Iran's supreme leader and president wrestle for power

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wanted to send his onetime protege Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an unmistakable message: You're replaceable.

Obama makes a blunt push for Middle East peace

President Obama plunged back into efforts to restart Middle East peace talks, pressuring both sides with a set of U.S. principles that...

Egypt diners watching Obama speech mix distrust with applause

When President Obama appeared on the big-screen TVs at a Pizza Hut overlooking the Nile, the upscale dinnertime crowd shoved aside their...

Al Jazeera journalist, missing in Syria, returned to Qatar from Iran

The mysterious 19-day detention and release of a Seattle journalist in Syria and Iran has underscored the murky security ties that bind...

Ahmadinejad fires 3 Iran Cabinet ministers

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad escalated an unusually public confrontation within the country's leadership Saturday by firing three...

Some see the hand of Iran in Syria's crackdown

Syrian security forces appear to be shifting their strategy for crushing the popular uprising against the rule of President Bashar Assad...

Iran disparages news of Osama bin Laden's death

Osama bin Laden was a Sunni Muslim extremist who considered Iran's Shiite majority faith a blasphemous deviation from the Koran. His...

Spy flap weakens Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Electronic surveillance of officials at the highest levels of political power lies at the heart of a rift between Iranian President...

Iran's Ahmadinejad demotes top advisor

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad demoted a controversial aide Saturday, Iranian news agencies reported, amid rising calls for political...

Ahmadinejad speaks in rebuilt Lebanese town near Israel

Iran's controversial president on Thursday traveled to within a few miles of his nation's archrival Israel and delivered a pointed if...

Russia to begin activating Iran's first nuclear power plant

Russia announced Friday that it will soon begin loading fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant, the initial step toward bringing the...

Iran says woman won't be stoned to death

After a spirited international campaign joined by Western politicians and celebrities, the Iranian government apparently will not stone a...

Congress moves to approve additional Iran sanctions

House and Senate negotiators reached agreement Monday on legislation that would impose additional U.S. sanctions against Iran in hopes the...

Iranian clerics lash out on veiling

Hard-line Iranian clerics determined to reverse the trend of what they regard as "badly veiled women" took aim Friday at an unlikely...

From the archives: Family, friends mourn 'Neda,' Iranian woman who died on video

The first word came from abroad. An aunt in the United States called her Saturday in a panic. "Don't go out into the streets, Golshad,"...