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  • Iranian candidate vows to resist West

    Tehran, Iran - Iran's top nuclear negotiator, a candidate in next month's presidential elections, vowed Friday he will pursue a policy of resistance against the West if ...

  • Iran - Governments actions threaten prospect of free and fair elections in Iran

    Serious electoral flaws and human rights abuses by the Iranian government undermine any meaningful prospect of free and fair elections on June 14, 2013, Human Rights Watch said today. Dozens of political activists and journalists detained during the violent government crackdown that followed the disputed 2009 presidential election remain in prison, two former presidential candidates are under ...

  • Irans clerical leaders cut presidency down to size

    "I think it is not possible to run the country worse than this," said the former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, right, after he became one of 700 candidates barred from standing in the election this week. He is normally reticent in criticising the Iranian authorities. There has frequently between tension between Iranian presidents and Iran's supreme spiritual leader ...

  • Nuclear agencys Iran probe guided by US intelligence

    VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear agency responsible for probing whether Iran has worked on a nuclear bomb depends on the United States and its allies for most of its intelligence, complicating the agency's efforts to produce findings that can be widely accepted by the international community.Much of the world looks at U.S. intelligence on weapons development with a suspicious eye, given ...

  • Iran’s Rafsanjani should enter race...over 200 metres says ally

    Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 78, is not too old for politics, according to one of his supporters, who says the former president should challenge political rivals to a 200-metre sprint and a wrestling ...

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The Kingdom

The Kingdom

In dealing with the hot-button issues of terrorism, Middle East relations, and the United States' perceived role as world policeman, The Kingdom is in the position of having to strike a particularly delicate balancing act in satisfying the action-junkie set ... ...

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  • Why Iran May Pose A Greater Cybersecurity Risk Than China

    report from the Wall Street Journal about Iranian infiltration of U.S. energy firms shows why their cyber-assaults could pose a greater immediate threat to U.S. national security. While China pursues ...

  • Iran filmmaker gets standing ovation for secret film at Cannes

    Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof poses during a photocall for the film ''Dast-Neveshtehaa Nemisoosand'' (Manuscripts Don't Burn) at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 24, ...

  • Iran presidential candidate vows policy of resistance against the West if elected

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's top nuclear negotiator, a candidate in next month's presidential elections, vowed Friday he will pursue a policy of resistance against the West if elected. Addressing his first campaign rally in Tehran, Saeed Jalili said his priority in foreign policy will be to expand Islam's influence in the world and counter "arrogance," a reference to the U.S. ...

  • IMF chief grilled for second day over French payout scandal

    View Photo International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde arrives at the Court of Justice in Paris, on May 24, 2013. French prosecutors have begun questioning Lagarde for a second day to decide if she should be charged over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon during her time as finance ...

  • Turkish FM Davutoglu receives Iranian Deputy FM Araqchi

    Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu received Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry Araqchi ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday received Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry Seyyed Abbas Araqchi and an accompanying delegation in Ankara.Davutoglu's meeting with the Iranian delegation took place at the Ministry ...

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