Topic: Iran

Two of Iran's Presidential Candidates Are Wanted for Murder

Firefighters and rescue workers search through the rubble of the Buenos Aires Jewish Community center in this July 18, 1994, file photo after a car bomb rocked the building, killing 85 people.
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Iran has announced the list of eight qualified candidates who have been approved to campaign for president, including two men who are suspects in a notorious 1994 terrorist attack.

By Eric Randall

Feb 7, 2012

China Won't Buy Iran's Oil, But Not Because of Nuclear Weapons

Reuters is out with a report that China is buying up oil from Saudi Arabia and other sources to reduce the amount it depends on Iran as it negotiates prices with Tehran

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By Adam Martin

Feb 6, 2012

Iran Bans Simpsons Toys

The Simpsons have now joined Barbie as targets of an Iranian crackdown, putting one of the iconic blonde doll's biggest critics on the same blacklist as her.

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By Adam Martin

Feb 6, 2012

Obama Orders Iran's Assets Held

A new executive order the president just signed puts a hold on all Iranian assets in the United States, including those of the country's central bank, that blocks them from export, transfer, or anything else, as part of a new round of sanctions by the government.

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By John Hudson

Feb 3, 2012

Who Would Iran Pay to Confront Israel?

Today, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pledged to support any group that confronts the "cancer" Israel, in an address broadcast on state TV.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Feb 3, 2012

Israel Sounds Like It Wants to Strike Iran

In some of the more disturbing news you'll hear about the Middle East, U.S.Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is predicting an Israeli attack on Iran could come as soon as April and right now top Israeli security officials aren't doing much to convince us otherwise.

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By Adam Martin

Feb 2, 2012

Israeli Official: Iran Tried to Build a Missile to Hit the U.S.

If what an Israeli minister said Thursday is true, Iran came close to developing a missile that could hit the United States before the facility developing it got destroyed in an explosion last November.

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By Dino Grandoni

Jan 26, 2012

Confusing Iran Says It's Open to Talk About Nukes While Also Threatening to Cut Off Oil

Iran's president said Thursday that his country is ready to talk nukes (er, we mean "nuclear power") with the West, but not without a fair share of postering to start.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Jan 23, 2012

The European Union Now Has an Immediate Iranian Oil Embargo

If you had any doubts that Iran's nuclear program was of the peaceful variety, the European Union's immediate oil embargo on Iran shows that you're not the only one who needs convincing.

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By Adam Martin

Jan 20, 2012

Iran Cracks Down on Barbie and Ken

Amid its saber rattling over the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has opened a new front in its confrontation with the West: A renewed crackdown on Barbie dolls and the stores that sell them.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 19, 2012

A U.S. Commando Team Is Getting Close to the Iran Border

An Army officer speaking on behalf of special forces confirmed on Thursday that a team of "highly trained personnel that excel in uncertain environments" are operating near Iran.

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By John Hudson

Jan 17, 2012

The U.S. and Israel Are Lousy Exercise Partners

Reliable exercise partners rarely postpone. And if they do, it's in poor taste to point fingers behind each other's back. But this week longtime exercise couple Israel and the U.S. are breaking all the rules.

 

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By John Hudson

Jan 17, 2012

Iran Agrees to Return the U.S. Stealth Drone in Toy Form

Iranians won't return the advanced RQ-170 Sentinel drone downed in their country late last year but they will give the White House a toy replica.

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By Adam Martin

Jan 16, 2012

Iranian Official Says Arrests Have Been Made in Scientist Attack

Iran has apparently made arrests in last week's bomb assassination of a nuclear scientist there, but while it's said Israel was to blame for the attack, it hasn't said whether the people it's now questioning are actually from Israel or connected to it.

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By Ted Mann

Jan 15, 2012

Israeli-U.S. Military Drill Called Off Amid Tensions with Iran

News outlets in Israel report that a planned military exercise was called off because U.S. officials didn't want to further antagonize countries in the Middle East, especially Iran.

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By John Hudson

Jan 13, 2012

The Navy Is Depending on Dolphins to Keep the Strait of Hormuz Open

If Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Navy has a backup plan to save one-fifth of the world's daily oil trade: send in the dolphins.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Jan 13, 2012

Report: U.S. Warns Iranians Via 'Secret' Back Channel

The Obama administration has reportedly opened a "secret" line of communication between Washington and Tehran in order to warn leaders there that closing the Strait of Hormuz would provoke an American response.

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By John Hudson

Jan 12, 2012

The Signs Pointing to Israel's Role in the Assassination of an Iranian Nuclear Scientist

When 32-year-old Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan was assassinated in a car bomb attack Wednesday, Iran immediately accused Israel of carrying out the attack. At this point, it's increasingly difficult to argue to the contrary.

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By John Hudson

Jan 11, 2012

The Iranian Nuclear Scientists on Someone's Kill List

It's the most dangerous career track you could choose, if you believe Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Jan 11, 2012

Iranian Nuclear Scientist Killed in Bomb Attack

An Iranian scientist was killed in a bomb blast on Wednesday, suggesting that Western forces may be dismantling the country's nuclear program from within.

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By Dino Grandoni

Jan 10, 2012

The U.S. Rescued Another Iranian Boat Crew

Earlier on Tuesday the the U.S. Coast Guard cuttter Monomoy saved the crew of another Iranian vessel, this time in the northern Persian Gulf, who maydayed for help after it started flooding.

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By Adam Martin

Jan 9, 2012

U.S. Expels Venezuelan Diplomat After Hacking Plot

The U.S. State Department has labeled Venezuela's consul general in Miami persona non grata and ordered her out of the country by Tuesday after some Mexican students said she'd expressed interest in their offer to hack U.S. government websites and nuclear plants.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Jan 9, 2012

Iran Gives Death Sentence to American Accused of Spying

Amir Hekmati, an American citizen who was accused by Iran of being a spy for the CIA, has been sentenced to death by that country's Revolutionary Court.

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By Ted Mann

Jan 8, 2012

Iran Has Opened a New Uranium Enrichment Site

A news agency within the country says it has a new, bomb-proof location from which to improve nuclear fuel.

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By Ted Mann

Jan 7, 2012

Iran's Two Minds About a U.S. Rescue of its Fishermen

An American Navy destroyed helped rescue Iranian fishermen who had been captured by pirates off Somalia. It was either a humanitarian gesture or a PR stunt, depending which Iranian official was speaking.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 6, 2012

This Crisis with Iran Is Exactly Why We Have Oil Reserves

Iran's been careful to dangle it's massive oil supply in the West's face as it threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz, but no matter what the country ends up doing, we've got a backup plan.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Jan 6, 2012

How Somalian Pirates Brought the Navy and Iran Together

Bucking the trend of the currently-escalating U.S.-Iran tensions, the American Navy has rescued a 13-member crew of an Iranian fishing boat who had been held hostage by Somalian pirates for 40 days.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Jan 6, 2012

Standoff Over Iran's Oil and Nuclear Program Isn't Going Away

Iran promises more military action in the Strait of Hormuz, western nations try turn up the economic and regular Iranians prepare for the real possibility of war.

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By Adam Martin

Jan 5, 2012

Iran's Paying Attention to Israeli Plans for a Major Defensive Drill

As Iran makes noise about possibly closing the Hormuz strait, Israel is planning its own missile defense drill with American help, and while the U.S. ally says the drill has nothing to do with Iran's recent muscle-flexing, Iranian press outlet described it as Israel trying to start a war.

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By John Hudson

Jan 5, 2012

Iran's Threat to Close Strait of Hormuz Isn't Entirely Empty

Despite growing calls for President Obama to call Iran's bluff in the Strait of Hormuz, the Islamic republic could credibly close off the waterway, according to military experts speaking to Reuters and The New York Times.  

 

 

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By Ray Gustini

Jan 3, 2012

Indie Bookstores as Indie Publishers; The Most Anticipated Books of 2012

Today in books: Independent bookstores are taking a page out of Amazon's and wading into the world of publishing, a look at Iran's literary prizes, and a very thorough guide to the best books coming out over the next year.

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By Adam Martin

Jan 3, 2012

Iran Threatens U.S. Aircraft Carrier After it Leaves

Iran's vague threat against a U.S. aircraft carrier seems pretty empty, coming as it does after the ship already left the Persian Gulf, but it's the most aggressive language yet from the increasingly isolated republic.

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By John Hudson

Jan 2, 2012

Iran Kicks Off 2012 with Missile Tests and a Nuclear Breakthrough

Forget about peace and tranquility to start the new year: Iran said it successfully-test-fired two long-range missiles over the Strait of Hormuz Monday, one day after it announced the successful testing of its first domestically-produced nuclear fuel rod.

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By John Hudson

Dec 29, 2011

Why Are We Selling Saudi Arabia $60 Billion in Arms?

There are three ways to look at the Obama administration's historic arms deal with Saudia Arabia announced earlier today: Through the lens of geopolitics, domestic politics, or both.

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By John Hudson

Dec 29, 2011

What a War Over the Hormuz Strait Would Look Like

The high stakes standoff between Iran and the U.S. over the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-fifth of the world's oil, was inflamed Thursday when Iran's navy claimed to have recorded video of a U.S. aircraft carrier entering the Port of Oman. 

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By Adam Martin

Dec 28, 2011

Iran Wants to Execute an Accused U.S. Spy

Remember that guy who appeared on Iranian television last week and admitted to being a spy? Well, now he's on trial, and the prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

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By Dino Grandoni

Dec 28, 2011

Iran Reminds Us That It Controls a Lot of Oil

As the U.S. preps further sanctions against the Iran, the rogue nation wants us to know, by the way, that it controls the Strait of Hormuz, through which, just so you know, a huge chuck of the world's oil supply flows. 

 

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By Adam Martin

Dec 27, 2011

Iranian Woman May Be Hanged, Not Stoned, Because of Inadequate Prison Facilities

An Iranian woman sentenced to death for committing adultery will likely have her sentence changed from stoning to hanging, but this is not a gesture of mercy, nor do Iranian officials want to portray it as a concession to Western critics.

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By Adam Martin

Dec 19, 2011

Iran Shows the Man It Alleges Is a U.S. Spy on State Television

A man described by Iran's state-run Press TV as a U.S. spy with a decade of training made a very public "confession" on Sunday, describing in a live broadcast how he planned to feed information to authorities there in order to win confidence.

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By Eric Randall

Dec 15, 2011

An Iranian Engineer Claims Iran Hacked the Downed Drone's GPS

An anonymous Iranian engineer says Iran hacked the GPS system of the U.S. drone plane that landed in their territory this month, and guided it into their territory before letting it land.

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By Adam Martin and Dino Grandoni

Dec 13, 2011

Iran Spooked the Oil Market by Saying It Would Close Off the Hormuz Strait

Iran didn't close the Strait of Hormuz, which connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea, but rumors that it did were enough to send oil prices skyrocketing on Tuesday.

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By John Hudson

Dec 12, 2011

Don't Hold Your Breath for Iran's Copycat Drones

Iran has vowed to "mass produce" the high-tech U.S. drone it recovered two weeks ago but defense experts are laughing the claim out of the room. 

 

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By John Hudson

Dec 9, 2011

Is Iran Showing Us the Real Drone?

The sharpest minds in unmanned aerial aircrafts are being hauled out to scrutinize the high-resolution photographs taken by Iranian officials of the fallen U.S. drone captured in Iran last Thursday. 

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Dec 9, 2011

The Family of a Missing Ex-FBI Agent Has a Video Plea for His Captors

The wife and son of Robert "Bob" Levinson, an ex-FBI agent kidnapped in Iran in 2007, sent out a heart-breaking plea today begging for his captors to allow Levinson to return home.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Dec 9, 2011

The Good News and Bad News About That Fallen Drone

Cartoonist Nick Anderson makes light of Iran's newly-acquired drone.

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By Dino Grandoni

Dec 8, 2011

Downed U.S. Drone Looks Pretty Intact on Iranian TV

The Iranian government is airing images of the captured U.S drone plane on its state-run, English-language TV station this evening, reports CNN, and it looks like it's in pretty good shape considering that Iran claimed to have shot it down. 

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By Erik Hayden

Dec 8, 2011

Jon Stewart's Theory on How a U.S. Spy Drone Wound Up In Iran

The downing of the super-secret RQ-170 drone in Iran resulted in plenty of head-scratching reports about how it happened, so Jon Stewart offered his own theories for why the aspiring nuke nation now has our spy technology.

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By John Hudson

Dec 7, 2011

Fallen U.S. Drone Nearly Led to Covert Strike in Iran

New reports on the CIA drone lost in Iran last week reveal the scope of the stealth plane's mission and just how far the U.S. was willing to go to recover it.

 

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By John Hudson

Dec 6, 2011

What Iran Can Learn from the CIA's Fallen Drone

U.S. military officials have confirmed with NBC News and The Washington Post  that the American drone recovered by Iran last Thursday is an advanced RQ-170 drone flying on a secret CIA mission.

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By Adam Martin

Dec 6, 2011

That Secret Drone Lost in Iran Was Flying for the C.I.A.

The U.S. lost one of its most advanced surveillance drones on a C.I.A. mission in Iran, unnamed "U.S. officials" said on Monday, which means Tehran now likely possesses the stealth aircraft.

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