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Faced with mounting pressure over his country's atomic ambitions, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left on a five nation tour Sunday, including Brazil in a bid to boost ties with Latin America's biggest economy and a rare backer of Tehran's nuclear programme.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Tehran on Sunday for a five nation tour, including Brazil and Venezuela, both supporters of the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear programme.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Gambia on Sunday for a 24-hour working visit aimed at fostering relations between the Islamic republic and the West African nation.
A reformist former vice president accused of fomenting widespread street unrest after Iran's June election has been sentenced to six years in jail, Iranian media said on Sunday.
Mohammad Ali Abtahi, a former vice president accused of fomenting widespread street unrest after Iran’s June election has been sentenced to six years in jail, Iranian media said on Sunday.
A love of Iran underlies a scholar’s memoir of surreal interrogation and solitary confinement in Tehran.
A senior US official on Sunday urged Iran to "engage" with the West over its nuclear program, after an Iranian military chief warned that an attack on its nuclear sites would be crushed.
Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf says that according to the law, only municipalities are allowed to build and operate subway systems and everyone should abide by the law. The Tehran Municipality was tasked with operating the Tehran Metro in 2001, but Ahmadinejad, who was the mayor of Tehran from 2003 to 2005, said his administration has decided to take control of the Tehran Metro.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani flew to Tehran on Sunday to appeal for the lives of Iranian Kurds sentenced to death, a newspaper website reported.
A reformist former vice-president accused of fomenting street unrest after Iran's June election was released on bail of about $700,000 on Sunday, the judiciary said, after reports he had been sentenced to six years in jail.
Hundreds of Brazilians are protesting the impending visit of Iranian's president, citing his calls for Israel's destruction, his government's controversial nuclear activities and his declarations against homosexuals.
A top Iranian official reiterated on Sunday Tehran wanted a guaranteed supply of atomic fuel for its research reactor, as world powers expressed disappointment over its continued nuclear defiance.
Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said Sunday the reform movement would not be cowed by the hardline government's harsh methods as riot police prevented a demonstration by moderates taking place.
Saudi Arabia's interior minister said Sunday the kingdom hopes not to have to "resort to force" to maintain security for the hajj, in a reference to worries Iranian pilgrims may demonstrate.
Iranian American Elle Falahat has a goal, and an impressive one at that: to become the first ever-female district attorney for Contra Costa County. Furthermore, if elected, Falahat would be the first Iranian American ever to serve as District Attorney in the United States.
A group of 336 Iranian social activists issued a statement in the wake of the anniversary of the killing of dissident Darioush Forouhar, his wife, Parvaneh Eskandari and other victims of the so-called "chain of murders" in 1998, to condemn the current rampant violence against post-election protesters.
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