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Argentine president defends accord with Iran over bombing

Reuters: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez defended a pact with Iran to set up a "truth commission" to investigate the 1994 bombing of a...

Yemen demands Iran halts support for insurgents

Reuters: Yemen's president has asked his Iranian counterpart to stop backing armed groups on its soil after coastguards seized a consignment of missiles and...

Iran wants closer ties with Egypt

AP: After decades of mistrust, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday his country wanted closer relations with Egypt, something that if realized could mean...

Iran’s Khamenei rebuffs U.S. offer of direct talks

Reuters: Iran's highest authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Thursday slapped down an offer of direct talks made by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden last...

Iran releases Ahmadinejad ally linked to deaths

AP: Iran's official news agency is reporting that authorities have released a close ally of the president from custody, a day after he...

Egypt’s top cleric scolds Ahmadinejad over interference

AFP: Egypt's top cleric has told visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not to interfere in the affairs of Bahrain or other Gulf ...

Iran faces oil-cash squeeze as U.S. bolsters sanctions

Bloomberg: Iran faces a fresh obstacle to turning its most lucrative export into cash as the U.S. tightens sanctions this week to keep...

Iranian ex-prosecutor arrested as power struggle flares

Reuters: A former Iranian prosecutor linked to the deaths of anti-government protesters was arrested on Tuesday as a public showdown between President...

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Renewed Protests Erupt in Iran

In recent days, Iran has witnessed fundamental changes in the nature of popular protests. The movement has evolved from...

Rising Crime and Social Breakdown After 47 Years of Clerical Rule in Iran

While Iran's regime has spent much of its resources and capabilities over more than four decades suppressing opponents, silencing...

Seventy-Eight Nobel Laureates Urge UN Action Amid Rising Executions in Iran

A coalition of 78 Nobel Prize laureates has issued a joint appeal to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, calling...

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Political prisoner Soheil Arabi from Ghezel Hesar Prison: This Place Smells of Death and Execution

Soheil Arabi, a former political prisoner who was recently...

Political Prisoner Yahgoub Derakhshan Sentenced to Death for a Second Time

Yahgoub Derakhshan, a political prisoner and supporter of the...

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Britain pledges not to repeat Iran intrusion: Ahmadinejad

AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday the British...