Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran: RCom Telecom Bid Expected

India's Reliance Communications (RCom) is likely to bid for Iran's third mobile phone service license, estimated to cost around $1 billion. A spokesman for the phone company declined to comment specifically on a potential bid...

Obama's 'new' America and Iran

President-elect Barack Obama has already achieved a rhetorical break with the arrogant, pompous and rather totalitarian language of the outgoing Bush administration. Thus, a new grammar is being presented in which the United...

(11/19 Update) — Monday Morning Quarterback, And More

There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] Barack and Michelle Obama discussed the big change in their lives last night on 60 Minutes. ** S.O.S. HILLARY CLINTON:...

Iran’s VP under new fire over “insulting Koran”

An aide to Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has come under fire for attending a ceremony that involved actions deemed insulting to the Koran, a row that has given fuel to the Iranian president's opponents before next year's...

Four Crises on Obama's Horizon

No one should be surprised that president-elect Barack Obama's first press conference, three days after his historic November 4th victory, was devoted almost exclusively to the economy. Obama was also quick to remind reporters...

US must stop the arrogance: Top Iranian cleric

A top cleric vowed on Friday that "Death to America" will continue to be chanted in Iran for as long as the United States maintains what he called its arrogant stance towards the Islamic republic. "Statesmen in the United...

Iran key player in regional security: general

Tehran - Without Iran's influential role, it will not be possible to establish security in the Persian Gulf, the military advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday. At a national conference...

Obama risks trap with Ahmadinejad’s letter

Friday, November 14, 2008 WASHINGTON: Barack Obama may have pledged during his campaign to talk to Iran’s leaders, but he could fall into a trap by replying to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s congratulatory letter, analysts...

Suzanne DiMaggio: Obama's Iranian challenge

But the official went on to add his own twist, "Nearly 30 years have passed, and we are not that lamb anymore, and maybe the US is not the same wolf it once was." His point was that Iran no longer feels the deep inequality with...

Iran vows to give crushing response as it test-fires new missile

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Wednesday that his country will give a crushing response to any invaders as the Islamic Republic test-fired a new generation missile that can reach U.S. bases in the Middle East and...