Hillary Clinton, who steps down as U.S. secretary of state on February 1, said Iran and Russia continued to provide military and financial assistance to the Syrian government.
U.S. President Barack Obama's nominee for defense secretary faced intense attacks on his record during his eight-hour confirmation hearing.
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, has expressed concern over a recent wave of arrests of journalists in Iran.
In its annual report, the U.S.-based rights watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) evaluates the human-rights situation in more than 90 countries and warns of the challenges to democracy many of them face.
Western diplomats say Iran intends to greatly increase the speed of its uranium-enrichment program.
Iran's Intelligence Ministry has accused more than a dozen journalists, arrested over the weekend, of being members of "one of the biggest media networks" linked to the West.
Afghanistan has climbed 22 places in this year's Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders "thanks to the fact that no journalists are in prison" there.
Iran’s 12-member Guardians Council has approved changes to the country’s election law that puts elections under the authority of a new Central Executive Election Board. The law strips the Interior Ministry of its authority as the sole organizer of the elections.
In a rare move, some of the reformist newspapers that were raided by Iranian security officials on January 27 and whose writers were detained have publicly protested against the crackdown.
The UN's nuclear watchdog says it has seen no sign of an explosion at one of Iran's nuclear facilities.
Iran's top legislative body, the Guardians Council, has approved a new election law that strips the Interior Ministry of responsibility for organizing elections.
As Iran prepares for a presidential election in June, it seems that the clerical regime is sending out a strong signal to anyone who might want to express some sort of dissent -- You will regret it.
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