
Complex history between Iran and al-Qaida
Canadian authorities claim al-Qaida operatives in Iran directed a failed plot to attack a passenger train. Iran denies it has any links to the two ...

Iran condemns Boston blast, criticizes US policy
Iran's top leader on Wednesday condemned the twin bombing attacks in Boston, yet chided the U.S. for employing a double standard when it comes to ...

Iran's reformists stake long shot hopes in Khatami
It's difficult to measure how much lifeblood is left in Iran's pro-reform factions after four years of punishment. Its leaders are incommunicado under ...
Iran candidate vows 'constructive' diplomacy
Iran's former nuclear negotiator, now a candidate in Iran's presidential election, pledged Thursday to improve rocky relations with the West if he is ...
Lawmaker: Iran could quit nuclear treaty
Iran will keep the option of withdrawing from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty on the table and will seriously consider it if the West intensifies ...
Lawmaker: Iran will never halt nuclear program
A top Iranian lawmaker declared Sunday that Iran will never halt its nuclear development program, a day after the latest round of international talks ...

US restraint in Syria could aid Iran nuclear talks
President Barack Obama's reluctance to give military aid to Syrian rebels may be explained, in part, in three words: Iranian nuclear weapons. For the ...

Ahmadinejad roadshow: Pitching his political heir
During a celebration last week to mark the Persian new year, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did something quietly remarkable: He stood modestly to the ...

NJ professor's quixotic quest to be Iran president
The man who wants to be the next president of Iran sits in a hotel lobby, steps from his office and thousands of miles away from the country he wants ...
Iran says it's not opposed to direct talks with US
Iran is not opposed to direct talks with the U.S. to resolve its nuclear standoff with the West, the country's top leader said Thursday in comments ...
Iran vows to level Tel Aviv if Israel attacks
Iran says if it's attacked by Israel, it will annihilate Tel Aviv and Haifa. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all ...
Report: Iran will promise UN not to seek bomb
A news agency says Iran plans to submit a written promise to the United Nations that it will not seek nuclear weapons. The Tuesday report by the ...
Iran's top leader unhappy with nuclear talks
Iran's top leader said on Thursday that the West failed to offer any concessions during the latest talks aimed at resolving a standoff over Tehran's ...

Austrian cardinal: a conservative open to reform
Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn is a soft-spoken conservative who is ready to listen to those espousing reform. That profile that could appeal ...
Iran: Ignore US opposition to Pakistani gas deal
Iran's top leader told the visiting Pakistani president on Wednesday that the two countries should ignore U.S. opposition to construction of a gas ...
Shiite militant threatens Iranian exiles in Iraq
The head of a new Shiite militant group in Iraq on Tuesday threatened to carry out more attacks on a camp for Iranian exiles that was struck by dozens ...
Ally of Iran president accused in protester deaths
Iran's state TV says prosecutors have accused a close ally of the Iranian president of involvement in the deaths of detainees during unrest after ...

Return of sectarian threats in Iraq raises alarm
The fliers began turning up at Sunni households in the Iraqi capital's Jihad neighborhood last week bearing a chilling message: Get out now or face ...

Diplomats: Iran starts upgrade of nuclear site
In a disheartening signal to world powers at upcoming Iran talks, Tehran has started installing high-tech machines at its main uranium enrichment site ...

Iran says nuclear talks an 'opportunity' for West
Iran is prepared to ease Western concerns about Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for pledges from the U.S. and others about the country's ability ...

Iran's leader steps deeper into the political fray
Iran's supreme leader is supposed to be many things in the eyes of his followers: Spiritual mentor, protector of the Islamic Revolution, a moral ...

Iranian leader: Iran not seeking nuclear weapons
Iran's Supreme Leader said Saturday that his country was not seeking nuclear weapons, but that if Tehran intended to build them, the U.S.

Iran may allow UN team to visit key military site
Iran's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday raised prospects that Tehran may allow inspectors from the U.N. nuclear agency to visit a military site where the ...

Iran president still fiery in twilight of term
There was nothing essentially new in the message to Washington from Iran's president on Sunday: Repeating last week's statement by the Iranian supreme ...

Iran: Sanctions make nuclear talks with US futile
American proposals for direct talks with Iran are pointless while Washington is "holding a gun" to the country through sanctions, Iran's supreme ...