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

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

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

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

ROME — Seven people accused of selling arms to Iran via several countries in Europe have been arrested in Italy, the police in Milan said

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s opposition leader said Saturday that a dictatorial ”cult” was ruling Iran in the name of Islam — his strongest attack

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran confronted opponents at home and abroad on Thursday, one of the most momentous days of his country’s political calendar, sending

GENEVA — Late last month — around the time the Iranian government executed two more political prisoners, charging nine others with waging war against God,

WASHINGTON — Citizens of 14 nations, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria, who are flying to the United States will be subjected indefinitely to the

CAIRO — Iran’s government cannot silence the filmmakers. It keeps trying. Films are censored. Directors are prohibited to leave the country and prohibited to return

PARIS (AP) — The son of the deposed shah of Iran urged nations worldwide on Thursday to withdraw their ambassadors from Tehran to protest a

The status of another son, Saad, remained uncertain. American officials said last summer that they believed that Saad bin Laden had traveled from Iran to

I don’t know how long this situation can endure. Anyone who claims to be able to tell the Iranian future is lying. But it seems

the second-largest Swiss bank after UBS, said Tuesday that it expected to pay a fine of $536 million to settle charges with the federal government

Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki did not say when proceedings would begin or specify the charge other than to say the Americans had ”suspicious aims.” In

Paolo Woods arrived in Tehran in 1999 with a bag full of black-and-white film. Like many photojournalists before him, he headed to the former American

The Senate Banking Committee unanimously approved legislation on Thursday that would allow the White House to impose stronger sanctions on Iran. The move comes as

But there’s something that’s not clear: how this America reacts now when it’s told it’s behaving weakly, indecisively, or perhaps deceptively in inadequately trying to

This season’s episodes of “Shara’a Simsim,” the Palestinian version of the global “Sesame Street” franchise, were filmed in a satellite campus of Al-Quds University, a

In a speech to a pro-Palestinian rally, which also fell on the eve of the Jewish New Year, Mr. Ahmadinejad called confrontation with “the Zionist

There is of course another simple, effective and relatively painless way to put pressure on the Israeli government without going to such extremes: The Obama

On the Internet today, a Web site run by a solo blogger can load as quickly as any corporate home page. Internet service providers, including

Longer than many people might have predicted, Iran’s political opposition is continuing to challenge the ruling hard-line mullahs. The street protests that shook the country

CAIRO — On Wednesday, aides to Iran’s president lashed out publicly at two former presidents, the nation’s most influential dissident cleric said government officials had

IN recent months biennials around the world have dedicated special sections to a hot new field: Middle Eastern artists. And many of the most celebrated