Iran's rulers must compromise with opposition figures to avoid a worsening of the political turmoil, the son of the late dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri said in comments released today.
British computer programmer Peter Moore, freed this week 2 1/2 years after his kidnapping in Iraq, spent at least part of his captivity in Iran, according to U.S. intelligence assessments.
The year 2009 was a crucial one for U.S. foreign policy on Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Bosnia. RFE/RL takes a closer look at developments and challenges involving those countries in the year ahead.
Key Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Musavi said today that Iran is in "serious crisis" and called for the immediate release of supporters arrested after the June presidential vote.
David Albright is the president and founder of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution dedicated to informing the public about science and policy issues affecting international security. Correspondent Aryan Hossein of RFE/RL's Radio Farda interviewed Albright about reports that Iran has been trying to secretly buy more than 1,000 tons of uranium ore from Kazakhstan.
A British newspaper says that Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps orchestrated the 2007 kidnapping of five Britons in Iraq and took them to Iran within a day of their abduction.
Iranian police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of antigovernment protesters who had gathered in central Tehran, an opposition website reported today.
Iran's state news agency IRNA said today that two leaders of "sedition" in the country have fled to a northern Iranian province, but the opposition said its leaders were still in the capital.
Tens of thousands of pro-government demonstrators have taken to the streets of Tehran to denounce this week's protest by reformists.
Kazakhstan has taken on a new role as the world in uranium production. But the achievement has been tainted by news that rogue elements within the state nuclear company are working out an illegal deal to supply Iran with a large amount of purified uranium ore.
An international media rights group has described Iran's disputed presidential election as one of the most dangerous stories for journalists to cover in 2009.
Iran's police chief today warned supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Musavi only to expect harsh treatment if they participate in illegal rallies, three days after eight protesters were killed in protests.
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