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107 days ago |
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Iranian Journalists Flee, Fearing Retribution for Covering Protests - — TORONTO — For two months Ehsan Maleki traveled around Iran with a backpack containing his cameras, a few pieces of clothing and his laptop computer, taking pictures of the reformist candidate Mir Hussein Moussavi during the presidential campaign. |
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135 days ago |
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Reformist Details Evidence of Abuse in Iran's Prisons - — TORONTO — A leading opposition leader, Mehdi Karroubi, issued a statement on Monday giving new details of prison abuse allegations in Iran, just days after a judicial panel rejected such claims and the country's supreme leader warned of a “harsh response” to those making them. |
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214 days ago |
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In Tehran, a Mood of Melancholy Descends - — TEHRAN — An eerie stillness has settled over this normally frenetic city. In more settled times, the streets are clogged with honking cars and cranky commuters grousing about the lack of decent parking. — But on Saturday, few cars and relatively few people were on the streets. |
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225 days ago |
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Bracing for New Protests, Iran Issues Media Warning - — TEHRAN — Tehran braced for a possible third day of defiance by opposition supporters on Wednesday after Iran's leaders failed to halt huge demonstrations against last week's disputed election results. — Placed on the defensive … |
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226 days ago |
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Iran Agrees to Partial Recount of Disputed Ballots - — TEHRAN — Less than 24 hours after the largest demonstrations here since the 1979 revolution and the reported deaths of seven protesters, Iran's Guardian Council said Tuesday it was prepared to order a recount of disputed ballots … |
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285 days ago |
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Iran Sentences American Journalist to 8 Years in Prison - — A revolutionary court has sentenced an Iranian-American journalist, Roxana Saberi, to eight years in prison after convicting her of spying for the United States, her lawyer said Saturday. — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton … |
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295 days ago |
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Iran Issues Cautious Response to Obama - — TEHRAN — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Iran would welcome talks with the United States but said that any change in American policy toward Iran should be “honest.” — President Obama said in a message late last month … |
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352 days ago |
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Iran Offers 'Dialogue With Respect' With U.S. - — TEHRAN — After the icy mutual hostility of the Bush era, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran on Tuesday made a conditional offer of dialogue to the Obama administration, saying Tehran was ready for “talks based on mutual respect and in a fair atmosphere.” |
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