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Iran stance 'puzzles' negotiators after first day of nuclear talks
The threat of deadlock loomed over Iran nuclear talks in Kazakhstan today after Iran presented a revised set of proposals.
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Is Iran's Ahmadinejad going rogue as his term ends?
Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is challenging attempts to sideline him during the waning months of his presidency as the country braces for another election.
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Nuke fast track? Iran plans to up uranium-enrichment capacity
In a letter to the UN's nuclear watchdog, Tehran announced it was planning to replace its centrifuges, which experts worry could significantly speed up development of a nuclear weapon.
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Cover Story Inside the mind of Iran's Khamenei (+video)
Why Iran's iron ayatollah distrusts the US and what that means for nuclear talks and the possibility of war with the West.
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Iran says saboteurs cut power to nuclear site (+video)
It was also disclosed that power to an Iranian enrichment site was also cut off on an unknown date.
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Report: Iranian bounty on author Salman Rushdie raised
An Iranian religious foundation has reportedly raised the amount it would pay for the killing of Salman Rushdie, author of a novel considered blasphemous by Iranian clerics.
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Israel talks air strikes, Iran doubles number of nuclear centrifuges (+video)
The UN International Atomic Energy Agency says the number of nuclear centrifuges, used to enrich uranium, more than doubled to 2,140 from 1,064 in May. But the IAEA said the new centrifuges were not yet operating.
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Why optimism is low before Iran nuclear meeting: a tent and centrifuges (+video)
Suspicions that a tent was erected at one site to thwart satellite views and reports of more underground centrifuges at another site have lowered expectations for Friday's meeting.
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Opinion Iran talks in Baghdad: Western naiveté
As world powers head into nuclear talks with Iran in Baghdad on Wednesday, is Obama so naive as to hang on to a fake fatwa promising no nukes? With enough enriched uranium to eventually make six nuclear bombs, Tehran is simply stalling for time. Recent chronology bears this out.
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Iran nuclear talks: Why the trust gap is so great
Part of the reason for Iran's distrust lies in the CIA's infiltration of a UN weapons inspection team in Iraq in the 1990s.
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Iran elections: Ahmadinejad reduced to lame duck
Forces loyal to conservative cleric Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have taken over 75 percent of the seats in parliamentary elections, leaving rival President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad weakened.
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Iran's good cop, bad cop act: agrees to talks, flaunts nuclear advances
Iran has agreed to return to talks about its nuclear program. But it also trumpeted advances in that nuclear program, showing that it wants to bargain from a position of strength.
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Why Ahmadinejad is eager to show off new Iran nuclear facilities
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad could boost his sagging political standing at home by wrapping himself in the mantle of the Iran nuclear program, which is popular with Iranians. He is set to unveil new facilities Wednesday.
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Iran offers nuclear talks. Why the West may prefer to wait.
While the West is insisting Iran demonstrate its seriousness this time, experts do expect a new round of nuclear talks. Some say starting them too soon could send the wrong message.
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Obama's Iran policy shifted from outreach to pressure and sanctions
Obama intended to go the extra mile on engagement, his aides said, so if the gambit failed, allies and adversaries alike could not point the finger at the United States as the 'bad guy.' Instead, they would rally behind the effort to pressure Iran.
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Russia worried about a nuclear Iran, but leery of US sanctions
Russia is wary of any international action similar to the UN resolution on Libya, which parlayed a mandate to protect civilians into a drive for regime change.
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Underground Iran nuclear enrichment makes diplomatic path suddenly rockier (+video)
The nuclear enrichment at a once-secret underground facility in Iran, confirmed Monday by the UN, is seen as both an argument to resume negotiations and an obstacle to their resumption.
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Report: Iran fires up new uranium enrichment plant
A leading newspaper in Iran says the country has begun enriching uranium at a new underground site, ratcheting up Western concerns about Iran's nuclear program.
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Exclusive: Iran hijacked US drone, says Iranian engineer (Video)
In an exclusive interview, an engineer working to unlock the secrets of the captured RQ-170 Sentinel says they exploited a known vulnerability and tricked the US drone into landing in Iran.
12/15/2011 11:41 am -
Iran's bid for power in postwar Iraq
As Iraqi Prime Minister Nour al-Maliki meets President Obama in Washington, Tehran is trying to broaden its influence in Iraq by installing a heavy-hitting cleric there.
12/12/2011 11:50 am -
Iran nuclear program: 5 key sites
Iran’s nuclear program is the subject of constant scrutiny by the international community, particularly the United States and Israel. Here are five of Iran’s most important nuclear sites.
11/17/2011 10:38 am -
Iran bans necklaces: quirky clothing bans around the world
Countries ban all kinds of things, including clothing and accessories. The Islamic Republic of Iran has been in the headlines for unusual bans in the past, and its morality watchdogs have struck again, this time against necklaces. Below, some of the world’s strangest fashion bans:
06/16/2011 01:50 pm -
Iran accelerates uranium enrichment: Danger or bluff?
Western experts aren't sure why Iran is speeding up its nuclear enrichment. Is it bravado for domestic political consumption or a genuine move toward developing weapons that can be hidden from attack?
06/11/2011 10:09 am -
Global Viewpoint Libya vs. Bahrain: danger of the West's double standard
The hypocrisy of the West's intervention on behalf of Libyan rebels in the face of its implicit endorsement of the repressive leadership in Yemen and Bahrain is stark. For the sake of Arab freedom and its own interests, the West must take sides against the Saudi-led counter-revolution.
03/31/2011 02:02 pm -
Backchannels Karbala and the surge of Iraq attacks
Suicide attacks on Shiite pilgrims. Mass murders of police. It's not 2006 in Iraq anymore, but sometimes it feels like it.
01/20/2011 01:40 pm
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