Iran
May 29, 2000
The reformist political party that holds half the seats in Iran's new parliament announced Monday it would not put up its own candidate for the powerf
Iran's reformist legislators said Sunday that they intend to live up to their pledges they made to voters who are anxious for greater social freedoms
An official Turkish delegation discussed with Iranian officials in Tehran Sunday expansion of bilateral economic and industrial ties, reported Iran Ne
May 27, 2000
Iran's new parliament, dominated by reformists close to President Mohammad Khatami, was officially inaugurated on Saturday with the start of its first
May 26, 2000
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashmi Rafsanjani, head of the conservative-backed list in the February elections, has given up his seat in the Iranian
May 24, 2000
Anti-semitic acts have flared in Iran in recent days, inspired by televised confessions by some of a group of 13 Jews accused of spying for Israel, Ir
An Iranian court has passed a death sentence on an Iranian found guilty of hijacking a plane in November 1993, reported BBC Wednesday, quoting Iran Ne
Iranian hardliners, stung by the confirmed victory of reformist candidates, shut down a newly launched newspaper Tuesday, the 19th paper closed in a c
May 23, 2000
Iran's volunteer fundamentalist militia called for a massive rally Tuesday at Tehran University, one day after thousands of students gathered to celeb
Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned Monday Turkish ambassador to Iran Turan Morali and lodged a strong objection to the mass arrest of Iranian nationals
The Iranian nuclear reactor of Bushehr on the Gulf, which is being built by Russia, is 40 percent complete, Iran's ambassador to Russia, Mehdi Safari,
Iran's recently launched a two-door sport utility vehicle aimed at younger drivers at home and abroad - and the release may provide the 'slow' car manufacturing industry with a much needed spark. The
May 22, 2000
President Mohammad Khatami said on Monday his government has repaid $12.3 billion of the foreign debts of $32.6 billion since taking office in 1997, r
Drought has inflicted $4.6 billions in damages to the Iranian Hamedan province, Iran News Agency (IRNA) reported Monday. The agency quoted secretary o
The Iranian foreign ministry accused Turkey Monday of rounding up hundreds of Iranians in Istanbul, Radio Tehran reported. "The recent activities of t