Nasser Karimi

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Iran launches destroyer in the Caspian Sea

Nasser Karimi · March 17, 2013 12:34 pm

FILE --In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo, director and actor Ben Affleck poses for photographers at the premiere of his film Argo in Washington, DC, USA. Iranian media reported on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 that authorities are planning to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning "Argo" because of the movie's allegedly "unrealistic portrayal" of the country. The decision on the lawsuit came after a group of Iranian cultural officials and movie critics screened the film in a closed audience in a Tehran theater late Monday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Reports: Iran plans suing Hollywood over ‘Argo’

Nasser Karimi · March 12, 2013 4:00 am

Iran’s top leader unhappy with nuclear talks

Nasser Karimi · March 7, 2013 6:04 pm

Iran confiscates Buddha statues from shops

Nasser Karimi · February 17, 2013 12:15 pm

Iranian mourners carry the flag draped coffin of Gen. Hassan Shateri, during a funeral ceremony, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. 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 while traveling from Syria to Lebanon, local media said. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Saeed Kariminejad)

Iran mourns slain senior military commander

Nasser Karimi · February 14, 2013 5:00 am

Iranians flash the victory sign as they hold posters showing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, late Ayatollah Khomeini, second right, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center and left, at a rally commemorating the anniversary of 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the country's pro-Western monarchy and brought Islamic clerics to power, in Azadi Square, Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. In his statements to the rally, Ahmadinejad said he is ready to have direct talks with United States if the West stops pressuring his country. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran president still fiery in twilight of term

Brian Murphy, Nasser Karimi · February 10, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 file photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the worshippers, in front of a portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, before he delivers his Friday prayers sermon, at the Tehran University campus, Iran. Iran's supreme leader Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 strongly rejected proposals for direct talks with United States, apparently quashing suggestions for a breakthrough dialogue on the nuclear standoff and potentially other issues.(AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader, File)

Iran: Sanctions make nuclear talks with US futile

Nasser Karimi · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

Iran’s parliament dismisses labor minister

Nasser Karimi · February 3, 2013 3:26 pm

In this Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012 photo, Iranian Milad Rostami, 8, who is suffering from hemophilia, currently recovering from knee surgery, sits on his bed at Iran's Hemophilia Association center, in Tehran, Iran. While medicine and humanitarian supplies are not blocked by the economic embargoes on Iran over its nuclear program, the pressures are clearly evident in nearly every level of Iranian health care. It's a sign of the domino effect of sanctions on everyday life. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s medical crisis deepens as economy sputters

Nasser Karimi · January 8, 2013 5:00 am

Iran lawmakers seek deeper probe in blogger death

Nasser Karimi · January 6, 2013 11:48 am

Iran: US plane leaves after emergency landing

Nasser Karimi · December 30, 2012 6:15 pm

Iran claims it has overcome sanctions

Nasser Karimi · December 23, 2012 2:22 pm