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Ahmadinejad roadshow: Pitching his political heir

Iran (AP) — During a celebration last week to mark the Persian new year, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did something quietly remarkable: He stood modestly to

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Obama says Iran a year away from nuclear weapon

JERUSALEM: Iran is about a year away from developing a nuclear weapon and the United States remains committed to doing everything in its power to prevent that from happening, PresidentBarack

World powers and Iran end talks, sides to meet again

ALMATY: World powers ended two days of talks withIran on Wednesday with no sign of a breakthrough, and the two sides have agreed to meet at expert level in Istanbul

Iran Revolutionary Guard begins military exercises

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard has begun a three-day ground and airmilitary exercise aimed at upgrading its combat readiness. State TV says the drills involve ground forces of the

Iranian leader: Iran not seeking nuclear weapons

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s Supreme Leader said Saturday that his country was not seeking nuclear weapons, but that if Tehranintended to build them, the U.S. couldn’t stop it. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,

Iran mourns slain senior military commander

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Prominent Iranian politicians and clerics led mourners at a funeral Thursday for a senior commander of the country’s powerful Revolutionary Guards who was killed this week

Netanyahu ally: Diplomacy won’t work with Iran

JERUSALEM: A powerful partner of Israel’s prime minister says sanctions and negotiations will not stop Iran from pursuing its disputed nuclear program. Former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says North Korea’s nuclear test was an “obvious example” of diplomacy failing

Iran may allow UN team to visit key military site

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday raised prospects that Tehran may allow inspectors from the U.N. nuclear agency to visit a military site where the country is suspected of

Iran says its English channel dropped by satellite

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s English-language channel Press TV says that it has been dropped by the satellite that had broadcast its signal to North America. The Saturday report says that the

Iran says nuclear talks with West on for Feb. 26

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran has agreed to hold talks with six world powers in Kazakhstan on Feb. 26 over its nuclear program, Iranian state TV said Tuesday. The TV says the