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Iran denounces US-Afghan strategic pact
May 6th
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
May 6th
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
May 6th
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
May 6th
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
May 5th
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.
ಇರಾನ್: Free Students Jailed for Speaking Out
May 5th
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…
Ahmadinejad rivals rout president in Iran runoff
May 5th
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
May 4th
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
May 4th
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
May 4th
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
May 4th
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
May 4th
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
May 4th
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
May 3rd
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 …
Iran seeks sanctions rollback as nuke talk goal
May 2nd
Iran has made no secret of its hopes for the next round of nuclear negotiations with world powers: Pledges by the West to ease sanctions as a step toward deal making by Tehran.


















































