Israel And Iran Have Reportedly Held Secret Nuclear Talks

Several eyewitnesses and news reports have said Israeli and Iranian representatives spoke directly during a multi-national conference on nuclear disarmament last month in Egypt. Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reported Israeli and Iranian delegates directly...

Iran Engaged in Inspection Talks with the United Nations Nuclear Watchdog

Iran’s foreign minister has said his government is engaged in discussions with the United Nations nuclear watchdog on the extent of future inspections at the country’s second uranium enrichment plant. “The scale of IAEA inspections are...

Iran Informs IAEA It is Building 2nd Uranium Enrichment Plant

The United Nations nuclear watchdog has confirmed that Tehran had just informed it that Iran was building a second uranium enrichment plant, the revelation is likely to further fuel tensions over the country’s disputed nuclear program. “On...

Iran’s First Nuclear Power Plant 96% Complete

Iran’s state IRNA news agency has reported that the country’s first nuclear power plant is 96% complete, and final testing will begin in the near future. Iranian Vice-President Ali Akbar Salehi, who heads the country’s Atomic Energy...

U.S. Official Confirms Iran is Holding 3 Americans

President Barack Obama’s national security advisor has said that Iran has confirmed it is holding three Americans who are believed to have strayed into Iranian territory while hiking in northern Iraq. Retired General Jim Jones says the Iranian government...

Hardline Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati Demands an Apology From Iran’s Opposition Leaders

The leader of Tehran’s Friday prayer sermon, hardline Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati has throw down the gauntlet to Iran’s opposition leaders, demanding that they apologize for inciting unrest in the country. Meanwhile, Iran’s foreign minister...

Physicians for Human Rights Criticizes Iran for Trying AIDS Doctors on Secret Charges

The Iranian government’s December 31 trial of Dr. Arash Alaei and Dr. Kamiar Alaei – Iranian brothers who are known worldwide for their work as HIV/AIDS physicians – denied fundamental requirements of due process because, according to...

Reports From Iran Say Two Christian Converts have been Charged with Apostasy And Could Face Death Sentence

Reports from Iran say that two Christian converts have been charged with apostasy. The two were reportedly detained in May in a park in the city of Shiraz, and according to Christian groups, Mahmud Matin Azad and Arash Basirat have been held in solitary...

Iran’s ‘Killing Field’ Revisited, 20 Years Later

Relatives and survivors call it the “Flower Garden,” but others know it as the “place of the damned.” It’s the Khavaran cemetery in the southeastern part of Tehran, housing the remains of religious minorities, as well as...