Tag: Iran

UN: Iran cuts uranium closest to nuke-arms grade

UN: Iran cuts uranium closest to nuke-arms grade

George Jahn · May 23, 2014 5:25 pm

Iran cleric condemns ‘satanic’ divorce parties

Iran cleric condemns ‘satanic’ divorce parties

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · May 23, 2014 3:08 pm

FILE - This Dec. 6, 2013 file image posted on his official Instagram account shows Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hiking in the Tochal mountain area north of Tehran, Iran. A court in Iran has ordered that the photo-sharing app Instagram be blocked in the Islamic Republic over privacy concerns, the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported Friday, May 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Office of Hassan Rouhani via Instagram, File)

Report: Iran court orders Instagram blocked

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · May 23, 2014 10:59 am

Russian, Iranian defense ministers meet

Russian, Iranian defense ministers meet

Washington Examiner · May 23, 2014 10:57 am

Iranian actress Leila Hatami may be publicly flogged for greeting the Cannes Film Festival president with a kiss on the cheek. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Beltway Confidential

Iranian actress faces public caning for peck on cheek

Ashe Schow · May 22, 2014 8:45 pm

Iran opposition activist free after serving term

Iran opposition activist free after serving term

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2014 7:43 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani wipes his cheek as he speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Shanghai, China, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Rouhani says an agreement on curbing its nuclear program is "very likely" by July despite a snag in talks last week, but said negotiations might also be extended. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

National Security

West says rifts remain over Iran nuke pact

George Jahn · May 22, 2014 6:28 pm

In this frame grab taken from video posted to YouTube, people dance to Pharrell Williams' hit song "Happy" on a rooftop in Tehran, Iran. Police in Iran have arrested six young people and shown them on state television for posting the video. While the song has sparked similar videos all over the world, in Iran some see the trend as promoting the spread of Western culture. And women are banned from dancing in public or appearing outside without the hijab in the Islamic Republic. (AP Photo)

‘Happy’ video arrests highlight tensions in Iran

Ali Akbar, dareiniadam-schreck · May 21, 2014 11:40 pm

Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., right, accompanied by Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass., holds a poster with the image and story of one of his constituents, Amir Hekmati, a former Marine incarcerated in Iran since 2011, during a gathering in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House in Washington, Monday, May 19, 2014, with family members and supporters calling for Hekmati's release. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Ex-Marine’s family seeks his freedom from Iran

Washington Examiner · May 19, 2014 5:16 pm

Iran's deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives for a press briefing for Iranian journalists after the closed-door nuclear talks at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Friday, May 16, 2014. Talks between Iran and six world powers hit a major snag Friday over the future size of a nuclear program that Tehran says it needs to expand to fuel atomic reactors, but which the U.S. fears could be used to make nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

National Security

Iran nuclear talks round ends with big setbacks

George Jahn · May 16, 2014 8:02 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hands with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel while delivering remarks at his office on Friday, May 16, 2014 in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)

National Security

Hagel says US won’t let Iran build nuclear weapon

Robert Burns · May 16, 2014 9:50 am

European foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif, right, wait for the start of closed-door nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The talks between Iran and six world powers have entered an ambitious new stage with the two sides sitting down to start drafting the text of a final deal. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

National Security

Iran, 6 powers wrestle over text of nuke deal

George Jahn · May 14, 2014 1:47 pm