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Inter Press Service
| 7 months ago
IPS Articles Since his appointment in June 2011, the Iranian government has refused to respond to Shaheed's multiple requests to travel to Iran and visit prisons there, although he conducted nearly 100 interviews with sources both within and outside...
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Boston.com
| 7 months ago
Iran (AP) Iran's Supreme Leader is blaming the U.S. and Israel for the bloody, 19-month civil war in Syria. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also warns Western powers not to intervene in the conflict. In his message to Muslims performing the annual hajj...
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Inter Press Service
| 7 months ago
Amid growing and increasingly harsh criticism of his handling of the economy, talk of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's removal has regained momentum in Iran in recent weeks...Credit: Mehr News Agency But, according to most observers, Iran's supreme...
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The Daily Star
| 7 months ago
In this Sept. 1, 2012 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes a victory sign in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File) Iran's judicial authorities have again denied a request by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit Evin...
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SF Gate
| 7 months ago
Iran (AP) The head of Iran's judiciary lashed out at the country's president Wednesday, the latest salvo in an escalating political conflict that has undermined much of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 's political clout. The latest issue appeared relatively...
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United Press International
| 7 months ago
Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said Iran aims to embark on a green-energy campaign to cut back on domestic oil consumption. Qasemi told the World Energy Forum in Dubai that Tehran was starting a renewable energy campaign that embraces solar, wind...
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Israel National News
| 7 months ago
Free Daily Israel Report Latest News Briefs "+arr[i][1]+" 12:37 Reported News Brief 10/24/2012, Cheshvan 8, 5773 Signs of Turmoil in Iran: Ahmadinejad Turns Backers into Enemies A silent Arab Spring is brewing in Iran, where Iranian President...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 7 months ago
United Arab Emirates (AP) In back-to-back Asian summits this month, Iran 's president made sure to carve out special time to look east. At one gathering in Azerbaijan , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reminded the president of Kazakhstan about the vision of a...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 7 months ago
ments Ahmadinejad denied prison visit in Iran, a sign of his lame duck status President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was denied a prison visit by Iran's judiciary after a request to visit a former aide who is now in prison. By Reuters / October 23, 2012...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
Joe Raedle/Getty Images Mitt Romney is not particularly new to gaffes but when it comes to one about the relationship between Syria and Iran , he has shown extraordinary courage in repeating it at least six times just in the past year. During last...
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The Daily Star
| 7 months ago
Abdollahian, who was speaking after meeting his Russian counterpart Mikhail Bogdanov, did not say which members of the Syrian opposition had agreed to participate. "Some opposition groups have however rejected this idea, but we are continuing our...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the northeastern city of Bojnourd. Photograph: Ho/AFP/Getty Images President Obama said on Monday night the Iranian nuclear crisis could be resolved by bilateral negotiations between Washington and...
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SF Gate
| 7 months ago
Three young British Muslim men went on trial in London on Monday, accused of plotting to set off multiple bombs in terrorist strikes that prosecutors say could have been deadlier than the 2005 London transit attacks that killed 52 commuters.
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SF Gate
| 7 months ago
Fla. (AP) President Barack Obama says the United States will stand with Israel if it's attacked. Obama said during Monday's presidential debate that Iran will not get a nuclear weapon "as long as I'm president." Republican challenger Mitt Romney says...
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Arab News
| 7 months ago
Linda Heard Tuesday 23 October 2012 Last Update 23 October 2012 2:09 am A report published in Saturday's New York Times reveals that the US and Iran have agreed in principle for the first time on one-on-one negotiations over Iran's nuclear program as...
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Denver Post
| 7 months ago
IranIran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed Monday with the country's judiciary over his right to visit the prison where a jailed aide is held, in a new sign of the leader's waning influence in his last year in office. He accused the judiciary...
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The New York Times
| 7 months ago
Mr. Ahmadinejad was responding to the head of Iran's powerful judiciary, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, who on Sunday denied the president access to Tehran's Evin prison, where Mr. Ahmadinejad's top press adviser has been held since September on charges...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
Franklin Reyes/AP Iran 's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , has lambasted the country's judiciary for not allowing him to visit Tehran's notorious Evin prison, where his media adviser is currently held behind bars. Ahmadinejad on Monday wrote an...
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Zee News
| 7 months ago
Iran's state prosecutor says he has denied permission to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit an imprisoned advisor, a further sign of the Iranian president's rapidly waning influence. Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi is quoted by the press as saying that...
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AKI
| 7 months ago
Ten people convicted of drugs offences were hanged on Tuesday in Tehran's Evin prison, the Iran Human Rights website said, citing local reports. Among those executed was a young shop worker, Saeed Sedighi despite an appeal from Amnesty International...
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Jerusalem Post
| 7 months ago
Iranian president's request to visit prison where his press adviser is held denied, said to be a sign of his waning influence. Iran's judiciary has blocked a request by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit Tehran's Evin prison where a top...
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Jerusalem Post
| 7 months ago
In the last year alone, in the course of these talks [with the P5+1], Iran has enriched thousands of kilograms of uranium in its nuclear program. And I don't see any reason why they wouldn't continue in that same way if they open up talks with the US,...
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The New York Times
| 7 months ago
The question of whether the United States should seek to engage Iran in one-on-one talks on its nuclear program joined the likely topics for Monday's final presidential debate as supporters of President Obama and Mitt Romney jousted on Sunday over...
