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Iranian president may resign after allies arrested, charged with sorcery
Update (below): Khamenei gives Ahmadinejad an ultimatum that could result in his resignation Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is mired in a political dispute with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that could result in the president’s resignation, Al Jazeera English reported Friday. The dispute is reportedly so severe that Ahmadinejad staged…
Iran’s Ahmadinejad in new showdown with conservatives
TEHRAN — Iran is bracing for a fresh showdown between supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and some conservatives as simmering tensions build in the run-up to the March 2012 parliamentary election. The aborted resignation of Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi set off a conservative storm against the president’s entourage, with the…
Iran cyber army ‘target enemy sites’
TEHRAN – Iran has unleashed a cyber army which draws on the ranks of Islamist volunteer militias to counter attacks online and take down “enemy websites,” the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday. “Just as we are under attack from our enemies on the web, e-trained Iranian military experts,…
Iran says protest planners will fail as MPs rage
TEHRAN – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday those behind anti-government protests in Iran will fail, as furious lawmakers demanded the execution of opposition chiefs who had called for the rallies. US President Barack Obama, in one of his most direct reactions to Monday’s events in Iran, offered encouragement to…
Hundreds march in Iranian opposition rally
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Hundreds of Iranians marched toward a Tehran square on Monday in a banned rally supporting popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, but their way was blocked by police and security forces, witnesses said. The march was a test of strength for the reformist opposition, which has not…
White House reiterates demand that Iran allow protests
A senior White House official on Saturday criticized Iran’s refusal to let opponents of the regime hold a rally in support of Arab uprisings. “By announcing that they will not allow opposition protests, the Iranian government has declared illegal for Iranians what it claimed was noble for Egyptians,” National Security…
Iran is open to more nuclear talks, Ahmadinejad says
TEHRAN – Iran is open to holding further talks with six world powers over its nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday, a day after the failure of the latest round of dialogue in Istanbul. “They have talked for a few rounds, but we never expected that issues would…
US allies, Iran savage WikiLeaks for secrets release
Friend and foe alike of the United States heaped scorn Monday on WikiLeaks’ mass release of secret US diplomatic cables, saying the revelations undermined global diplomacy and made the world less secure. “This will weaken diplomacy around the world. It will weaken diplomacy in general, but first and foremost American…
Ahmadinejad: UN should form fact-finding committee on 9/11
Iranian leader defends 9/11 statement, says UN should investigate The Iranian president on Friday defended his remarks at the U.N. in which he claimed most people in the world believe the United States was behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. He also challenged the United Nations to set up…
US walks out of Ahmadinejad UN speech
US walks out of Ahmadinejad UN speech, Iranian says most people think US staged 9/11 attacks. President Barack Obama and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad traded accusations about their nations’ nuclear programs, but both left the door open to further negotiations about the nuclear impasse. In his speech Thursday to…
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