http://www.mail.com/people/28578-ali-larijani.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/28578-ali-larijani.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/1897986-irans-leader-steps-deeper-political-fray.html DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — 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 compass above the regular fray. Political referee is not among them. Yet that is the unfamiliar role Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has adopted as the political mudslinging gets heavier... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:22:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1897986-irans-leader-steps-deeper-political-fray.html 2013-02-17T19:22:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1896180-iranian-leader-iran-seeking-nuclear-weapons.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — 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. couldn't stop it. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters in Iran, also rejected direct talks with the U.S. over its nuclear program despite the pressure of sanctions. "We ... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:06:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1896180-iranian-leader-iran-seeking-nuclear-weapons.html 2013-02-16T14:06:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1885808-iran-lawmakers-demand-probe-speaker-incident.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Senior Iranian lawmakers are demanding an investigation into the incident involving the country's parliament speaker in the seminary city of Qom. Ali Larijani was stopped from delivering a speech by chanting protesters in Qom during a ceremony Sunday marking the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. The Emrooz daily and other Iranian ... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1885808-iran-lawmakers-demand-probe-speaker-incident.html 2013-02-12T09:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1881030-iran-president-fiery-twilight-term.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — 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 leader that direct talks cannot happen as long as sanctions remain. What drew attention was how Mahmoud Ahmadinejad injected himself into it. Ahmadinejad told crowds marking the annivers... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1881030-iran-president-fiery-twilight-term.html 2013-02-10T17:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1871632-iran-releases-ahmadinejad-ally-linked-to-deaths.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities released a close ally of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from custody on Wednesday, a day after the president denounced the arrest and pledged to pursue the case, the official IRNA news agency reported. The report quoted an unnamed official as saying Saeed Mortazavi, a senior official who once served as Tehran's prosecutor gene... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1871632-iran-releases-ahmadinejad-ally-linked-to-deaths.html 2013-02-06T11:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1869008-iran-arrests-official-implicated-prison-deaths.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior Iranian government official has been arrested two years after a parliamentary probe found him responsible for deaths by torture of at least three jailed anti-government protesters, state media reported Tuesday. Saeed Mortazavi — a close ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — was taken to Tehran's Evin prison late Monday night... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1869008-iran-arrests-official-implicated-prison-deaths.html 2013-02-05T13:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1865208-irans-parliament-dismisses-labor-minister.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian lawmakers impeached the country's labor minister on Sunday over his controversial appointment of an official implicated in the deaths of prisoners. The move highlights a power struggle between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his conservative rivals in parliament ahead of the June presidential elections. Out of 272 present law... Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1865208-irans-parliament-dismisses-labor-minister.html 2013-02-03T14:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1817554-irans-election-tip-to-critics-quiet.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Elections to pick Iran's next president are still five months away, but that's not too early for some warning shots by the country's leadership. The message to anyone questioning the openness of the June vote: Keep quiet. A high-level campaign — including blunt remarks by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — seeks to muzzle any open... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1817554-irans-election-tip-to-critics-quiet.html 2013-01-13T16:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1719516-iran-criticizes-turkish-request-patriots.html BEIRUT (AP) — Iran lashed out Friday at Turkey for requesting that NATO supply it with Patriot surface-to-air missiles to deploy along the border with Syria, denouncing the step by Ankara as counterproductive. Iranian parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani made the remarks after a visit to Damascus, a show of support by Tehran to its increasingly diplomatical... Fri, 23 Nov 2012 20:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1719516-iran-criticizes-turkish-request-patriots.html 2012-11-23T20:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1720104-two-powers-qatar-iran-try-to-sway-hamas.html DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The courtship of Hamas between rivals Iran and Qatar has been one of the Middle East's intriguing subplots of the Arab Spring. The bloodshed in Gaza has now sharpened their competition for influence with the Palestinian militant group and the direction it takes in the future. Qatar has sought to use its vast wealth to wi... Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1720104-two-powers-qatar-iran-try-to-sway-hamas.html 2012-11-23T17:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1716426-irans-leader-stops-lawmakers-grilling-president.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's supreme leader has stopped the country's parliament from grilling the president over the nation's plummeting currency and economic crisis, the official IRNA news agency reported Wednesday. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei demanded that the parliament drop its plan to grill President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying such a sessio... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1716426-irans-leader-stops-lawmakers-grilling-president.html 2012-11-21T15:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1716352-commander-iran-missile-technology-to-gaza.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has supplied Hamas in Gaza with the technology to "quickly" produce longer-range missiles on their own without needing direct shipments, said a report Wednesday that quoted the head of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard. The comments by Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari offer some of the clearest insights on Iran's weapons support for Ham... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1716352-commander-iran-missile-technology-to-gaza.html 2012-11-21T13:45:00Z