Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Women can't be president in Iran, senior cleric says

2013-05-17 10:03:00

TEHRAN — Iran’s next president will not be a woman. No surprise there, but a senior religious figure, Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, made it official in comments Wednesday to a group of clerics and theology students, according to the conservative...

Iran delays presidential election lineup

2013-05-16 18:21:00

TEHRAN — Iranians must wait until next week to find out who will be on the ballot in next month's presidential election, a key electoral panel said Thursday, as it continued to mull the fate of two prospective candidates who have shaken up the race....

Two last-minute candidates stir up Iran presidential race

2013-05-11 19:34:00

TEHRAN — The run-up to Iran's June presidential election took a dramatic turn Saturday with last-minute candidacy announcements by two controversial political figures: former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, top...

Iranian presidential candidates register for June election

2013-05-07 17:00:00

TEHRAN — Iranian presidential candidates began registering Tuesday for the national election next month to choose a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Although there has been considerable political suspense over who will run, voter enthusiasm has...

The Week Ahead: Iran and Pakistan on the stump, Mubarak on trial

2013-05-06 05:00:00

D-Day for Iranian presidential race Tuesday, May 7 -- So many candidates, so few promising real change. More than a dozen Iranian lawmakers, former Cabinet ministers, revolutionary guardsmen and allies of Islamic leaders have thrown in their hats...

Iran points at Syrian rebels in warning about chemical weapons

2013-04-30 11:08:00

Echoing the words of President Obama, the Iranian foreign minister reportedly said Tuesday that unleashing chemical weapons in Syria would be a “red line” for Tehran. But Ali Akbar Salehi also suggested rebels were to blame for such attacks,...

Could Iran's presidential politicking open door to nuclear deal?

2013-04-24 04:00:00

�Thirty years of punishing sanctions have failed to curb Iran’s rogue behavior. Perhaps, a growing chorus of diplomats and security experts suggest, it is time for the United States to change tactics. With a presidential election in the Islamic...

Intrigue swirls as Iran prepares to choose next president

2013-04-10 15:52:00

TEHRAN — The reform movement that took to the streets to protest alleged vote-rigging in Iran's last presidential election has been crushed. The supreme leader has made it clear that such behavior will not be tolerated this time. But that doesn'...

Iran nuclear talks unproductive

2013-04-06 16:28:00

WASHINGTON — The latest round of international negotiations over Iran's disputed nuclear program concluded Saturday with no sign of progress and the future of the fitful diplomatic effort uncertain. Officials from Iran and the six world powers had...

North Korea belligerence looms ominously over Iran nuclear talks

2013-04-05 02:00:00

More carrot, less stick. That’s the advice of some nonproliferation experts for the United States and its five partners in negotiations that resume Friday aimed at dissuading Iran from building a nuclear bomb. But with threats of nuclear...

U.S. presses Iran for counteroffer in nuclear talks

2013-04-03 16:59:00

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration pressed Iran to respond to�the latest bid by six world powers seeking to curb Tehran’s nuclear program, warning that�the United States and its allies may step up sanctions and suspend diplomacy if Iran...

Ten years after Iraq war began, Iran reaps the gains

2013-03-28 18:42:00

BAGHDAD — Ten years after the U.S.-led invasion to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the geopolitical winner of the war appears to be their common enemy: Iran. American military forces are long gone, and Iraqi officials say Washington's...

Prof. Mohammad Reza Hosna, who teaches at Tehran Art University, says he will vote for Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. "He is educated, polite and well-experienced," Hosna says.

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Prof. Mohammad Reza Hosna, who teaches at Tehran Art University, says he will vote for Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. "He is educated, polite and well-experienced," Hosna says.

2013-04-25 00:00:00

Even though he has expressed doubts about any positive result, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, seen in a file photo, has said he is not opposed to U.S. and Iranian diplomats meeting on Tehran's nuclear program.

2013-04-03 16:39:25