The first reactor of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southwestern Iran should be launched this summer, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday....

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From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 New York Times columnist Frank Rich Sunday: If we are really to keep America safe, it’s essential we remember exactly which American politicians empowered Iran, Al Qaeda and the Tal...

Russian Parliamentary Speaker warns: No Duma ratification of START without missile defense agreement / Iran shows the world it is willing to cooperate on its nuclear program / Court injunction could paralyze Russian oil exports / Ru...

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran released a prominent opposition politician as well as two reformist activists and a filmmaker detained for suspected involvement in the country's...

Today on the Dish we watched Netanyahu dig in, Abe Foxman play the Jewish card on Petraeus, the Greens kept the fires burning in Iran, and more evidence surface against DADT. The WaPo and Bernstein gave Kucinich more attention, Chai...

Markos Kaminis (Wall St. Greek) submits: China looks to be the next hurdle on President Obama's busy schedule.Concerns about China started the market lower this week, before the Fed relief rally eventually stymied the decline Tuesda...

Tensions remain high over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and Western nations are pushing for tougher sanctions against the Islamic regime. What better time to book a holiday in Tehran, right? Next month, the Iranian government is invitin...

This is a guest note exclusive to The Washington Note by Iran expert and well-known diplomatic correspondent Barbara Slavin, author of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation What Iran Thr...

After we brought you the story of fans bombing footballers in Brazil, sadly we have yet another incident of crazy football violence from the last few days in world football to report. Last weekend saw Payam Khorasan travel to Tarbia...

The AEI Irantracker's most recent news roundup provides excerpts from remarks by Presdient Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressing a seminar on job creation: "The Islamic revolution of Iran is a humane revolution reaching beyond th...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday urged Iranians to shun the Persian fire festival as an un-Islamic event which causes “a lot of harm.” But instead, close to 1,000 Iranians torched his image in Azadi Square. Pl...

The dismaying thing about Ormonde Jayne's Isfarkand (once called Isfahan, no relation to Yves Rocher's long-gone Ispahan, both named after a city in Iran) is how tiny it is.You'd think, wouldn't you, that a with a name like Isfarkan...

By Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova U.S. officials negotiating with Moscow must often feel like the Kremlin's favorite word is nyet. Whether it's sanctions on Iran, missile defense, or arms control, Moscow seems to oppose every issue...

The United States says it will go on pressuring Iran over its controversial nuclear issue and continue its work within the Iran Six mediators format, a U.S. Department of State official said....

Sarah Palin scolded the radical Obama Administration today for embracing the dangerous anti-American regimes while attacking another great American ally, Israel. From her Facebook Page: The Obama Administration reaches out to some o...

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian riot police and militiamen fanned out around Tehran on Tuesday in a major show of force during a national festival that...

The value of Twitter when it comes to breaking news and eyewitness reports has been discussed as length (evidenced by CNN’s race to get the most followers, and the buzz surrounding the site’s role in the Iran protests last year), ...

Today, the youth of Iran have declared their own ideological revolution. They are tired of their failed theocratic state, of the illusion of democracy, and of cultural and international isolation.