TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's election overseers said Monday they will bar candidates who are physically weak from running in next month's presidential election, a reference to a former leader seen as a threat to hard-liners.   Ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's entry in the race scrambled the equations because of his popularity, reputation and p ... Continue reading »

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's best known political grandee, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, looms large in the history of the Islamic Republic - now registered to run in Iran's presidential election next month he may also get the chance to carve out its future. Few have wielded such influence in modern Iran as the 78-year-old but since 2009 h ... Continue reading »

DUBAI (Reuters) - Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjanithrew himself into Iran's election race on Saturday as a flurry ofheavyweight candidates rushed to beat the registration deadline in the most unpredictable contest for decades. Iranian media reported that Rafsanjani - a relative moderate - had registered for the June 14 presidential electio ... Continue reading »

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston bombing suspect, is charged in connection with the attacks. The White House says he will not be tried as an enemy combatant. ... Continue reading »

From Yahoo!: In a shocking revelation that’s sure to disappoint “Back to the Future” fans around the globe, an Iranian official has been forced to deny that an inventor from the Islamic nation has registered a “time machine” with the state. “Making scientific claims is free for... ... Continue reading »

Iran's television network, broadcasting in English round-the-clock. Based in Tehran. ... Continue reading »

From Yahoo! News: TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A top Iranian lawmaker declared Sunday that Iran will never halt its nuclear development program, a day after the latest round of international talks failed to reach agreement on the issue. ... Continue reading »

If you want to know what’s going through the mind of the North Korean regime, go back to the murder of Muammar Gaddafi. The way the North Koreans look at it, Gaddafi gave up his nuclear bomb, and lost his head. The lesson of Saddam Hussein’s end is another cautionary tale for the North Koreans. ... Continue reading »

From Yahoo! News: By Yeganeh Torbati and Justyna Pawlak ALMATY (Reuters) - Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili sounded a defiant note ahead of a new round of talks with world powers in Kazakhstan, saying on Thursday they had to recognize Iran's right to enrich uranium to see any breakthrough. The six powers - United States, Russia, China, ... Continue reading »

From the blog The Dagger: College Basketball Blog: Arsalan Kazemi might never have transferred to Oregon where he has been instrumental in the Ducks' Sweet 16 run this season if not for alleged racial discrimination he said he endured for three years from the athletic director at Rice … Continue reading → ... Continue reading »