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Iran denounces US-Afghan strategic pact

Mfarhanonline — Sun, 06 Maig 2012 14:33:32 +0000

Iran's foreign ministry on Sunday denounced a new strategic pact signed between Afghanistan and the United States, saying it would give rise to instability in the neighbouring country.

Conservatives tighten grip on Iran parliament

Mfarhanonline — Sun, 06 Maig 2012 14:27:59 +0000

Iran's new legislature will be dominated by rival conservatives but the extent of support for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad remains unclear, according to the results of a run-off vote released on Sunday by media.

Iran Lashes Out at Google Maps Over Gulf Nomenclature

Mfarhanonline — Sun, 06 Maig 2012 14:20:39 +0000

Iran is harshly criticizing Google for what it feels is a disrespectful omission in Google Maps.

US wants to steer oil-thirsty India away from Iran

Mfarhanonline — Sun, 06 Maig 2012 04:01:24 +0000

Urging India to reduce the oil it imports from Iran tops U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's agenda as she starts two days of talks with Indian officials.

Ahmadinejad's support crumbles in Iran runoff

Mfarhanonline — Sat, 05 Maig 2012 15:25:35 +0000

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's support in Iran's parliament crumbled as final results released Saturday showed conservative rivals consolidating their hold on the legislative body in a runoff vote.

Iran: Free Students Jailed for Speaking Out

Mfarhanonline — Sat, 05 Maig 2012 14:03:23 +0000

Iranian authorities should immediately free dozens of university students currently behind bars solely for peacefully expressing political opinions, and end harassment of student activists on university campuses throughout the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch issued the call as part of a joint campaign initiated by Iranian and international student and rights groups…

Iran slams Google for leaving Gulf nameless

Mfarhanonline — Sat, 05 Maig 2012 13:17:31 +0000

Iran on Saturday criticised Google for leaving the body of water separating it from the Arabian peninsula nameless on its online map service, saying it would hurt the Internet giant's credibility.

Ahmadinejad rivals rout president in Iran runoff

Mfarhanonline — Sat, 05 Maig 2012 07:36:04 +0000

Supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have been reduced to a small fraction in Iran's legislature, hugely outnumbered by the conservatives who once backed him but then turned against him after he was perceived to challenge the authority of top clerics, according to final results from a runoff parliamentary election announced Saturday.

Busted: Iran's Jarring Photoshopped Missile Test Image

Mfarhanonline — Fri, 04 Maig 2012 15:18:46 +0000

Remember back in 2008, when Iran Photoshopped an extra missile into a photograph of its missile test? Turns out, bad habits die hard

Iran could seek short build time for bomb: Israel

Mfarhanonline — Fri, 04 Maig 2012 08:40:48 +0000

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Iran's nuclear strategy could eventually allow it to build an atomic bomb with just 60 days' notice, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Friday. His remarks elaborated on long-held Israeli concerns that Iran is playing for time even as it engages world powers in negotiations aimed at curbing its uranium enrichment drive

Ayatollah Khamenei gives Iran nuclear talks unprecedented legitimacy

Mfarhanonline — Fri, 04 Maig 2012 08:03:00 +0000

With a second round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the “P5+1” powers just weeks away, analysts inside the Islamic Republic say Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has lent upcoming nuclear negotiations unprecedented legitimacy.

U.N. rights experts decry "mounting repression" in Iran

Mfarhanonline — Fri, 04 Maig 2012 08:01:15 +0000

GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran is cracking down on activists and their lawyers, meting out harsh sentences in an effort to quash pro-democracy activities, United Nations human rights experts said on Friday. In a joint statement, the independent experts called for the immediate release of human rights defenders including Narges Mohammadi, whom they said was rearrested on April 21 to serve a six-year …

Iran holds parliamentary election run-off

Mfarhanonline — Fri, 04 Maig 2012 06:10:58 +0000

Iran on Friday held a parliamentary election run-off to decide 65 seats still outstanding in its 290-member legislature following a March 2 first round.

Iran dismisses Western demand to close nuclear bunker

Mfarhanonline — Fri, 04 Maig 2012 05:36:42 +0000

VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran said on Friday it will never suspend its uranium enrichment program and sees no reason to close the Fordow underground site, making clear Tehran's red lines in nuclear talks with world powers later this month. Last month a senior U.S

Documents show tense al Qaeda-Iran relationship

Mfarhanonline — Thu, 03 Maig 2012 16:13:12 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Al Qaeda's relationship with Iran's government has been fractious at best and openly antagonistic at worst, according to documents confiscated from Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan and made public on Thursday. In the years since the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, high-ranking al Qaeda leaders, lower level militants and members of bin Laden's …