U.S. helps allies trying to battle Iranian hackers
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has begun helping Middle Eastern allies build up their defenses against Iran’s growing arsenal of cyberweapons, and will be…
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Did U.S. cyberattacks on Iran backfire on American banks?
Michael Joseph Gross raises some fascinating, and disturbing, questions in “Silent War,” in the July issue of Vanity Fair. Apparently drawing on extensive…
Iran raps Canada MPs for anti-Iran rights allegations
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi has condemned recent remarks by a number of Canadian parliamentarians regarding the human rights situation of…
Less than a week to Iran’s 11th presidential election
In less than a week Iranians will go to the polls and vote for their next president. As the country’s 11th presidential…
Aref vows to resolve unemployment, inflation
Iranian Presidential candidate Mohammad-Reza Aref has vowed to resolve the problem of unemployment and continue the subsidy reform program. In a speech…
Qalibaf promises to fix Iran economy in two years
Iranian presidential candidate Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf has stressed that he can fix the economy in two years if he wins the June 14th…
Stalled nuclear talks fuel sharp exchange at Iran’s final presidential debate
At a fiery final debate before June 14 elections, Saeed Jalili, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator and a leading candidate, was challenged over ‘missed opportunities.’…
West using nuclear issue as pretext to pressure Iran: Haddad-Adel
Iranian presidential candidate Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel says the US and its allies are using Iran’s nuclear program as an excuse to mount pressure…
Good economic model can fix problems: Gharazi
Iranian presidential candidate Mohammad Gharazi says the next administration must adopt a successful economic model to fix the existing problems of the…
Iran Majlis speaker urges Baghdad to insure safety of Iranian pilgrims
Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has called on the Iraqi government to provide security for the Iranian pilgrims visiting this country. Condemning…
Iran Election Watch: Rowhani & Aref to form a coalition
6 days to the presidential vote, election stories are as follows: reformists forming a coalition; Haddad-Adel’s decision to stay in presidential race…
Candidate Hadad-Adel not to pull out of presidential race
Iranian presidential candidate Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel has once again said he will not step aside in favor of other candidates ahead of the…
The reform of Rouhani?
Tough task for Iranian presidential candidate who needs to get both reformists and conservatives to vote for him. Is Hassan Rouhani now a reformist?…
Candidate Jalili vows to end state monopoly on sports
Presidential candidate Saeed Jalili calls for an end to state monopoly in sports, saying private companies, athletes, voluntary groups and charities are…
Qalibaf continues campaign in Fars, Kohkylouyeh-Boyer Ahmad Provinces
Presidential candidate Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf has begun touring the provinces of Fars and Kohkylouyeh-Boyer Ahmad in the final week of campaigning. Addressing a…
Iran’s new ambassador to Vatican presents credentials to Pope
Iran’s new ambassador to the Holy See has presented his credentials to Pope Francis I and discussed different international issues with the…
Sports an issue in Iran’s elections
“Should I get elected, my government will transfer the management of sports back to professionals.” This was one of the statements by…
Final candidates’ debate adds to Iran electoral fervor
Presidential candidates in Iran have held their third and final live debate on television, giving fresh impetus to the election campaign already…
Iranian reformists struggle to settle on candidate
TEHRAN: Six days remain before Iran’s presidential hopefuls take their battle to the ballot boxes, but reformists here are already in the…
Essar cut Iran oil imports 53 pct in April y/y-trade data
NEW DELHI, June 7 (Reuters) – Essar Oil more than halved its oil imports from Iran in April, the first month of…
US will regret imposing sanctions on Iran: Rezaei
Iranian Presidential contender Mohsen Rezaei says US officials will one day regret imposing sanctions and restrictions on Iran over the country’s nuclear…
Latest on the race: Foreign policy split
Iran’s third and final presidential debate on June 7 was by far the most heated. In often fiery exchanges, all…
Iran in numbers: How cost of living has soared under sanctions
Iran has lived under Western sanctions for years, but after Mr Ahmadinejad restarted the country’s nuclear programme, the international community ramped up…
Iran awaiting Russia’s response to S-300 proposal: Iranian envoy
Iran is awaiting Russia’s response to Tehran’s proposal to drop its lawsuit against Moscow over its failure to honor a contract on…
All military approaches against Syria doomed to failure: Iran envoy to Lebanon
Iran’s ambassador to Beirut says the Syrian Army‘s recent headways against foreign-backed militants prove that all military bids against the Arab country…
Iran calls on its citizens to avoid protest venues in Turkey
The Iranian Embassy in Ankara has called on its tourists, residents and students in Turkey to stay away from the venues of protests and…
Iran censures US for blocking Middle East nuclear-weapons-free zone conference
The Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has censured the United States for postponing an international conference on the…
Iranians prepare for city and village council elections
The Iranian people will go to the polls for the city and village council elections, which will be held with the country’s…
Tehran raps terrorist attack against Iranian pilgrims in Iraq
Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned Friday’s deadly terrorist attack against Iranian pilgrims in Iraq. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi on Saturday…
Suicide bombers hit pilgrims and checkpoint in Iraq
(Reuters) – Suicide bombers smashed their cars into a bus full of Iranian Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims and a police checkpoint in Iraq on…
Presidential hopefuls clash on Iranian nuclear policy
(Reuters) – Iran’s hardline nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, a strong contender in next week’s presidential election, came under fire from rival candidates…
Jalili vows greater role for people, reform in institutions
Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili vows to boost the role of people in various sectors by implementing reforms in state institutions, discovering…
Rouhani: The man to revive Iran’s reformist movement?
(CNN) — He is still a long-shot to win — but centrist candidate Hassan Rouhani has suddenly injected fresh intrigue in Iran’s upcoming…
Candidates should respect law, accept vote result: Senior cleric
Tehran interim Friday Prayers leader has called on presidential candidates to adhere to the law and accept the final result of the…
Hassan Rowhani: lone cleric injects life into the race for Iran’s presidency
Once considered a centrist conservative, reformist candidate has vowed to bring ‘the dignity of the past’ back to Iran Hassan Rowhani, one of…
Iran not U.N. nuclear watchdog’s only headache, report shows
(Reuters) – Iran may be the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s biggest headache but it is not the only country stalling inspectors’ requests for…
Iran pipeline, drones missing in foreign policy guidelines
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in his first foreign policy guidance to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its missions abroad, made…
16 Iranian pilgrims killed in Baquba bomb attack
Sixteen Iranians are among several pilgrims killed in a terrorist bomb attack that hit their convoy in an Iraqi city north of…
A sanction for (almost) every reason
I suppose the President has gotten tired of Congress getting all of the attention when it comes to imposing new sanctions on…
Learning from Iran’s elections
The field of candidates may be limited, but the outside world can still learn a lot from Iran’s 2013 presidential poll. The…