AP: Iranians have seen it before: A youngish presidential candidate firing up crowds with fist-waving rants against the West, then displaying his Islamist bona fides with courtesy calls to hard-line clerics.
Brash Iran campaign stirs echoes of Ahmadinejad
Report: Afghan Taliban delegation visits Iran
AP: A semi-official Iranian news agency says Tehran has hosted a delegation of the Afghan Taliban, the radical Sunni group that has long been a sworn enemy of Iran’s ruling Shiite clerics.
Report: Afghan Taliban delegation visits Iran
AP: A semi-official Iranian news agency says Tehran has hosted a delegation of the Afghan Taliban, the radical Sunni group that has long been a sworn enemy of Iran’s ruling Shiite clerics.
US puts sanctions on top aide of Iran’s ayatollah
AP: The U.S. issued sanctions against Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s deputy chief of staff and more than 50 other Iranian government officials for alleged human rights abuses, while making it easier for Americans to export advanced communications equipment to Iranian civilians.
Iran amends law on stoning for adultery
AFP: Iran has amended its internationally condemned law on stoning convicted adulterers to death to allow judges to impose a different form of execution, according to the revision seen by AFP on Thursday.
US fines Total $398 mn over bribes in Iran
AFP: French oil giant Total agreed Wednesday to pay US authorities $398.2 million to settle charges that it bribed officials in Iran to secure oil and gas concessions.
US: Iran support for global terror surged in 2012
AP: Iran last year boosted its support for global terrorism to levels not seen for two decades, the Obama administration said Thursday as it released its annual report on international trends in extremist violence.
UN criticises Iran for excluding women candidates
AFP: Several UN experts on Wednesday criticised Iran’s decision to bar women from running in upcoming elections, saying the move violated international law.
Argentine prosecutor accuses Iran of terror plots
AFP: A top Argentine prosecutor formally accused Iran on Wednesday of opening secret intelligence stations in several South American countries to plan and conduct terror attacks.
Iran’s Khamenei says “has no favorite” to succeed Ahmadinejad
Reuters: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday he does not favor any candidate for June’s presidential election, although hardliners with outlooks similar to his dominate the field.
