http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/IranFind stories, videos, and photos about Iran from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:23:17 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Iran14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Iran from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/25/hajj.scene/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/25/hajj.scene/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe path from the holy city of Mecca to the Mina desert turned a sea of white Wednesday as throngs of Muslims began the annual pilgrimage known as the Hajj.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/22/iran.military.exercise/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/22/iran.military.exercise/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran plans to launch a large aerial military exercise Sunday to prepare for any possible attack, state media said.Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/20/iran.nuclear.deal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/20/iran.nuclear.deal/index.html#cnnSTCTextRepresentatives of six world powers and the European Union met in Brussels on Friday to discuss Iran's apparent rejection of a key part of a nuclear deal.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/18/iran.nuclear.deal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/18/iran.nuclear.deal/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran will not send its partially enriched uranium abroad to be turned into material for medical research, its foreign minister said Wednesday, rejecting a key plank of a deal designed to ease international fears that Tehran aims to build nuclear weapons.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/18/iran.election.verdict/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/18/iran.election.verdict/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran has announced it has sentenced five people to death and another 81 to prison terms of six months to 15 years for their roles in the protests that followed the country's disputed presidential elections.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/11/iran.uk.neda/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/11/iran.uk.neda/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran has complained to Britain's Oxford University over a scholarship program in memory of Neda Agha-Soltan, the young woman whose on-camera death during a protests earlier this year made her a global icon of Iranian opposition.Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/17/iran.music.duo/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/17/iran.music.duo/index.html#cnnSTCTextDiplomacy hasn't worked. Sanctions have achieved little. Relations between Iran and the United States are, at best, chilly. So why not try music?Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/17/iran.french.academic.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/17/iran.french.academic.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe trial of a French academic arrested this summer amid post-election protests in Iran begins Tuesday, Iranian news agencies reported.Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/16/iran.iaea.nuclear.facility/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/16/iran.iaea.nuclear.facility/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn a report published Monday, the United Nations nuclear watchdog group says Iran's disclosure of a previously secret nuclear facility near Qom raises questions about the existence of other such facilities.Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:57:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/15/iran.us.plot.accusation/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/15/iran.us.plot.accusation/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran has stepped up efforts to combat what it calls American "plots," according to state media, with at least $20 million approved for a special committee to thwart such schemes.Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/12/mosque.seized/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/12/mosque.seized/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe federal government moved Thursday to seize assets belonging to the Alavi Foundation and the Assa Corp., including a Manhattan skyscraper and four mosques, citing alleged links to the Iranian government.Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:04:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/11/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/11/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran can't convince the world it doesn't want nuclear weapons as long as it is producing nuclear fuel on an industrial scale, former U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix said Wednesday.Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/09/iran.hikers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/09/iran.hikers/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran is charging three American hikers with espionage, a Tehran prosecutor said Monday.Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:20:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/07/iran.uranium.shipment/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/07/iran.uranium.shipment/index.html#cnnSTCTextA senior Iranian politician said Saturday the country would not ship low-enriched uranium out of the country, which is a major part of a pending nuclear deal between Iran and international powers, according to semiofficial state media.Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/08/amanpour.feedback.comments/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/08/amanpour.feedback.comments/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Iran / Hostage Anniversary show generated enthusiastic commentary with mixed feelings.Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:27:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/03/dabashi.hostage.crisis.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/03/dabashi.hostage.crisis.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTextNovember 4 is the 30th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis, a turning point in Iranian history, in the geopolitics of the region and in the troubled history of U.S.-Iran relations.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:42:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/04/iran.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/04/iran.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn earthquake struck southern Iran's Hormozgan province early Wednesday, injuring about 700 people, state-run media reported.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:08:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/03/iran.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/03/iran.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTextShouts of "Allahu Akbar," or "God is great," a sign of continuing protest in Iran, could be heard Tuesday night in north and west Tehran, along with shouts of "death to dictator."Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/03/iran.paper/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/03/iran.paper/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran's leading business newspaper was shut down Monday for repeatedly breaking the country's press laws, state-run Press TV reported.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:14:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/30/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/30/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States on Friday sought clarification from Iran in response to its counter-offer involving shipping low-enriched uranium for refining abroad, senior administration officials said.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/02/iran.hostages.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/02/iran.hostages.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs Tehran approaches the 30th anniversary of the Iranian hostage crisis, in which dozens of Americans where held against their will for 444 days, the Islamic republic is firmly warning against reformists taking to the streets to protest the government.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/02/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/02/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextBritain, Russia and their international partners want a "prompt response" from Iran on a uranium enrichment proposal, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Monday.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/29/uk.iran.embassy.sentence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/29/uk.iran.embassy.sentence/index.html#cnnSTCTextReports that Iran has sentenced a British embassy employee to four years in prison are "deeply concerning," British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Thursday.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/29/iran.nuclear.ahmadinejad/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/29/iran.nuclear.ahmadinejad/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran has sent an "initial response" to a proposal designed to break the deadlock over its nuclear program, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/28/australia.israel.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/28/australia.israel.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTextA former Australian foreign minister said Wednesday he was encouraged by exchanges "across the room" between Israeli and Iranian representatives during a meeting both attended last month.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/27/iran.hikers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/27/iran.hikers/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn Tuesday, the counter at the Web site Free the Hikers was at 88 days.Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/25/iran.nuclear.inspection/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/25/iran.nuclear.inspection/index.html#cnnSTCTextUnited Nations-backed nuclear inspectors on Sunday visited a newly disclosed Iranian nuclear facility near the city of Qom, Iranian media has reported.Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/24/iran.nuclear.inspection/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/24/iran.nuclear.inspection/index.html#cnnSTCTextInternational officials arrived in Iran on Sunday to inspect a newly disclosed nuclear facility near the city of Qom, state media reported.Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/24/iran.nuclear.obama.medvedev/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/24/iran.nuclear.obama.medvedev/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday discussed Iran's request for nuclear fuel for a research reactor and other security issues, the White House and the Kremlin said.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/23/iran.nuclear.offer/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/23/iran.nuclear.offer/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran said Friday it needs more time to decide whether to sign onto a deal that could help end the international showdown over its nuclear activities.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/10/24/wilson.iran.persecution/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/10/24/wilson.iran.persecution/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhy is Rainn Wilson, "Dwight" on "The Office," writing a news commentary for CNN? Good question.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/17/wilson.faith/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/17/wilson.faith/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhy is Rainn Wilson, "Dwight" on "The Office," writing a news commentary for CNN? Good question.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/21/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/21/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran has accepted a draft agreement that calls for some uranium produced in Iran to be sent abroad for further enrichment, an Iranian diplomat said Wednesday.Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/21/iran.suicide.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/21/iran.suicide.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistan denied Wednesday that it is harboring a Sunni rebel leader accused of orchestrating a suicide attack in neighboring Iran.Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/20/iran.nuclear.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/20/iran.nuclear.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe chief of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency sounded less optimistic after Tuesday's meeting on Iran's nuclear program than he had after Monday's meetings.Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/20/us.iran.poll/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/20/us.iran.poll/index.html#cnnSTCTextNearly nine in 10 Americans say they think Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons, according to a new national poll.Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/19/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/19/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe first day of meetings on the future of Iran's nuclear program ended Monday on a note of optimism from the director-general of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency.Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/19/iran.suicide.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/19/iran.suicide.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree days of mourning began in the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan on Monday, after dozens of people were killed in a militant attack a day earlier, state media reported.Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/18/iran.suicide.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/18/iran.suicide.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextA man carrying explosives blew himself up as participants headed to a conference between Shia and Sunni groups in southeastern Iran on Sunday, killing at least 29 people, Iranian media reported.Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/17/iran.jailed.reporter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/17/iran.jailed.reporter/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Newsweek journalist accused of making false accusations against the Iranian government in the wake of the disputed presidential election in June was released from prison Saturday, Iranian media reported.Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/16/mothers.hikers.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/16/mothers.hikers.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTextLaura Fattal rolls a piece of Scotch tape, attaching a picture of her son and his two friends to a cardboard box. Her calm demeanor doesn't give away the gravity of the situation and the reason why she's in a New York hotel room with two other mothers.Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/15/iran.us.hikers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/15/iran.us.hikers/index.html#cnnSTCTextFamilies of three U.S. hikers detained by Iran submitted a 2,500-signature petition to Tehran's U.N. mission Thursday, appealing for their release "as soon as possible."Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/11/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/11/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran will move to further enrich its uranium for a research reactor if it cannot obtain the fuel from overseas, semi-official state media reported Saturday.Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/08/iran.missing.researcher/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/08/iran.missing.researcher/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States is involved in the disappearance of an Iranian researcher, Iran's state-funded media reported.Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/06/us.iran.sanctions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/06/us.iran.sanctions/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Obama administration is working on a substantial sanctions package against Iran in case current diplomatic efforts to curb its nuclear program fail, top officials told Congress on Tuesday.Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/02/zakaria.iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/02/zakaria.iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama called on Iran to provide the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency with "unfettered" access to the newly disclosed Qom uranium enrichment site, and Tehran's nuclear negotiator said the country would cooperate with inspectors.Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/04/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/04/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextUnited Nations inspectors will visit Iran's recently disclosed nuclear power plant on October 25, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency announced Sunday from Tehran, Iran.Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/03/iran.talks.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/03/iran.talks.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States and its partners in the P5+1 -- Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China -- left Thursday's talks with Iran in Geneva, Switzerland, rightfully claiming progress.Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/03/iran.nuclear.meeting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/03/iran.nuclear.meeting/index.html#cnnSTCTextDays after Iran revealed the existence of a second uranium enrichment facility, the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency paid the country a visit.Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/01/iran.geneva.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/01/iran.geneva.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. President Barack Obama called on Iran to provide the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency with "unfettered" access to the newly disclosed Qom uranium enrichment site, and Tehran's nuclear negotiator said the country would cooperate with inspectors.Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/30/iran.iaea.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/30/iran.iaea.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran broke international law by not disclosing sooner its recently revealed uranium enrichment site, the head of the United Nation's nuclear watchdog agency said.Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:39:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/30/news/international/Iran_oil/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/30/news/international/Iran_oil/index.htmDon't look for Iran to throw up the white flag anytime soon.Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/29/us.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/29/us.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTextThursday's meeting between the United States and Iran may be the highest-level talks in three decades between the two countries, but the United States is cautious about predicting what might come next.Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/29/us.iran.hikers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/29/us.iran.hikers/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran has notified the Swiss government that it can have access to three American hikers detained near the border with Iraq, two senior U.S. officials confirmed Tuesday.Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/28/iran.missile.tests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/28/iran.missile.tests/index.html#cnnSTCTextDays before a key meeting with Western leaders, Iran test-fired two types of long-range missiles Monday in part of what the Islamic republic called routine military exercises, its state-run media reported.Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:35:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/28/markets/oil/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/28/markets/oil/index.htmAfter sliding about 8% last week, oil prices ticked back near $67 Monday, tracking a rise in equities.Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/27/iran.missile.test/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/27/iran.missile.test/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran tested a missile-launching system and several types of short- and medium-range missiles Sunday, the state-run Press TV said.Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/27/king.monday.memo/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/27/king.monday.memo/index.html#cnnSTCTextTo: Interested Parties From: John King, CNN chief national correspondent Re: Monday MemoMon, 28 Sep 2009 01:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/27/us.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/27/us.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States wants Iran to provide international inspectors with full access to a newly disclosed underground uranium enrichment plant that Obama administration officials say is both illegal and probably intended for developing weapons.Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/26/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/26/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said Saturday that U.N. nuclear experts can inspect a uranium enrichment plant, according to a report from Iran-funded Press TV.Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/25/analysis.iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/25/analysis.iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran's admission that it is building a second uranium enrichment plant and the West's blunt condemnation of the project will probably place the Islamic republic in a diplomatic corner, analysts say.Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/25/iran.diplomacy.obama/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/25/iran.diplomacy.obama/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama recently shared sensitive intelligence with Russia and China about Iran's newly unveiled nuclear facility to get the two countries' leaders on board with new sanctions against Tehran, senior U.S. officials revealed Friday.Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/23/us.russia.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/23/us.russia.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTextRussian President Dmitry Medvedev met Wednesday with U.S. President Barack Obama, then signaled he could support sanctions against Iran over its efforts to develop a nuclear weapon.Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/16/dabashi.iran.tolerance/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/16/dabashi.iran.tolerance/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn their latest communique regarding the fate of seven arrested members of the Baha'i religious minority in Iran, Amnesty International has expressed grave concern they may face the death penalty if they are found guilty of the charges of "espionage for Israel," "insulting religious sanctities," and "propaganda against the system."Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/14/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/14/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextEuropean Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana will meet with Iranian officials in less than a month to discuss the Islamic republic's recent proposal on its disputed nuclear program.Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn online news organization has published what it said is a copy of Iran's proposals to the United Nations which were supposed to address international concerns about its nuclear program.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/10/iran.detainee.abuse/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/10/iran.detainee.abuse/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran is spending more time investigating the victims of torture and rape behind bars than investigating those who committed such abuses, a human rights group claimed Thursday.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/09/iran.nuclear.proposals/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/09/iran.nuclear.proposals/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran on Wednesday submitted its latest package of proposals to the United Nations Security Council's five permanent members, plus Germany, according to Iran's government-funded Press TV.Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/07/iran.nuclear.dialogue/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/07/iran.nuclear.dialogue/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran is ready to hold talks with the United States and the West -- but ruled out discussion of its nuclear ambitions, state media said Monday.Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/04/iran.election.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/04/iran.election.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Iranian reformist Web site on Friday released the identities of 72 people it says were killed by government forces in the aftermath of Iran's disputed presidential elections.Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/03/iran.terrorist.woman.nomination/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/03/iran.terrorist.woman.nomination/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran's parliament on Thursday approved the Cabinet nominations of a suspected terrorist and the first woman minister in the Islamic republic's 30-year history.Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/02/arms.deal.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/02/arms.deal.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextA man dubbed "the Field Marshal" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing has been arrested on charges that he conspired to illegally export U.S. F-5 fighter jet engines and parts to Iran.Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/02/germany.iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/02/germany.iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextInternational officials on Wednesday explored Iran's willingness to enter into negotiations over its nuclear program, and a top-level German negotiator expects the Islamic republic to re-enter talks soon.Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/01/iran.nuclear.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/01/iran.nuclear.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran has "prepared an updated nuclear package" and is ready to hold talks with world powers, the country's state-run Press TV reported Tuesday.Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/31/iran.detainee.death/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/31/iran.detainee.death/index.html#cnnSTCTextA coroner's report says that a man arrested in the violent aftermath of Iran's presidential elections died from beatings, Iranian media reported Monday in what appeared to be the first official confirmation of a detainee's death from mistreatment.Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/01/iran.us.hikers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/01/iran.us.hikers/index.html#cnnSTCTextRelatives of three American hikers detained in Iran are still waiting for news about their loved ones.Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/30/iran.secret.graves/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/30/iran.secret.graves/index.html#cnnSTCTextCity officials in Tehran have agreed to investigate claims that bodies of protesters killed in the unrest that followed Iran's disputed presidential election were secretly buried in the nation's largest cemetery, Iranian media reported Sunday.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/27/germany.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/27/germany.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran has limited time to return to international talks on its nuclear program before it faces stiffer sanctions, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters.Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/25/iran.reformist.trials/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/25/iran.reformist.trials/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran resumed Tuesday its mass trial of political reformists it has accused of trying to overthrow the government in the wake of the disputed presidential election in June, according to state-run media reports.Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/27/iran.election.blame/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/27/iran.election.blame/index.html#cnnSTCTextForeign influences are not to blame for Iran's post-election violence, the nation's supreme leader has said, according to state-run media.Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/25/iran.argentina/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/25/iran.argentina/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran summoned Argentina's top diplomat in Tehran on Monday after the country complained about the nomination of a man who has been linked to a 1994 terrorist bombing in Buenos Aires, Iranian media have reported.Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/24/iran.crackdown/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/24/iran.crackdown/index.html#cnnSTCTextTop Iranian military officials have called for even faster prosecutions and demanded "swift retribution" for post-election detainees, despite more than 100 Iranians going through mass trials this month, Iranian media reported.Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/20/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/20/iran.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCTextInternational inspectors have made new visits to two of Iran's nuclear facilities, including a research reactor that the U.N.'s watchdog agency has been kept out of for a year, a source familiar with Iran's International Atomic Energy Agency file said Thursday.Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/22/dabashi.iran.morality/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/22/dabashi.iran.morality/index.html#cnnSTCTextTroubling news of kidnapping, rape, torture, and murder is flooding out of Iran.Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/05/dabashi.sanctions.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/05/dabashi.sanctions.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn a recent congressional hearing, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman called the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act "a sword of Damocles over the Iranians" that will soon come down if President Obama's diplomatic overture did not show signs of success by the fall.Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/20/iran.americans/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/20/iran.americans/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe families of three American hikers detained by Iran said Thursday they don't know anything about their whereabouts or how they are after nearly three weeks.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/17/iran.crackdown/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/17/iran.crackdown/index.html#cnnSTCTextA newspaper aligned with Iranian reformist Mehdi Karrubi, who recently made headlines for claims that post-election detainees in Iran were raped behind bars, was shut down for running "unlawful" material, state-run media reported Monday.Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/15/iran.judiciary.chief/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/15/iran.judiciary.chief/index.html#cnnSTCTextAmid turmoil over the treatment of post-election detainees and controversy over the mass trials of political figures, Iran's supreme leader on Saturday appointed a new judiciary chief, Iranian media reported.Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/16/iran.detainee.released/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/16/iran.detainee.released/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran has released a French academic from prison, though it's not clear when Clotilde Reiss can return home, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office announced Sunday.Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/16/iran.election.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/16/iran.election.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe mass trial of a third round of detainees arrested in the aftermath of Iran's disputed presidential election began on Sunday.Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/16/iran.bahai.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/16/iran.bahai.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran should release seven Baha'i prisoners accused of espionage because it does not have any evidence against them, their lawyer Shirin Ebadi told CNN on Saturday.Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/15/iran.bahai.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/15/iran.bahai.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe trial of seven Baha'i prisoners accused of espionage in Iran will begin on Tuesday, despite that one of their lawyers is now behind bars and the other is outside the country, state-run media reported Saturday.Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/13/iran.bahai.trial.pending/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/13/iran.bahai.trial.pending/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran reportedly plans next week to put on trial seven Baha'i prisoners accused of espionage, even though one of their lawyers has become a fellow detainee and the other is outside the country.Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/12/iran.detainees.rape/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/12/iran.detainees.rape/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran's influential parliament speaker dismissed allegations that post-election detainees were raped while in custody, calling the claims by an opposition leader "sheer lies," state-run media reported Wednesday.Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/11/iran.detained.americans/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/11/iran.detained.americans/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States has received official confirmation that three Americans have been detained in Iran, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday.Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/11/iran.larijani/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/11/iran.larijani/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran's influential parliament speaker has called for an investigation into allegations that post-election detainees were raped while in custody, state-run media said.Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/10/iran.election.prosecution/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/10/iran.election.prosecution/index.html#cnnSTCTextA senior official with Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard is calling for the prosecution of two key opposition leaders and a former president, accusing them of fanning the protests that have gripped the nation since its disputed presidential election two months ago.Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/09/iran.prison.chief.arrested/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/09/iran.prison.chief.arrested/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities have fired and arrested the chief of an Iranian jail that was closed amid allegations of mistreatment of detainees held for protesting June's disputed election, Iranian media reported Sunday.Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/09/iran.americans.detained/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/09/iran.americans.detained/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's foreign minister asked for details about three American citizens arrested in Iran during a meeting with Iran's ambassador in Baghdad last week, Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/07/iran.executions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/07/iran.executions/index.html#cnnSTCTextThere was an "alarming spike" in the number of Iranian executions between the disputed June 12 presidential election and Wednesday's inauguration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term, Amnesty International reported Friday.Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:11:00 EDT