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Iranian cleric says women can't be president

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:16:26 -0400

TEHRAN, Iran - A member of Iran's constitutional watchdog group insists that women cannot be presidential candidates, a report said Thursday, effectively killing the largely symbolic bids by about 30 women seeking to run in the June 14 election.

US, Russia and Iran work to save Olympic wrestling

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:21:08 -0400

UNITED NATIONS - In Iran, Olympic wrestling champion Jordan Burroughs felt like Justin Bieber, LeBron James and Tom Brady all rolled into one.

Iran's cunning Rafsanjani seeks one more shot

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:00:17 -0400

TEHRAN, Iran - Signs on currency exchange shops in Tehran explained why the doors where temporarily shut: Waiting to see if former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani would seek to reclaim the office. On Sunday, the money changers reopened early amid a mini-surge in Iran's gasping economy after Rafsanjani joined the race.

Iran president still a force even as his era ends

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:22:30 -0400

BIRJAND, Iran - When many struggling families in this eastern Iranian city take stock of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's legacy, it's not about the oratory full of bluster and menace or his tussles with Iran's ruling clerics that are known to much of the world.

Schram: CIA's cash to Karzai nets little in return

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:49:57 -0400

By MARTIN SCHRAM - America's long-running, mondo-bizzaro courtship of Afghanistan's mercurial Hamid Karzai got even wilder and wackier this past week.

Next Iran president likely to have gentler touch

Sat, 04 May 2013 12:44:35 -0400

TEHRAN, Iran - For eight years, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has played the role of global provocateur-in-chief: questioning the Holocaust, saying Israel should be erased from the map and painting U.N resolutions as worthless. His provocative style grated inside Iran as well - angering the country's supreme leader to the point of warning the presidency could be abolished.

AP Interview: New job for son of toppled shah

Thu, 02 May 2013 13:21:06 -0400

PARIS - The son of Iran's toppled shah has a new job as spokesman for a nascent movement that is challenging the clerical regime to hold free and fair elections - or risk a civil disobedience campaign.

Iran detains senior diplomat for unknown reasons

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:10:28 -0400

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's foreign minister says authorities have detained a veteran Iranian diplomat, but describes the incident as a potential "misunderstanding."

Israel: Iran has not crossed nuclear 'red line'

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:31:47 -0400

JERUSALEM - Israel's prime minister on Monday said that Iran is steadily edging closer to nuclear weapons capability but has not yet reached the "red line" he drew in a speech to the United Nations last fall.

Rough inauguration day for new Venezuelan leader

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:31:54 -0400

CARACAS, Venezuela - Inauguration day could have gone better for the man picked to lead Venezuela's socialist revolution for the next six years.