http://www.mail.com/int/locations/1522-iran.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/locations/1522-iran.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2162516-top-uk-court-overturns-sanctions-iranian-bank.html LONDON (AP) — Britain's Supreme Court quashed sanctions against an Iranian bank penalized over its alleged links to Iran's nuclear weapons program, saying Wednesday that Bank Mellat had been arbitrarily singled out. The U.S. Treasury Department slammed the ruling as mistaken and warned that Bank Mellat remains under American sanctions. Bank Mellat, a priv... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:33:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2162516-top-uk-court-overturns-sanctions-iranian-bank.html 2013-06-19T21:33:55Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2162454-irans-electoral-watchdog-approves-election-result.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state TV is reporting the country's election overseer, the Guardian Council, has approved Friday's presidential election result, affirming a first-round victory by a relative moderate. The report Wednesday said Hasan Rowhani won the election by taking nearly 51 percent of votes. Since he won more than half, that eliminated the n... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:07:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2162454-irans-electoral-watchdog-approves-election-result.html 2013-06-19T17:07:39Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2159920-israeli-premier-pressure-iran-continue.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister says the international community must not ease pressure on Iran because of the election of a reformist president. Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he believed Iran's president-elect Hasan Rowhani spoke moderately but backs enriching uranium for nuclear weapons. The comments came after Russia's foreign minister ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:05:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2159920-israeli-premier-pressure-iran-continue.html 2013-06-18T18:05:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2159040-irans-president-meets-newly-elected-successor.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president has discussed transferring power in a meeting with his newly elected successor, the official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday. The report said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad congratulated Hasan Rowhani on his victory in the Friday election. Rowhani won the election outright by gaining nearly 51 percent of the vote, eli... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:42:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2159040-irans-president-meets-newly-elected-successor.html 2013-06-18T15:42:46Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159126-lavrov-iran-ready-to-20-percent-enrichment.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign minister says Iran is willing to halt its 20-percent enrichment of uranium, which has been a key concession sought in international negotiations over Iran's nuclear program. That is the highest level of enrichment acknowledged by Iran and one that experts say could be turned into warhead grade in a matter of months. In an in... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:12:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2159126-lavrov-iran-ready-to-20-percent-enrichment.html 2013-06-18T13:12:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156682-rowhanis-path-moderation-limits.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's newly elected president showcased his reform-leaning image Monday by promising a "path of moderation" that includes greater openness on Tehran's nuclear program and overtures to Washington. He also made clear where he draws the line: No halt to uranium enrichment and no direct U.S. dialogue without a pledge to stay out of Iranian affairs. ... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:02:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156682-rowhanis-path-moderation-limits.html 2013-06-17T20:02:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2157620-allies-irans-outgoing-president-defeated.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Allies of outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have suffered a resounding defeat in local council elections, a clear rejection at the end of his term. Not a single Ahmadinejad ally won a seat in Tehran. Parvin Ahmadinejad, the president's sister, was among the losers. Final results were announced on Iranian state TV late Mond... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:08:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2157620-allies-irans-outgoing-president-defeated.html 2013-06-17T19:08:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156680-shiite-iraq-militia-claims-attacked-iran-group.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A Shiite militia leader on Monday claimed responsibility for a rocket attack over the weekend that killed two members of an Iranian exile group near Baghdad. Saturday's attack on the sprawling Camp Liberty also killed an Iraqi and wounded nine Iranians and seven Iraqis. The dissident group, the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, is the militant wing of a ... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:05:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2156680-shiite-iraq-militia-claims-attacked-iran-group.html 2013-06-17T18:05:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2157194-hamas-urges-ally-hezbollah-to-leave-syria.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian militant group Hamas on Monday urged Lebanon's Hezbollah militia to withdraw its fighters from Syria and accused it of stoking sectarian tensions, leveling unprecedented public criticism against a former ally. The Hamas statement came as the region's Sunni and Shiite Muslims are lining up on opposite sides of Syr... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:18:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2157194-hamas-urges-ally-hezbollah-to-leave-syria.html 2013-06-17T17:18:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2155206-moderate-iranian-leader-hinder-israel.html JERUSALEM (AP) — The surprising victory of a reformist candidate in Iran's presidential election has put Israel in a difficult position as it tries to halt the Iranian nuclear program: With Hasan Rowhani likely to enjoy an international honeymoon, Israel could have a hard time rallying support for new sanctions — or possible military action — against its arch foe, even as it... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:39:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2155206-moderate-iranian-leader-hinder-israel.html 2013-06-16T17:39:34Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2154972-irans-president-elect-economy-will-take-time.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's newly elected reformist-backed president said Sunday that the country's dire economic problems cannot be solved "overnight," as he took his first steps in consulting with members of the clerically dominated establishment on his new policies. Hasan Rowhani's surprise victory in Friday's elections puts him in charge of an executiv... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:38:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2154972-irans-president-elect-economy-will-take-time.html 2013-06-16T16:38:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2153778-al-qaidas-iraq-head-defies-boss-syria-fight.html BAGHDAD (AP) — The leader of al-Qaida's Iraq arm defiantly rejected an order from the terror network's central command to stop claiming control over the organization's Syria affiliate, according to a message purportedly from him that was posted online Saturday. The latest statement by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who heads the Islamic State of Iraq, reveals a gr... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:00:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2153778-al-qaidas-iraq-head-defies-boss-syria-fight.html 2013-06-15T21:00:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2153798-key-questions-irans-presidential-election.html Some questions about Iran's presidential election and beyond: DOES THE ELECTION MATTER? Yes, but not in the ways many people think. Iran's president does not set the country's major policies such as the nuclear program, relations with the West or military projects. All this falls under the ruling clerics headed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Th... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:48:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2153798-key-questions-irans-presidential-election.html 2013-06-15T19:48:39Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2153960-syrian-troops-capture-damascus-suburb-airport.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops pushed forward with their offensive against rebels Saturday, capturing a suburb near the Damascus international airport as the U.S. warned that the alleged use of chemical weapons by President Bashar Assad's forces and the involvement of the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah in the civil war threaten to put a proposed political settlement ou... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:24:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2153960-syrian-troops-capture-damascus-suburb-airport.html 2013-06-15T19:24:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2153566-irans-rowhani-seeks-constructive-interaction.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Just weeks after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election victory in 2005, Iran's top nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani stepped down from the post after quarrelsome meetings with the new president. The decision cemented Rowhani's reputation as a moderate who rejected Ahmadinejad's combative approach in world affairs in favor of the more nuanced p... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:08:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2153566-irans-rowhani-seeks-constructive-interaction.html 2013-06-15T18:08:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2154178-irans-opposition-figure-welcomes-election.html PARIS (AP) — A leading exiled Iranian opposition figure has welcomed the victory of a moderate candidate Hasan Rowhani in Iran's presidential vote, which he said could be a positive change for the country. Ardeshir Amir Arjomand , who was the chief advisor to opposition leader Mir Hussein Mousavi, said Saturday that while Rowhani is backed by the reformis... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:40:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2154178-irans-opposition-figure-welcomes-election.html 2013-06-15T16:40:29Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2152038-inside-irans-presidential-election.html Some questions about Iran's presidential election and beyond: DOES THE ELECTION MATTER? Yes, but not in the ways many people think. Iran's president does not set the country's major policies such as the nuclear program, relations with the West or military projects. All this falls under the ruling clerics headed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Th... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:55:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2152038-inside-irans-presidential-election.html 2013-06-15T01:55:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2140256-5-things-to-irans-presidential-vote.html Iran has started announcing preliminary vote counts from Friday's presidential election. Here are five things you should know: THE FIELD Iran's election overseers allowed eight candidates on the ballot to succeed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who cannot run again in this election because of term limits. Six candidates remained on the final ballot. Most a... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:52:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2140256-5-things-to-irans-presidential-vote.html 2013-06-15T01:52:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2151446-hezbollah-will-fighting-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah's leader vowed Friday that his militants would keep fighting in Syria "wherever needed" after the U.S. agreed to arm the rebels in the civil war, setting up a proxy fight between Iran and the West that threatens to engulf more of the Middle East. President Barack Obama has deepened U.S. involvement in the conflict, authorizing leth... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:30:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2151446-hezbollah-will-fighting-syria.html 2013-06-14T20:30:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2150000-correction-egypt-syria-story.html CAIRO (AP) — In a story June 13 about the Egyptian presidency's position on citizens joining the fight in Syria, The Associated Press erroneously quoted the president's foreign affairs adviser as saying, "We are no longer a center for rendition, or punishing Egyptians for what they do in other countries." The correct quote is "We are no longer a center for rendition, or a ce... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:46:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2150000-correction-egypt-syria-story.html 2013-06-14T17:46:34Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2151888-oil-tops-97-amid-syria-worries-ahead-us-data.html The price of oil rose past $97 a barrel Friday amid concerns about a possible escalation in Syria's civil war while traders awaited the release of several reports on the U.S. economy. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for July delivery was up 36 cents to $97.05 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gain... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:25:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2151888-oil-tops-97-amid-syria-worries-ahead-us-data.html 2013-06-14T12:25:49Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2148528-irans-polls-open-presidential-vote.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In the end, Iran's presidential election may be defined by who doesn't vote. As polls opened early Friday, arguments over whether to boycott the ballot still boiled over at coffee shops, kitchen tables and on social media among many liberal-leaning Iranians. The choice — once easy for many who turned their back in anger after years of ... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:37:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2148528-irans-polls-open-presidential-vote.html 2013-06-14T04:37:46Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2148876-israels-pm-opens-historic-exhibit-auschwitz.html OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Standing in front of a former prisoner block at the infamous Auschwitz death camp, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the world Thursday of not doing enough to stop the Holocaust and said Israel can only rely on itself to prevent such a tragedy from ever happening again. The scathing speech marked the most dramatic p... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:18:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2148876-israels-pm-opens-historic-exhibit-auschwitz.html 2013-06-13T20:18:09Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2149938-gaza-suffers-drop-foreign-aid-syrian-war.html GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A refugee from Syria recently opened a bakery here, drawing long lines of customers eager to taste meat and cheese pastries with the special flavors of Damascus — a rare bright spot in the long shadow that the Syrian civil war is casting over the Gaza Strip. The conflict in Syria, some 300 kilometers (190 miles) away, is incre... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:04:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2149938-gaza-suffers-drop-foreign-aid-syrian-war.html 2013-06-13T18:04:55Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2149610-irans-voters-election-process.html 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. About a third of the voters are under 30 — born after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. About 60 percent of the voters are in cities. VOTERS: Voting age is 18, raised from 16 in 2007. Iranian... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:52:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2149610-irans-voters-election-process.html 2013-06-13T15:52:26Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2146290-israeli-pm-warns-holocaust-iran.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his two-day visit to Poland, which Germany's Nazis occupied during World War II and where they committed the worst crimes ever against the Jewish people, with a stern warning about a potential Holocaust from Iran. Netanyahu said Wednesday the upcoming "so-called" Iranian presidential el... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:23:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2146290-israeli-pm-warns-holocaust-iran.html 2013-06-12T20:23:02Z