Obama may be cutting off money for groups that promote democracy for Iran, but Reza Aslan says he and most other young Iranians struggling for

Foreign Secretary David Miliband has urged Iran to overturn a four year jail sentence reportedly given to a British embassy employee. Hossein Rassam, 44, was

Arson investigators were looking Tuesday into two fires in three days that destroyed the Orlando Bahá’í Center in Orlando. The first fire in the one-story

Very interesting lecture. Somewhat long-winded, but worth listening to, especially to what academics are saying. Also read the comments on the youtube page. The last

TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (Mehr News Agency) — Part of a Sassanid tepe was destroyed last week near Ahvaz, the provincial capital of Khuzestan. The destruction

“The Russians are microwaving our brains.” The comment of my corner-shopkeeper in Tehran reflects a widely-held view about the state’s use of powerful jamming signals

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday praised Iran for its decision to allow U.N. nuclear inspectors access to a recently disclosed

JEDDAH — Saudi Hajj Minister Fouad al-Farsi told Iran not to politicise the hajj after Tehran leaders said Iranians could experience mistreatment during the annual

The first major government offensive against students that I am old enough to remember took place on the night of July 9, 1999. Earlier that

Ahmad Zeidabadi, journalist and secretary general of the national alumni association, Advareh Tahkimeh Vahdat, has been in prison for over four months and his family

Iran’s Department of the Environment has warned that Iran is among the 10 countries which cause the most environmental destruction in the world. “On realizing

The Islamist movement Hamas has told Palestinians in the Gaza Strip not to take part in elections called by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. The Hamas

A former member of the Nazi SS has gone on trial in Germany charged with the wartime murder of three civilians in the Netherlands. Heinrich

The Shabaab movement in Somalia controls large parts of the south and centre of the country, and because officials in this movement embrace the Wahabi

It has been used so often one can finish the speaker’s sentence. It was started by the IRR, the Islamist Rapist Republic officials, quickly picked