
Hezbollah entry in Syria fans Shiite-Sunni fires
The Egyptian cleric was in a fervor. With Hezbollah's Shiite fighters helping Bashar Assad crush Syrian rebels, he wanted to sound the alarm to Sunnis ...

Iranian candidates quarrel over nuclear talks
Iran's eight presidential candidates quarreled about talks with world powers over the country's disputed nuclear program Friday as they held their ...

Iran leader's election bid: Taming the presidency
At the height of Iran's internal political clashes in late 2011, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei became so exasperated that he warned the ...

Iran presidential candidates debate freedoms
The eight candidates running in Iran's June 14 election for president took radically different stands on personal freedoms, women's rights and ...

Iran leader tells candidates not to appease West
Iran's supreme leader urged presidential candidates Tuesday not to make concessions to appease the West, an implied rebuke to several of the hopefuls ...

Comments from Iranian presidential candidates
Comments on the economy, sanctions and international relations by the eight candidates in Iran's June 14 presidential race. ___ Parliament member ...

Iran police detain aides of presidential candidate
Iranian police have arrested several people campaigning for a reformist candidate in this month's presidential election, an aide said Sunday, as a ...
Report: Iran president has helicopter 'incident'
Iran's official news agency says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's helicopter experienced an unspecified "incident" while touring a rural area, but the Iranian ...

Look at Iran's voters and election process
A look at Iran's voters, presidents and election procedures: SIZE: There are more than 50 million eligible voters in a population of about 76 million.

OPEC keeps oil output target at 30 million barrels
OPEC oil ministers reached quick agreement Friday on keeping output targets steady but deferred solutions on how to deal with surging U.S. shale oil ...

Poetry and bickering at Iran's presidential debate
Iran's ailing economy, hit hard by international sanctions over its disputed nuclear program, was supposed to be the center of the first debate Friday ...

OPEC to meet amid Iran-Saudi tensions
Once the symbol of oil dominance, OPEC faces new challenges as its members gather for a ministerial meeting this week on how much crude to pump.

Syria says Assad will remain president until 2014
Syria's foreign minister laid out a hard line Wednesday, saying Bashar Assad will remain president at least until elections in 2014 and might seek ...

Iran leader not backing presidential candidate
Iran's top leader says he is not backing a particular candidate among the eight running for president. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told lawmakers ...
Inside Iran's presidential election and beyond
Some questions about Iran's June 14 presidential election and beyond: DOES THE ELECTION MATTER? Yes, but not in the ways many people think.
Iran fields 'massive' number of missile launchers
Iran has fielded a "massive" number of new long-range missile launchers, state TV reported Sunday. The new weapon components delivered to Iranian ...
Saudi Arabia warns against Iran's nuclear program
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has warned against the danger of Iran's nuclear program to the region's security and said Iran should not ...
Iran presidential candidate vows to resist West
Iran's top nuclear negotiator, a candidate in next month's presidential elections, vowed Friday he will pursue a policy of resistance against the West ...
UN nuke agency's Iran probe driven by US-led intel
The U.N. nuclear agency responsible for probing whether Iran has worked on a nuclear bomb depends on the United States and its allies for most of its ...

Iran's Rafsanjani blasts clerics, says report
Banned from upcoming elections, Iran's former president has leveled harsh criticism at the Islamic Republic's clerical rulers, saying they are doing ...

Kerry: US, allies ready to step up aid to rebels
The U.S. and several key allies looked again Wednesday for a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts unable at the moment to stem the ...

Iran's Ahmadinejad looks to outsider options
By now, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is well-accustomed to enduring blows from Iran's ruling clerics as his reputation fell from favored son to ...

Iran candidate list for presidential race
The eight candidates approved Tuesday for Iran's June 14 presidential election to replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who cannot run again because of term ...

Iran election overseers may bar former president
Iran's election overseers said Monday they will bar candidates who are physically weak from running in next month's presidential election, a reference ...