Iran's Khatami urges people to attend rallies Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami delivers his talk about "Explanation of Doctrinaires of Reformation" during a gathering of reformists in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday Nov. 18, 2008. Khatami is under increasing pressure from moderates to challenge Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June's presidential elections... IranPhotosPresidentTehranUS
ANALYSIS - Revolution day will put Iran's disunity on show Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he delivers his speech at a ceremony honoring the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini at his mausoleum, just outside Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2008. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday once again turned his fiery rhetoric on Israel and saying that it will soon disappear from the world map. Ahmadinejad was speaking at a ceremony honoring the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on his death anniversar... AhmadinejadDisunityIranPhotosRevolution
Iran creates national fund for energy projects Iranian oil workers work at Tehran's oil refinery, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007. Iran's president said Saturday that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is "under heavy economic and political pressures" and that the oil prices are below its real value, state-run-news agency reported.... EnergyFundIranPhotosProjects
Iran leader orders new step in nuclear program Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wears eye protection goggles as he visits an exhibition of Iran's laser science, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Ahmadinejad ordered his country's atomic agency on Sunday to begin the production of higher enriched uranium, a move that's likely to deepen international skepticism about the country's real intentions on the crucial issue of enriched uranium.... AhmadinejadIranLeaderNuclearPhotos
Palin: Obama could win votes by playing 'war card' President Barack Obama speaks about the U.S. missile defense shield in the Czech Republic and Poland, that had deeply angered Russia, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington.... IranPhotosPresidentUSWar
Gates says it's not too late for Iran sanctions Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates introduces George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, who was being honored with the 2009 Atlantic Councils Distinguished International Leadership Award for his historic roles in helping to end the Cold War and reunify Germany.... IranNuclearPhotosRomeUS
FEATURE - Iran's resistance keeps up cat-and-mouse web game | TEHRAN (Reuters) - With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests no...
Iran condemned as it reveals nuclear plans | International pressure for new sanctions against Iran grew on Monday after Tehran announced plans to make higher-enriched uranium and add 10 nuclear sites in a year, raising Western fears it wants t...
A tribute to Amir Khusrow | Staff Reporter | Kozhikode: The Islamic Chair of the University of Calicut will organise an international seminar on Amir Khusrow, father of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Indian Sufis, at the...
Iran tells UN of enrichment plan Key powers seek tough sanctions against Tehran | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | TEHRAN: Iran said on Monday it has formally told the UN nuclear watchdog of its plan to produce higher enriched uranium, s...
Iran envoy urges Pak govt to contain Jundallah Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | By our correspondent | LAHORE: Iranian Counsel General Saeed Khirazi has said the Iranian government has handed over all evidence regarding Jundallah to the Pakistan gover...
World pressure grows for Iran sanctions | Reuters | TEHRAN: International pressure for new sanctions against Iran grew on Monday after Tehran announced more moves to expand nuclear fuel production and enrichment plants, heightening Western ...
Iran launches production lines for unmanned planes | Nasser Karimi | AP | TEHRAN: Iran has launched two production lines to build unmanned aircraft with surveillance and attack capabilities, the defense minister announced Monday. | It also announced t...
Turkey alters its compass | Linda Heard, sierra12th@yahoo.co.uk | Turkey's affiliations under the leadership of the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan — a devout Muslim — are swinging from West to East. This is good n...
Web access to Avicenna, Ghazzali and Firdawsi | In 2005, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, provided a $20 million endowment to Harvard University to establish an Islamic Studies Program (ISP). As part of that program...
Lazy bureaucrats, burden or blessing? | Mathematicians have made progress in transforming the lazy bureaucrat into a collection of formulas, theorems and proofs | Hard at work? Photograph: Pinnacle Pictures/Getty Images | The lazy bureauc...
34 Iranians held for drug offences in 5 weeks | stevend@thestar.com.my | KUALA LUMPUR: Just five weeks into 2010, the authorities have already nabbed 34 Iranians for attempting to smuggle in drugs in their luggage. | "Last year, a total of 24 Ira...
Q+A - West sees Iran nuclear moves aiding sanctions push | UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran's weekend announcement that it will expand its nuclear fuel program has bolstered the case for a fourth round of U.N. sanctions, though China's position remains uncer...
Iran moves closer to nuke warhead capacity | VIENNA：Iran pressed ahead Monday with plans that will increase its ability to make nuclear weapons as it formally informed the U.N. nuclear agency of its intention to enrich uranium to higher leve...
