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Iran VP: We will break Obama's 'grasping hands'
Iran's vice president said Monday that Tehran will break the 'grasping hands' of newly re-elected President Barack Obama, the official IRNA news ...
Analysis: Obama faces bumps with Russia policy
President Barack Obama once assured Russian leaders that he'd have more flexibility to deal with missile defense during a second term in office.
Iran to probe death of jailed blogger
Iran's parliament announced Sunday it would probe reports that a jailed blogger died suspiciously in custody earlier this week, according to the ...
UN nuclear chief: Clean-up ongoing at Iran site
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog says apparent efforts by Iran to dismantle a suspected nuclear site are continuing ahead of a visit by agency ...
APNewsBreak: Mideast nuke talks called off
Attempts to find Arab-Israeli common ground on banning weapons of mass destruction from the Mideast have failed, and high-profile talks on the issue ...
Calls for inquest into reported Iran blogger death
A prominent press freedom group has joined the U.S. State Department to demand Iran conduct a full investigation into the reported death of a jailed ...
AP sources: US weighs broader nuke deal with Iran
The Obama administration is considering a new approach in negotiations to curb Iran's nuclear program that would ease economic sanctions faster than ...
Bahraini lawyers, activists face lost citizenship
Off a road guarded by three police checkpoints, Bahraini lawyer Taimoor Karimi wonders about his future in a country that no longer considers him a ...
UN nuke agency to meet with Iran next month
Officials from Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog will meet in Tehran next month in an attempt to restart stalled nuclear talks, the international ...
Iran says US drone violated Iranian airspace
Iran's defense minister said Friday that a U.S. drone violated Iranian airspace a week ago when Pentagon says the pilotless aircraft came under fire.
APNewsBreak: Senators mull tougher Iran sanctions
Lawmakers are working on a set of new and unprecedented sanctions against Iran that could prevent the Islamic republic from doing business with most ...
Israel minister: Iran slowed down enrichment push
Israel's defense minister said Iran has slowed the timetable for enriching enough uranium to build nuclear weapons, implying that Israel would have ...
Iran report hints US drone was in Iranian airspace
An Iranian news agency is indicating a U.S. drone violated Iran's airspace a week ago, when the Pentagon says it was fired on. The semiofficial FARS ...
Iran's Ahmadinejad ridicules expense of US vote
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ridiculed the expense of the U.S. election, mocking it as a "battleground for capitalists" while speaking at a ...
US says Iran fired on US drone over Gulf
An Iranian attack aircraft fired at least twice at an unarmed U.S. drone conducting routine surveillance in international airspace over the Persian ...
US targets Iranians blamed for blocking Internet
The Obama administration has imposed financial sanctions against officials and government bodies in Iran that the U.S. blames for jamming satellite ...
Obama's return a test of evolving foreign policy
Phrases to describe some of the looming foreign policy challenges for President Barack Obama didn't even exist when he took the oath of office the ...
Obama faces familiar world of problems in 2nd term
Now that his re-election is secured, President Barack Obama has a freer hand to deal with a world of familiar problems in fresh ways, from toughening ...
Iran to hold air defense drill in country's east
Iran's official news agency says the country's military will hold "massive" air defense maneuvers in the east, starting this weekend. Gen.
Israeli leader in bind after Obama victory
President Barack Obama's re-election has left Israel's prime minister in a bind. Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly has clashed with Obama and was widely ...
World reaction to Barack Obama's victory
President Barack Obama's re-election in the United States elicited strong feelings — from optimism to skepticism — around the world. A sampling of ...
Where Obama stands on the issues
A look at where President Barack Obama stands on some of the issues that the country will face in his second term. Abortion and birth control: ...
Iran annual inflation hits 24.9 percent in October
Iran's Central Bank says the country's annual inflation rate hit 24.9 percent in October compared to 24.0 the previous month. The figure, reported by ...
Iran hikes domestic airfares by up to 70 percent
Iranian local airlines have increased their airfares by up to 70 percent amid Western sanctions on the oil and banking system, the official IRNA news ...