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Iran claims 'dozens' of its drones reached Israel
A senior Iranian military official claimed Tuesday that Iranian-made surveillance drones have made dozens of apparently undetected flights into ...
UN envoy urges Syria cease-fire for Muslim holiday
The U.N. peace envoy to Syria is calling on Iran to help achieve a cease-fire in Syria during the upcoming Muslim holiday, which starts next week.
Iran's leader says army ready to deter any attack
Iran's supreme leader said Friday that his country's military is ready to deter any attack and warned enemies of the Islamic Republic to abandon any ...
Iran's spy agency finds voice in cyberspace
A glimpse into the shadow world of Iran's main spy agency is now a click away. In an unexpected display of outreach, the Intelligence Ministry now ...
Iran may cut ties with UAE over disputed islands
Iran on Tuesday warned the United Arab Emirates it could cut diplomatic relations between the two countries if the Arab nation keeps repeating claims ...
Wiesel survives Madoff and heart bypass
When Elie Wiesel emerged from quintuple heart bypass surgery, still wired to monitors, he immediately started writing a book about the ordeal — "in ...
Iran rulers eye currency mess from protected perch
Just as Iran's currency was rattling near bottom after a stunning free fall, officials in Tehran opened a trade exhibition that included advanced ...
Iran police on watch after currency protests
Iran deployed riot police at key Tehran intersections on Thursday, after tensions flared over the nation's plunging currency in the most widespread ...
NYC lawyer: Iranian cameraman concerned for safety
The lawyer for an Iranian cameraman who accompanied President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the U.S. for the U.N. General Assembly and is seeking asylum said ...
Iran leader calls Netanyahu's bomb prop 'childish'
Iran's president sneered on Tuesday at Israeli's presentation at the United Nations last week, calling the cartoon-style drawing of a bomb held up by ...
Iran president: 'Psychological' blows hit currency
Iran's president on Tuesday blamed the steep drop in Iran's currency on "psychological pressures" linked to Western sanctions over Tehran's nuclear ...
Rare labor petition in Iran shows economic alarm
For weeks, a manifesto complaining about Iran's stumbling economy circulated in secret among factories and workshops. Organizers asked for signatures ...
O'Donnell: I had to repeatedly bite my tongue
Norah O'Donnell understood the cultural differences that led Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not to shake her hand before their "CBS This ...
NYC lawyer: Iranian cameraman seeks US asylum
A lawyer for a cameraman who was accompanying Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) to the U.S. for the United Nations General ...
Iran: Reuters chief convicted in 'ninja' dispute
A special media court found the Tehran bureau chief of the Thomson Reuters news agency guilty Sunday of "spreading lies" against the Islamic system ...
Iran swipe at Web brings angry reply
Iran's cyber monitors often tout their fight against the West's "soft war" of influence through the Web, but trying to block Google's popular Gmail ...
US drops Iranian opposition group from terror list
The Obama administration granted a victory Friday to a militant Iranian organization formerly allied with Saddam Hussein, taking the group off the U.S
Iranian news agency picks up Onion article as fact
A joke by the satirical newspaper The Onion appears to have gotten lost in translation. An Iranian news agency picked up — as fact — a story from the ...
Iran president says regretful of arrest of adviser
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called the detention of his top press adviser "regretful". The official Irna news agency quoted Ahmadinejad ...
Israeli report says sanctions hitting Iran hard
A new Israeli government report published in local media on Thursday concludes that international sanctions are hitting Iran hard and called for ...
Egypt's Morsi assumes major role in Mideast
Egypt's new President Mohammed Morsi assigned himself the heavyweight's role in the Middle East on Wednesday, declaring in his first speech to the ...
Israel's Netanyahu to push case against Iran at UN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to the United Nations Wednesday night with a single item on his agenda: Iran. Netanyahu is convinced ...
Interview: Ahmadinejad pushes new world order
After an hour of fielding questions about Syria, sanctions and nuclear weapons, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had enough. Now, he said, it was ...
Morsi: Won't rest until Syrian war ends
Egypt's new President Mohammed Morsi, making his debut on the global stage at the United Nations, said Wednesday that he will not rest until the civil ...