The Iranian File

February 24, 2013

A handout picture released by the official website of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows Khamenei attending a meeting with Iranian Azeri ethnics in Tehran earlier this month. (AFP PHOTO/HO/IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER'S WEBSITE)
08:07 GMT

Despite international condemnation, the Persian state says it has found new uranium deposits and will be expanding its notorious nuclear program to include the new finds.

February 19, 2013

According to the report, Zygier was involved in exporting communications technology via a Mossad front company to Iran and other Middle Eastern states. (AFP)
08:02 GMT

According to the report, Zygier was involved in exporting communications technology via a Mossad front company to Iran and other Middle Eastern states.

February 14, 2013

American centrifuges enriching uranium (Photo credit: US Department of Energy/ Wikimedia Commons)
09:48 GMT

Iran attempts to purchase tens of thousands of magnets to be used for uranium enrichment, which would enable the country to expand its nuclear program, reports say.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
06:52 GMT

A top commander in Iran's notorious Revolutionary Guard has been killed in Lebanon, according to local reports.

February 12, 2013

Iran is converting some of its higher-grade enriched uranium into reactor fuel.
13:30 GMT

Iran makes reactor fuel, calls for worldwide destruction of nuclear weapons.

February 10, 2013

How the U.S. determines whom drones target became a public question after a drone killed U.S.-born Anwar al-Awlaki, who was a member of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.
12:13 GMT

How the U.S. determines whom drones target became a public question after a drone killed U.S.-born Anwar al-Awlaki, who was a member of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.

The capsule that was sent into space containing a live monkey in January is displayed during a rally in Tehran's Azadi Square (Freedom Square) to mark the 34th anniversary of the Islamic revolution. (AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE)
10:45 GMT

The government-sponsored march and address by the president brings scores of Iranians to the streets of the capital.

February 7, 2013

The Islamic Republic has claimed it managed to reverse-engineer the RQ-170 Sentinal drone.
10:51 GMT

The Islamic Republic has claimed it managed to reverse-engineer the RQ-170 Sentinal drone.

February 4, 2013

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad talks with Saeed Jalili, who heads the Iranian Supreme National Security Council in Damascus. (AFP PHOTO / HO-SANA)
10:57 GMT

Saeed Jalil, the senior Iranian official visiting Damascus, tells reporters that Assad has their full support.

February 3, 2013

Iraqis gather at the scene of a car bomb explosion in Sadr city on April 23, 2010 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Getty Images)
08:56 GMT

At least 30 people are reported dead after a suicide bomber and a gunmen attack police headquarters in Kirkuk.

January 29, 2013

A Yemeni holds up a banner during a protest against US drone attacks close to the home of President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, in the capital Sanaa, on Monday. (AFP)
08:04 GMT

The U.S. Navy assisted Yemeni forces in capturing the vessel bound for insurgents in Yemen.

One unconfirmed report said as many as 200 people were feared trapped inside the facility. (Photo use for illustrative purposes only.)
05:00 GMT

An explosion has rocked Iran’s Fordo Nuclear plant, according to Israeli and Western media reports, but Tehran’s Fars news agency quoted the deputy chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces denying the reports as propaganda.

January 28, 2013

An Iranian policeman looking up as he stands guard, as shadows of arrested people, who are accused of being thugs, and other policemen guarding them are seen standing on a trailer. (AFP PHOTO/MOJTABA HEYDARI/MEHR NEWS)
07:07 GMT

Authorities in the Persian state arrest local members of the press accused of cooperating with Persian-language foreign media agencies.

January 20, 2013

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes a victory sign ahead of his meeting with Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi in Tehran. (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)
10:43 GMT

Two men are hanged after posting the footage of themselves robbing and assaulting a man with a machete.

January 15, 2013

Iranian men who had been held hostage by Syrian rebels since early August hug each other as they arrive at a hotel in Damascus after being freed in a prisoner swap. (AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARA)
06:52 GMT

The prime minister of Syria is planning to head to Tehran to shore up the regime's friendship with its last regional ally.