This week, an Iranian court issued the first death sentence in connection with recent protests. According to state media, an unnamed individual was convicted of “enmity against God,” as well as “spreading...
Earlier this month, Iran, in an unprecedented attack against Israel, used 12 ballistic missiles to hit the Iraqi capital of Erbil. According to Kurdish officials, the attacks seemed to target the U.S....
If there’s one thing to take away from Argo, it’s that Canadians are the nicest people in the world. Islamic militants during the Iranian Revolution, however, were not so kind. Argo focuses on these...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s culture minister said Monday that his country will boycott the 2013 Oscars in the wake of the anti-Islam video made in the United States that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad.
An...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran opened a world gathering of self-described nonaligned nations Sunday with a slap at the U.N. Security Council and an appeal to rid the world of nuclear weapons, even as Tehran...
Countries in the Middle East are constantly threatening each other, and Iran is no exception. Last week, the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, announced that Iran would sponsor anyone, anywhere that would...
Iran wants Sarah Shourd back. The American woman captured in Iran will have to come back to the very country that detained her to stand trial on February 6 alongside Shane Bauer, her fiancé, and Joshua...
GENEVA – Iran and six world powers held their first talks in more than a year Monday, an exchange that officials said focused mostly on Tehran's need to diffuse fears about its nuclear programs.
Delegates...
TEHRAN, Iran – Assailants on motorcycles attached magnetized bombs to the cars of two nuclear scientists as they were driving to work in Tehran on Monday, killing one and wounding the other, Iranian...
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that once or twice a year, Iran gives his office $700,000 to $975,000 for official presidential expenses and that Washington also provides...
Move over, balloon boy. The newest story to face outrageous media coverage and subsequent fervor from those who have become engrossed in it is the case of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning...
From The Associated Press
WASHINGTON – The United States has begun beefing up its approach to defending its Persian Gulf allies against potential Iranian missile strikes, officials say. The defenses...
