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Sep 26 2009
President Obama’s accusations that Iran’s nuclear program runs afoul of international agreements are “baseless,” the Islamic republic’s president told CNN’s Larry King on Friday.
Sep 12 2009
Iran is set to allow what is believed to be its first transsexual marriage after the would-be bride asked a court to override her father’s opposition to the match. The woman, named only as Shaghayegh, told Tehran’s family court that she...
Aug 26 2009
Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, the scion of a revered clerical family who rode the rise of Shiite power in Iraq to become one of the country’s most powerful political figures but was deeply distrusted by Sunni Muslims as an ally of Iran, died Wednesday at...
Aug 20 2009
The man accused of killing Neda Soltan has been identified as Abbas Kargar Javid, a pro-government militiaman, after photographs of the Basiji’s ID cards appeared on the internet. The identification challenges the Iranian regime’s claim that...
Jul 4 2009
The incoming head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday he did not see any hard evidence Iran was trying to gain the ability to develop nuclear arms. “I don’t see any evidence in IAEA official documents about this,” Yukiya Amano...
Jun 10 2009
Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seeking a return to power for a second term in landmark elections this week, came under attack from one of the country’s most senior clerics last night in an outburst that reflected explosive...