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Moussavi said to be planning new party

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:03:47 EDT

Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi plans to form a new political party aimed at reining in the power of the Islamic Republic's leadership, a leading reformist newspaper reported Sunday.

Britain warns Iran about embassy staffer arrest

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:24:15 EDT

"There will be consequences" if Iran mistreats a British Embassy employee who was arrested in Tehran, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Sunday, as cracks began to appear in the Iranian leadership.

Flight recorders located from Yemen crash

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:12:45 EDT

Investigators have heard a signal from the flight data recorders of the Yemenia Airways plane that crashed last week, they announced Sunday.

Al Qaeda threatens France over burqas

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:39:26 EDT

Al Qaeda threatened to "take revenge" on France "by every means and wherever we can reach them" because of a debate in France over whether the burqa, a traditional Islamic woman's covering, violates French law, according to a statement posted on radical Islamist Web sites.

Israel intercepts boat with ex-U.S. Rep. aboard

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:25:04 EDT

The Israeli navy took control of a boat reported to be carrying humanitarian aid, a former U.S. congresswoman and a Nobel laureate Tuesday after the boat violated an Israeli blockade and crossed into Gazan waters, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Partial recount shows Iran election valid

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:41:02 EDT

Saying it had completed an investigation into alleged voter irregularities, Iran's election authority on Monday stood by its findings that gave hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an overwhelming victory and sparked more than two weeks of chaos in the streets.

UNICEF to reopen Baghdad office

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:39:07 EDT

The United Nations Children's Fund is reopening its office in Baghdad six years after leaving because of the conflict in Iraq, the agency announced Tuesday.

Thousands demonstrate silently in Tehran

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:09:33 EDT

Iran's government will allow a demonstration at Tehran's Ghoba mosque Sunday, CNN has confirmed.

Iran's Press TV disputes story of Neda's death

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:18:27 EDT

The woman whose death has come to symbolize Iranian resistance to the government's official election results did not die the way the opposition claims, government-backed Press TV said Sunday.

Iranian minister blames Britain, U.S. for unrest

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:05:20 EDT

Iran's intelligence minister Sunday blamed Western powers for stirring up protests over its disputed presidential election, singling out Britain and saying the British Embassy in Tehran "played a heavy role in the recent disturbances."