Roxana Saberi’s detention and trial [“U.S. Journalist Held in Iran Faces Charges of Spying,” , April 9] are a tragic example of human rights violations

TEHRAN, Feb. 4 — Iran did not issue visas for a group of U.S. female badminton players it had invited to compete in the country in events

IRAQ’S FIRST postwar election four years ago was mostly a procedural victory: Iraqis sent a message to the world by turning out en masse despite

President Bush last year rejected an Israeli request to provide sophisticated, deep-penetration bombs to attack Iran’s underground nuclear enrichment facilities, Pentagon officials said yesterday. The

TEHRAN, Jan. 15 — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck a milder-than-usual tone toward the United States in remarks Thursday, saying he did not want to

The Dec. 22 news story “Iran Shuts Down Rights Center” brought to light a problem often overshadowed by concern over Iran’s nuclear ambitions and the

In shutting down the country’s foremost human rights organization before an event marking the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Iranian

Officials say these inducements are necessary in Afghanistan, a country where warlords and tribal leaders expect to be paid for their cooperation, and where, for

The president of a U.S.-based foundation under scrutiny for its ties to an Iranian bank was arrested after FBI agents observed him allegedly destroying documents

Iran’s universities are again the scene of battles over the country’s future. In the digital age, we’re able to take a better peek inside.Footage of

“In this, as in many other cases, authorities are exercising raw power over citizens with no explanation, no accountability and no transparency,” said the group’s

Ahmadinejad says his “economic evolution” plan will narrow the gap between rich and poor and eventually will help bring down inflation, which has risen to

Iran moves closer every day to becoming a nuclear-weapons power. It views America as an aggressive adversary that wants regime change, no matter what Washington

Top American diplomat Thomas Shannon, assistant secretary of state for the Western Hemisphere, has said the U.S. is concerned about “what Iran is doing elsewhere

Three men confessed at the start of their trial to involvement in the fatal bombing of a mosque in the southern city of Shiraz in

“People who put on a mask of friendship, but with the objective of betrayal, and who enter from the angle of negotiations without preconditions, are

The group, which includes former senior Democratic and Republican officials, retired four-star generals and admirals, and experts in nuclear proliferation and energy markets, offers a

Iran has yet to receive a request from the United States to open an interests section here, officials said Monday, but analysts added that such

“They have forced her to appear in front of cameras without hijab and in inappropriate clothing. They immediately published the pictures on Web sites,” the

MADISON, Wis. — The nation’s largest group of atheists and agnostics is suing President Bush, the governor of Wisconsin and other officials over the federal

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in her own home during her first 19 months in office, charging a “per

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 6 — Russia said Wednesday that Iran should be granted more time to respond to a package of incentives that the United

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s president called on Tuesday for developing nations to unite to fight what he said was bias shown by the U.N. Security

Facing strong U.S. pressure and global dismay over oil prices, Saudi Arabia said Sunday it will produce more crude this year if the market needs

The day after the Supreme Court ruled that detainees imprisoned at Guantanamo are entitled to seek habeas corpus hearings, John McCain called it “one of