Topic: Tehran
A top Saudi official warned on Saturday that the kingdom will not tolerate any riots at the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca next month, at a time of rising tension with Iran."We will not allow anything that would disrupt the peace of ...
TEHRAN (Reuters) - The lawyer for two Americans convicted of spying in Iran said on Sunday he had lodged an appeal against their eight-year sentences and still hoped they might be pardoned.Masoud Shafiee has not been able to see Shane Bauer and ...
The prosecutor investigating the worst terror strike on Argentine soil, the 1994 bombing of a Jewish charities building that killed 85 people, has urged Iran to hand over any suspects in the case.The comments came after an Iranian Foreign Ministry statement said ...
Millions of Iranians, beating themselves with fists and chains, marked the climax of Ashura on Thursday a day after a suicide bomber killed 34 people in a procession for Shiite Islam's most revered mourning ritual.Men, women and children dressed in black gathered ...
After two years of mass demonstrations that united most shades of political opinion, the Iranian Revolution (1978-79) culminated in the toppling of the monarchy, and on April 1, 1979, Iran was declared an Islamic republic, headed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a religious ...
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on arch-foe the United States to punish those who desecrated the Koran, saying the "catastrophe" had offended Muslims across the world.Khamenei stressed however that "Christians and religious men must not be held accountable for the ...
An Iranian official Friday said the release of Sarah E. Shourd, one of three Americans held in Tehran, would be postponed but gave no reason for the delay. Ehsan Qasusadeh, director general of the Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry's press department told ...
An Iranian official said one of three American students held in Tehran will be freed Saturday on the occasion of the Eid al-Fitr holiday. Ehsan Qasusadeh, director general of the Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry's press department told the Iran state news ...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled on Sunday a new long-range drone, dubbed Karar, which reportedly can bomb targets at high speed, state television reported.Television footage showed the president applauding as a blue cloth which had been covering the drone was pulled back ...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Lebanon after the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a top official said Sunday, as Tehran pledged its support to Beirut and Damascus in face of any "aggression" from Israel."The president will go to Lebanon at the ...