonstrators who were arrested last month during protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad face trial on riot charges, the ISNA news agency reported Thursday. The case of the five w...
The Paris-based organization Reporters Without Borders says Iran has earned the dubious distinction of being the number-one assailant of press freedoms in the world, after several sentences were handed down. The rights group says Tehran has at least 42 journalists behind bars.
Tehran - Iran and Syria plan to create a new world order, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday. Iran and Syria have a joint mission to create a new world order on the basis of justice, humanity and belief in God, Ahmadinejad told vis...
An Iranian parliamentary committee has denied a request by U.S. Sen. John Kerry to visit Tehran, according to reports from Iran.
Iran's consul to Norway has stepped down over the government's violent response to protests last month in what could be a sign of growing divisions within the regime
The Iranian judicial authorities have published a long list of banned Internet websites in a new crackdown on online networks, including those deemed immoral, the press reported on Thursday.
An Iranian diplomat quit his job at the Iranian Embassy in Norway to protest Iran’s violent response to protests in late December, according to news reports.
TEHRAN, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The proposed Iran-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline is among the projects of interest for Russian investors, officials from Russian gas giant Gazprom said.
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iranian foreign minister visited Iraq on Thursday to try and resolve rising tensions over the border between the two countries, officials said.
OSLO, Norway, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- An Iranian diplomat says he has quit as consul at the country's embassy in Norway to protest Tehran's crackdown against demonstrators.
TEHRAN, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Tehran is waiting for Parliament to let it buy more gasoline to put in storage as the country prepares for more sanctions on imports, Iranian officials said.
Iran's consul general in Oslo confirmed Thursday he quit his job in protest against Tehran's violent repression of opposition demonstrators and said he would not return to Iran for fear of repercussions.
TEHRAN, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The Syrian speaker of Parliament met with the supreme leader of Iran in Tehran to discuss bilateral diplomatic concerns in the region.
The Ahmadinejad government responded to the courageous anti-government protests throughout Iran in December by cranking up its propaganda machine to stage pro-government rallies. But that tactic won't work.
Leaks from within Iran’s secretive core of insiders may be helping to chip away at the legitimacy of the government.
