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Britain Withdraws Some Diplomats From Iran The British government is pulling some diplomatic staff out of Iran following Tuesday's attack on its embassy in Tehran by a group of protesters. On Sunday, Iranian lawmakers voted to weaken diplomatic ties
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, Iran test-fired a new missile. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced the launch to a crowd in Semnan province, his birthplace and a base for missile launches. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dur
By Lisa Bryant Paris 26 January 2006 Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf says Iran should not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons. General Musharraf spoke in Davos, Switzerland, as the West and Ir
Iran Nuclear Deal in Final Push LONDON Iranian and international negotiators convene in Vienna Tuesday for a final push to try to reach agreement on Irans nuclear program by the November 24 deadline. The issues are largely the same as they have been
President Barack Obama's national security advisor says Iran has confirmed it is holding three Americans who are believed to have strayed into Iranian territory while hiking in northern Iraq. Retired General Jim Jones says the Iranian government has
By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 02 July 2007 The American military says it has evidence Iran is using the Lebanese Shiite militia group Hezbollah as a proxy to arm Shiite militants in Iraq. Officials also say Iran's elite Quds Force was aware of and help
Major world powers agreed Friday on a new U.N. Security Council resolution on Iran's nuclear program despite tensions between the United States and Russia over Georgia. The draft measure, expected to win swift approval in the full council, reaffirms
By Gary Thomas Washington 30 May 2007 The news that a fourth Iranian-American may have been arrested in Iran for alleged espionage has heightened questions about the Tehran government's seemingly contradictory behavior. Iranian and U.S. officials hav
By Gary Thomas Washington 14 January 2008 Iran holds parliamentary elections March 14 that are widely expected to be something of a referendum on the policies of the country's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. As VOA Correspondent Gary Thomas reports,
By Margaret Besheer Washington 18 March 2006 Akbar Ganji has been set free after spending six years in prison Iran's most prominent dissident, journalist Akbar Ganji, has been released from prison, af
US Presidential Candidates Fire Verbal Assaults at Iran Republican candidates competing for their partys U.S. presidential nomination are firing verbal assaults at Iran, amid new tensions in the Persian Gulf. Irans military has sharply escalated its
Demonstrators are holding peaceful rallies in cities across the world to express their concern over the disputed results of last Friday's presidential election in Iran, in which the government declared incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the victor. A ral
Iran's capital, Tehran, was tense Sunday, following a week of sometimes violent opposition protests against a disputed election victory by incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad June 12. In this photograph posted on the internet, a man holds up his
By Dan Robinson Washington 25 September 2009 The revelation that Iran has been constructing a second uranium enrichment facility has reinforced the determination of the U.S. Congress to move forward with sanctions legislation. With Iran now facing i
Egyptian President's Iran Trip Signals New Priorities Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi goes to Iran Thursday, the first visit by an Egyptian leader since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. Morsi's trip breaks an alienation dating back to Egypt's recogni
Kerry: Iran Must Comply With Nuclear Inspections Senator Kerry enjoys broad bipartisan support. So the hearing was less about him getting the job and more about what he will do with it. He said the first priority for U.S. diplomacy is resolving the c
President Barack Obama and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon hold a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, 19 May 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama says he is pleased the United States has reached an agreement with
US Senators Warn Latin America on Iran Ties Irans increasingly isolated regime retains friends in Latin America, most notably Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. U.S. Democratic Senator Robert Menendez had a stern message for the region. Unfortunately,
By Robert Raffaele Washington 13 October 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says it is not yet time for additional sanctions against Iran, and said the United States and Russia are working together on the issue. Clinton spoke to reporters
By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 12 October 2009 The Iranian government is rejecting Western pressure to move quickly on disclosing information about its nuclear program. At the same time, it is facing renewed opposition from candidates in the June preside