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IRAN'S ROUHANI UNDER FIRE AS TENSIONS WITH U.S. RISE
But it will depend on how aggressively the White House censures Iran, and on how Khamenei responds... READ MORE›
IRANIAN PRESIDENT CALLS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 'A PROBLEM' AS COUNTRY MARKS 1979 REVOLUTION
All of them should know that they must talk to the Iranian nation with respect and dignity, Rouhani declared... READ MORE›
THE 'DEATH TO AMERICA' PROTESTS IN IRAN HAVE STARTED
Relations between Tehran and Washington have soured quickly since Mr Trump took office just a few weeks ago... READ MORE›
IRANIANS MARCH AGAINST TRUMP 'THREATS' ON REVOLUTION DAY
Iran's leading reformist, former president Mohammad Khatami whose two terms of office, from 1997 to 2005, saw a rapprochement with the West, was absent... READ MORE›
AMID TENSIONS WITH U.S., IRAN WARNS WHITE HOUSE AND LAUDS AMERICANS OPPOSING TRUMP
Addressing crowds in Tehran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the demonstrations were a message to the White House that Iran will not bow to any threats... READ MORE›
DEFENSE, INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS CAUTION WHITE HOUSE ON TERRORIST DESIGNATION FOR IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD
A similar effort is underway in Congress to designate the Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization, with legislation introduced last month by Sen... READ MORE›
IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER SARCASTICALLY THANKS TRUMP FOR SHOWING THE 'REAL FACE OF THE U.S.'
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, said Tuesday that newcomer President Donald Trump had shown the real face of the United States... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP WHITE HOUSE WARNS IRAN 'THERE'S A NEW PRESIDENT IN TOWN'
Diplomatic tensions were ratcheted up after Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made his first public speech since President Donald Trump's inauguration... READ MORE›
THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY ON FEB. 7 AT 7:35 P.M. EST/0035 GMT
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismisses Trump's warning to Iran to stop its missile tests, saying the president has shown the real face of American corruption... READ MORE›
IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER 'THANKS' TRUMP FOR REVEALING THE 'REAL FACE OF THE UNITED STATES'
Irans supreme leader thanks Trump for revealing the real face of the United States... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP ACCUSES IRAN OF 'PLAYING WITH FIRE'
President Donald Trump has accused Iran of playing with fire as part of a diplomatic spat over Iran's latest ballistic missile test... READ MORE›
IRAN SLAMS 'PROVOCATIVE' US WARNING OVER MISSILE TEST
Iran confirmed on Wednesday that it had tested a ballistic missile, but denied that it had violated the terms of the nuclear deal... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS: TRUMP WARNING TO IRAN COULD BACKFIRE
Trump repeated the warning Thursday in a tweet Iran has been formally PUT ON NOTICE for firing a ballistic missile... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP JUST ISSUED A FORMAL WARNING TO IRAN
The US and Israel claimed that Sunday's test launch, the first by Iran since Mr Trump become president, was in breach of UN resolution 2231... READ MORE›
OBAMA'S FAILED 'REAGAN' EFFORT, TRUMP'S CHANCE TO TRIANGULATE AND OTHER COMMENTS
But Reagan left his party holding more seats than it held when he was elected... READ MORE›
IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL IS IN THE CROSSHAIRS AND MAY NOT SURVIVE A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
During the campaign, Trump regularly denigrated the Iran agreement... READ MORE›
IRANIANS REBEL AT FORMER PRESIDENT RAFSANJANI'S FUNERAL
The funeral of former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has presented a rare occasion for Iranians to express public resistance... READ MORE›
IRAN MOURNS "A GREAT MAN OF THE REVOLUTION"
Iran has begun three days of national mourning following the death of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani... READ MORE›
RAFSANJANI DEATH A BLOW TO IRAN REFORMERS AS TRUMP PRESIDENCY LOOMS IN U.S.
Following Khomeini's death, he played a role in the selection of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, Iran's most powerful figure... READ MORE›
RARE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE DISSENT IN IRAN AS THOUSANDS MOURN RAFSANJANI
Iran's establishment was out in full force, including Qassem Suleimani, the commander of Iran's Quds force, the external arm of the powerful Revolutionary Guards... READ MORE›
MOURNERS ATTEND FUNERAL OF FORMER IRANIAN LEADER RAFSANJANI
Iranians carry the coffin of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani during his funeral in Tehran, Iran Jan. 10, 2017... READ MORE›
IRANIANS PACK STREETS FOR FUNERAL OF FORMER LEADER RAFSANJANI
Mr Rafsanjani, a close aide to both Ayatollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei, served as president from 1989 to 1997... READ MORE›
COURT BACKS SWISS IN CASE OF MUSLIM GIRLS ATTENDING SWIMMING CLASS
In a summary of the ruling announced on Tuesday, the European court based in Strasbourg acknowledged interference in freedom of religion... READ MORE›
DEATH OF IRANA??S RAFSANJANI REMOVES INFLUENTIAL VOICE AGAINST HARD-LINERS
In a statement, Ayatollah Khamenei lamented the passing of Mr. Rafsanjani... READ MORE›
AYATOLLAH ALI AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI EX-PRESIDENT OF IRAN DIES AT 82
But Mr. Rafsanjani, himself an ayatollah, clashed with Ayatollah Khamenei, the supreme leader, over the extent to which Iran should modify its bellicose stance toward outsiders... READ MORE›
RAFSANJANI, IRAN LEADER WHO BACKED NUKE PROGRAM, TIED TO TERRORISTS, WEST OVERTURES, DEAD AT 82
Iran's former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died Sunday after a decades-long career in the ruling elite, where his moderate views were not always welc... READ MORE›
IRANS EX-PRESIDENT RAFSANJANI DIES AGED 82
Iran's influential cleric politician Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died of heart disease on Sunday... READ MORE›
RAFSANJANI, DEAD AT 82, WAS ONE OF THE TITANS OF POST-REVOLUTIONARY IRAN
Most analysts viewed Rafsanjani, president from 1989 to 1997, as the second most powerful figure in Iran after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei... READ MORE›
FORMER IRANIAN PRESIDENT AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI DEAD AT 82
In an interview published in October, Rafsanjani acknowledged the 1980-1988 war with Iraq, which killed some 1 million people, led Iran to consider seeking nuclear weapons... READ MORE›
IRAN'S EX-PRESIDENT HASHEMI RAFSANJANI DIES AT 82
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, paid tribute to Rafsanjani as a companion of struggle despite differences between them... READ MORE›
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IRAN COMPLIES WITH NUCLEAR DEAL SANCTIONS ARE LIFTED
Five Americans, including a Washington Post reporter, Jason Rezaian, were released by Iran hours before the nuclear accord was implemented... READ MORE›
RUSSIA DESTROYS 472 ISIS TARGETS IN 141 MISSIONS OVER THE WEEKEND
Moscow launched a bombing campaign in support of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's forces at the end of September... READ MORE›
BACKLASH AGAINST US IN IRAN SEEMS TO GATHER FORCE AFTER NUCLEAR DEAL
The confirmation of Mr. Zakka's arrest followed the incarceration of an Iranian-American consultant, Siamak Namazi, known for his advocacy of improved ties with the United States... READ MORE›
SECTARIAN FIGHTERS MASS FOR BATTLE TO CAPTURE EAST ALEPPO
Mohammed Sheikh, a resident of East Aleppo, fled the fighting in the city earlier this year... READ MORE›
IRAN PRESIDENT SAYS TRUMP CANT TEAR UP NUCLEAR PACT
He wants to do many things, Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani, said of Mr. Trump in a speech... READ MORE›
IRAN'S FORMER PRESIDENT RAFSANJANI DIES AGED 82
When Khomeini died in 1989, Rafsanjani played an instrumental role in the appointment of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the current supreme leader... READ MORE›
IRAN REFORMISTS WIN ALL TEHRAN SEATS
Allies of Iran's reformist President Hassan Rouhani win a landslide victory in Tehran, in the first elections since the nuclear deal with world powers... READ MORE›
IRAN'S GUARDS USING TRUMP VICTORY TO CLAW BACK POWER
It will hinder Rouhani's planned economic growth and will give more political power to the IRGC and their hard-line backers, the reformist official added... READ MORE›
IRAN DETAINS FIRST AMERICAN SINCE NUCLEAR AGREEMENT
Experts on Iranian politics said the reported arrest of Mr. Namazi was a signal of a possible backlash by opponents of the nuclear agreement in Iran... READ MORE›
IRAN HAS STOPPED DISMANTLING NUCLEAR CENTRIFUGES
Low-enriched uranium is used to fuel nuclear power plants, Iran's stated goal, but can also provide material for bombs if refined much further... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL A SAFER WORLD THANKS TO THE IRAN DEAL
Their freedom came in exchange for seven Iranians arrested by the United States on charges of violating sanctions on Iran... READ MORE›
CLUES EMERGE ON ROBERT LEVINSON CIA CONSULTANT WHO VANISHED IN IRAN
But newly disclosed documents suggest that Iranian officials knew far more about Mr. Levinson... READ MORE›
INSIDE PUTIN'S FORTIFIED TRIPLE DECKER OPERATIONS BASE IN MOSCOW
Russia's strongman Vladimir Putin has been overseeing the daily airstrikes in Syria from a colossal three-floor war room in Moscow... READ MORE›
IRAN-TRAINED MILITIAS JOIN U.S-BACKED CAMPAIGN ON MOSUL, FLYING SHI'ITE FLAGS
But Amnesty International says that in previous campaigns, the Shi'ite militias have committed serious human rights violations, including war crimes against civilians fleeing Islamic State-held territory... READ MORE›
TENSIONS IN IRAN AFTER NUCLEAR DEAL GROW IN HOSTILITY
With the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, endorsing the agreement, they turned their criticism directly on Mr. Rouhani and his aides... READ MORE›
PETITION URGES AYATOLLAH TO PARDON CONDEMNED IRANIAN POETS
11 and a half years for Ms. Ekhtesari and nine years for Mr. Mousavi, plus 99 lashes for both... READ MORE›
IRAN FIRES ROCKETS NEAR US AND FRENCH VESSELS
The Republicans in Congress who voted against the nuclear deal -- which was all of them -- are looking for ways to signal their continuing displeasure... READ MORE›
IRANS PRESIDENT CRITICIZES COUNTRYS HARD-LINE MEDIA
Mr. Rouhani, however, accused intelligence officers of deciding what outlets should be closed, instead of the judiciary... READ MORE›
IRAN IS INVITED TO JOIN US RUSSIA AND EUROPE FOR TALKS ON SYRIAS FUTURE
Mr. Kirby added that the United States still opposed what he termed Iran's destabilizing activities in Syria... READ MORE›
IRAN STARTS TAKING NUCLEAR CENTRIFUGES OFFLINE
Centrifuges spin at supersonic speed to increase the ratio of the fissile isotope in uranium... READ MORE›
IRANS PARLIAMENT APPROVES NUCLEAR AGREEMENT
On Monday, the deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said that international sanctions would be removed as soon as Iran fulfilled its duties, the news agency Tasnim reported... READ MORE›
IRAN BACKS BATTLE FOR SYRIA'S ALEPPO WITH PROXIES, GROUND TROOPS
Iraqi Shiite militias say they are joining troops from Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iranian and Syrian forces in a new push to recapture the major Syrian city... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE TAKES SYRIAN TOWN AS FIGHTING LOOKS SET TO INTENSIFY
Aircraft in Syria on Saturday killed more than 50 Islamic State militants, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency said on Sunday... READ MORE›
IRANIAN PRESIDENT AND MODERATES MAKE STRONG GAINS IN ELECTIONS
But economic changes and an opening to the world, a major focus of Mr. Rouhani's government, might gain greater support... READ MORE›
AS SAUDI ARABIA SEVERS TIES WITH IRAN, QUESTIONS LOOM
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for divine revenge against Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
IRAN SEE 'DIVINE VENGEANCE' AFTER SAUDIS EXECUTE SHI'ITE CLERIC
Demonstrators protesting against cleric Nimr al-Nimr's execution broke into the embassy building, smashed furniture and started fires before being ejected by police... READ MORE›
IRAN RAMPS UP TROOP DEPLOYMENT IN SYRIA IN RUN-UP TO A??ANTI-REBEL OFFENSIVEA??
The Syrian conflict has cost the lives of more senior Iranian guards than any other conflict apart from the eight-year war with Iraq in the 1980s... READ MORE›
IRAN ELECTION: REFORMISTS POISED TO WIN PARLIAMENTARY SEATS, MINISTRY SAYS
Iran's Interior Ministry said with about one-third of the votes counted in Tehran, reformers were leading the parliamentary elections... READ MORE›
WHAT HAPPENS NOW THAT SANCTIONS ARE LIFTED
Critics of Iran in the United States who opposed the nuclear agreement have sought to emphasize what they call the resilient legal hazards for Americans... READ MORE›
IRAN SANCTIONS EXTENDED, BUT WITHOUT OBAMA'S SIGNATURE
Iran is contemplating additional steps in response to the sanctions renewal, an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday... READ MORE›