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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered the release of 20 children and teenagers charged with taking part in suicide attacks in Afghanistan. Karzai met…

Yukiya Amano Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, says moving Iran’s nuclear centrifuges from Natanz to the Ferdo underground nuclear…

Reporters Without Borders issued a statement Tuesday condemning the “arbitrary arrest” and “enforced disappearance” of Iranian political prisoners. RWB spoke out against the “arbitrary…

Ali Akbar Javanfekr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s media adviser has criticized the Tehran Prosecutor for giving tacit approval to those who threaten members of the administration…

Reza Badiyi Iranian film director, Reza Badiyi, who became a prolific television director in the U.S., died Saturday night from medical complications at the…

The lawyer for two American detainees sentenced to eight years in an Iranian prison says he still hopes for leniency in their case during…

caricaturist: Mana Neyestani

The Afghanistan Elections Commission has accused nine members of Parliament of election fraud and is calling for their removal. The head of the commission,…

Tehran’s Prosecutor General has confirmed the eight-year prison sentences for Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, the two American citizens detained in Iran since 2009…

caricaturist: Mana Neyestani

Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, the two Americans held in Iran for the past two years, have now been…

Mohammadreza Raouf Sheybani Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has appointed Mohammadreza Raouf Sheybani as the country’s new ambassador to Syria. Iranian media report…