When Shahram Amiri emerged from the shadows into the spotlight six years ago, he was a young Iranian scientist who suddenly appeared on YouTube from a safe house, telling a bizarre story of having been kidnapped by the Central Intelligence Agency. Then, in another video that quickly followed, his story changed: He had come to the United States voluntarily ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Guantanamo Bay prison guard and Marine Staff Sergeant Joseph Hickman explained in details what makes him believe three problematic detainees were killed at CIA black site in Guantanamo and their death was covered up as a triple suicide. Hickman told the Vice News that he was on duty at the notorious prison camp when the three ...

[caption id="attachment_143886" align="alignright" width="187"] Ayatollah Khamenei meeting delegates to the Islamic Unity Conference held in Tehran.[/caption] Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the enemys intelligence agencies are behind divisive plots hatched against Muslims. The hands that sow discord among Shias ...

[caption id="attachment_142177" align="alignright" width="166"] The file photo shows the ISIL Takfiri militants in Iraq.[/caption] Iran remains profoundly skeptical of US intentions and professed determination to degrade and destroy ISIL. Western pundits who blithely assert that the Islamic Republic of Iran can or will cooperate with the United States ...

[caption id="attachment_142971" align="alignright" width="190"] Washington reporter James Risen for the New York Times is shown in this New York Times Company photo from September 15, 1998 and released on December 16, 2014.[/caption] (Reuters) - New York Times reporter James Risen refused on Monday to answer all but a few basic questions in court ...

[caption id="attachment_27983" align="alignright" width="159"] The Hollywood Sign as it appears from a trail in the Hollywood Hills in Hollywood, California.[/caption] The Interview isnt a movie at all; it is a propaganda tool and has the potential to create great conflict. This movie harnesses the worst energy in the universe, carrying with it the ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden said that the United States had committed "inexcusable crimes" during its torture program detailed by a US Senate report. Speaking via videolink at a Paris conference organized by pressure group Amnesty International, Snowden -- who exposed secret NSA documents -- said he was ...

World leaders and international organizations have condemned the extreme interrogation techniques used by the CIA in its Detention and Interrogation Program following the release of a detailed report on the agencys torture program. MOSCOW, December 10 (Sputnik) Reactions fromworld leaders and international organizations have been pouring infollowing ...

[caption id="attachment_135881" align="alignright" width="149"] US interrogation officers waterboard a suspect. (File photo)[/caption] The United Nations and human rights groups have called for prosecution of those involved in torture committed by the CIA as shows a Senate report about brutal torture techniques conducted by the spy agency. Ben Emmerson,...

[caption id="attachment_51478" align="alignright" width="177"] Deputy White House spokesman Josh Earnest[/caption] The US has increased security measures at its embassies, military units and other interests around the world ahead of the release of a Senate report on the CIAs use of torture, the White House said. "There are some indications that the ...

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was notified that a notorious terrorist group was planning a big operation in Iran before it happened in 2007, according to a new report. The Jundallah terrorist group has carried out numerous bombings, assassination attempts, and terrorist attacks against Iranian government officials and civilians, including ...

Marking the 35th anniversary of the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979, the Central Intelligence Agencytweetedseveral facts that were misrepresented in the 2012 Hollywood adaptation of the incident, Argo. Supporters of the Iranian Revolution fueled by an anti-American climate sweeping the country stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran on Nov.4 of ...

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is attracting a steady stream of recruits among Turkish youth and an estimated 1,000 have already joined the militant group, the New York Times reportedMonday, citing Turkish media reports and government officials in Ankara. The report cited "the group's ideological appeal" and the "money it pays fighters ...

A panel President Barack Obama set up in August to assess the governments use of surveillance technologies hit some turbulence related to the government shutdown last week and found itself effectively frozen on Friday after its staff was furloughed, according to a person briefed on the panels operations. The five-member Review Group on Intelligence ...