In Iran, Bahrain and Yemen, protesters take to streets

Three more Middle Eastern governments came under assault from thousands of street demonstrators, a sign of widening reverberations from...

Iranians rally to mark 1979 revolution, Egyptian uprising

Chanting anti-U.S. slogans, thousands of Iranians marched in Tehran to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that...

2 American hikers in Iranian prison plead not guilty

Two Americans imprisoned in Iran for 18 months had their first official court hearing Sunday and pleaded not guilty to charges including...

Iran's supreme leader calls uprisings an 'Islamic awakening'

Iran's supreme leader called for the end of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's rule, saying Friday that the political upheaval in the Arab...

Nuclear negotiations with Iran end in failure

A high-stakes international standoff over Iran's nuclear ambitions came no closer a resolution Saturday as the latest round of talks aimed...

Iran won't let Tehran mayor travel to U.S.

Iran's Foreign Ministry has barred the mayor of Tehran, a rival of conservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, from traveling to the...

Iran says uranium enrichment is not up for discussion

Iranian officials declared at the start of two days of diplomatic talks in Turkey on Friday that they would not discuss suspension of...

Iraq's Muqtada Sadr reportedly returns to Iran

Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr, who arrived in Iraq this month after spending nearly four years away, has returned to Iran, two...

A new round of Iran nuclear talks, and some optimism this time

Western diplomats meeting with Iranian officials in Turkey beginning Friday are hoping for at least modest gains in trying to get the...

Iran's nuclear program and a new era of cyber war

Just a few months ago, U.S. and Israeli officials were warning that Iran was a year away from having the capability to rapidly build a...

Hollywood shines light on director Jafar Panahi's sentencing in Iran

White may be making a comeback on the red carpet this award season, if Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis has anything to say about it.

Iran human rights lawyer's sentence criticized

The sentencing of a leading Iranian human rights lawyer to 11 years in prison has resulted in a chorus of international condemnation.

U.S. urges continued pressure on Iran

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that there is growing evidence that Iran has suffered a setback in its suspected...

U.S. denies Iranian report of American's arrest

Confusion continued to surround the fate of a woman described as an American spy Saturday by a high-ranking Iranian security official who...

Iran hangs alleged spy, militant

Iran on Tuesday executed a man accused of spying for Israel and another for allegedly distributing CDs and leaflets promoting an outlawed...

Pakistan may hand over seized top Baluch militant to Iran

The captured leader of an outlawed militant group that has waged a years-long campaign of bombings and killings against Iranian...

Prices in Iran rise after lifting of subsidies

The Iranian government's removal of decades-old subsidies for food and energy in an attempt to boost its troubled economy has spurred...

6.5 earthquake kills at least 11 in Iran

A powerful earthquake struck a sparsely populated district of southeastern Iran, killing at least 11 people, injuring at least 40 and...

Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker sentenced to six years in prison

A celebrated Iranian filmmaker and opposition supporter has been sentenced to six years in prison and barred from making films or...