Middle East
U.S. believes Iran’s Khamenei authorized assassination plot
Hillary Clinton: U.S. deeply disappointed in hiker sentencing
Ahmadinejad’s newspaper in fight with hardliners over hijab
Iran gives key oil role to a Revolutionary Guard on sanctions list
Jailed U.S. hikers expect Iran verdict soon
Iran rights activists face challenges from both sides
Iran’s Khamenei sabotaged dialogue talks, official claims
A top Bahraini official accused Iran of scuttling a potential deal between the government and the opposition during a weekend dialogue that went nowhere. Fahad Ebrahim Shehabi, a spokesman for the Bahraini parliament, said the talks were going well until the main Shiite Muslim opposition, Wefaq, pulled out because of Iran, which opposes Bahrain's Sunni monarchy.
Ahmadinejad urges Arabs to democratize even as his nation doesn’t
Iran using execution binge to repress dissent
26 alleged U.S. intelligence operatives to be tried in absentia
IRAN Activist and documentary filmmaker seized; reasons undisclosed
Renowned filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi was taken from her Tehran home Sunday by unidentified security forces for "unknown" reasons, reported the Iranian opposition website Kaleme. According to the website of former premier Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the prominent women's rights activist may have been seized by intelligence services of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards.
Ally of Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad resigns
Tens of thousands converge on Tehran shrine to commemorate the death of Ayatollah Khomeini
Freed hiker fasts for two men still in Iran
Woodland Hills man pleads guilty to trying to ship missile components to Iran
An Iranian man living in Woodland Hills has pleaded guilty to attempting to illegally export missile components and radio test sets from the United States to Iran. Davoud Baniameri, 38, pleaded guilty in federal court in Illinois to one count of conspiring to export goods and technology to Iran without a license and one count of attempting to export defense articles without a license.
Iran’s supreme leader and president in power struggle
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wanted to send his onetime protege Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an unmistakable message: You're replaceable. The Iranian president had been skipping Cabinet meetings, apparently over Khamenei's decision to overrule his firing of the country's intelligence chief. So Khamenei asked a conservative lawmaker to begin assembling a caretaker Cabinet, just in case the president resigned or had to be removed, said an Iranian official close to the politician.
American hikers’ trial delayed — again — without explanation
Trial has been delayed again for two Americans detained in Iran for more than 21 months after being detained during a hiking trek along the Iran-Iraq border. According to their lawyer, neither Shane Bauer, a freelance journalist who has contributed to the Los Angeles Times, nor his pal Joshua Fattal, were even brought to the courtroom on Wednesday, which was the next scheduled hearing in their ongoing trial on security charges.