News Source: Times of Oman
| 3 months ago
Iranian authorities have arrested two top aides of opposition leaders amid a fresh crackdown on groups protesting the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, reformist websites reported. Alireza Behesti, a senior aide of the main opposition...
News Source: The Herald
| 3 months ago
Iranian officials closed the offices of defeated opposition candidate Mehdi Karroubi on Tuesday, confiscating evidence his supporters had collected that they say proves protesters were tortured, raped and killed in prison, aides said...The closure...
News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 3 months ago
After securing one woman on his Cabinet, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is pushing for a second, defying opposition from hardline Islamic clerics who say women have no place in leadership positions. His push for the first female Cabinet...
News Source: United Press International
| 3 months ago
A former speaker of the Iranian Parliament and ally of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini said he has joined the opposition to "defend the rights of people." After Mehdi Karroubi, a leading cleric, gave the Los Angeles Times an unusual interview...
News Source: Financial Times
| 3 months ago
He also signalled he was investigating Venezuelan banks for possible illegal ties with Tehran.
News Source: Press TV
| 3 months ago
A fifteen-member team of university students worked on the new plug-in car for 10 months. The new car, named the Parax, weighs 450 kg and is lighter than another electric car that was unveiled at Tehran's Khaje Nasir Toosi University last week...Once...