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The little-known bank singled out by the United States, the Elaf Islamic Bank, is only part of a network of financial institutions and oil-smuggling operations... Comment

The Obama administration, seeking to plug loopholes in its sanctions against Iran, said Thursday that it would impose additional measures against more than a dozen companies... Comment

Mr. Mirkarimi and his wife, Eliana Lopez, said Thursday that they blame their travails on a neighbor who they said misrepresented herself as a lawyer,... Comment

At the dawn of the 20th century, Iran was racked by the lawlessness and tribalism that were endemic to the region. By about midcentury, under... Comment

That the group has access to money from the Iranian dissident diaspora is evident in the modern, well-appointed conference room full of flat-screen monitors. Men... Comment

BEIRUT, Lebanon — A military court in Bahrain sentenced four Shiite Muslim protesters to death on Thursday for the killing of two policemen last month... Comment

DAMASCUS, Syria — At least six people were killed early Wednesday when Syrian security forces attacked protesters who had taken refuge in a mosque in... Comment

SIDI BOUZID, TUNISIA — This is where an Arab revolution began, in a hardscrabble stretch of nowhere. If the modern world is divided into dynamic... Comment

TEHRAN — Iran’s intelligence minister insists that two United States hikers who remain in custody more than a year after their capture near the Iraqi... Comment

Those activities include aiding the Iranian government’s efforts to obtain weapons of mass destruction or to support terrorism, aiding the activities of people already subject... Comment

the Iranian government paid for several hundred “highly placed” Iranians living abroad to come back for a three-day, all-expenses-paid trip. They were invited as part... Comment

President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, arguing that an orchestrated series of global sanctions has brought more economic pain for Iran than... Comment

Over the weekend, President Lula Inácio Lula da Silva said that Brazil would grant the convicted woman a home in exile if she were “causing... Comment

Agents from the intelligence service picked her up from her home outside Tehran and took her for questioning, Ms. Soltani said. “They asked me to... Comment

United States officials reiterated that sanctions approved by Congress last month were not intended to interfere in the business of companies with permission to operate... Comment

The trial of two men accused of plotting to attack Kennedy International Airport took an unexpected twist on Wednesday when prosecutors suggested that one of... Comment

BRUSSELS — The European Union is considering tough new sanctions against Iran to protest its nuclear program, including banning investment in the oil and gas... Comment

Authorities also announced they were training pro-government forces to start blogs to increase the government’s influence on the Internet, the Fars news agency reported. More... Comment

As reports circulated Tuesday that Iran was preparing to execute a 27-year-old Kurdish activist, the campaign to save her life intensified, with a prominent opposition... Comment

The top security body in Irancondemned as illegal United Nations, the United States and the European Union,and warned that it would respond to any measures... Comment

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, seeking to build on the momentum of the Iran resolution passed last week by the United Nations, announced Wednesday that... Comment

More specifically, the opposition needs access to satellite-fed Internet connections across the country. Unlike landline connections, satellite-dish communications are difficult for the government to shut... Comment

Speaking at a meeting of E.U. foreign ministers in Luxembourg, Mr. Hague said that the Thursday meeting would specify “various areas for additional sanctions.” “There... Comment

WASHINGTON — In their last report before the United Nations Security Council votes on sanctions against Iran, international nuclear inspectors declared Monday that Iran has... Comment

Is it possible now, 50 years later, even to imagine seeing “Breathless” for the first time? Mr. Godard’s film quickly took its place among those... Comment

Every time it looks as if the big powers have finally run out of patience with Iran’s nuclear misdeeds, Tehran’s leaders suddenly decide they’re in... Comment

PARIS — A French court on Wednesday refused an American request to extradite an Iranian businessman accused of violating an American embargo on exports to... Comment

WASHINGTON — While President Obama struggles to negotiate United Nations sanctions with teeth against Iran, a parallel campaign to turn up the heat is gaining... Comment

One senior official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the memo, described the document as “a... Comment