A son of detained Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karrubi says his father "sticks to his beliefs and principles" and has no plans to ask authorities for forgiveness. Taghi Karrubi told RFE/RL's Radio Farda his father is "ready for a trial in any court" but that he would want to openly "talk to the people." Mehdi Karrubi was moved on February 2 ...

A diplomatic skirmish has broken out between Iran and the US over the implementation of the interim nuclear deal. On Thursday, the White House released afour-page summaryof the technical understandings for the start of the agreement, scheduled for Monday. The text said that Iran will suspend all enrichment of 20% uranium, diluting its stock to ...

Mostafa PourMohammadi, Irans justice minister, says it was not in the best interests of the country to put opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi on trial in 2009 because it would have created more upheaval in the country. ISNA reports that PourMohammadi said: Certain decisions were the outcome of a collective deliberation by the ...