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  • ** FILE ** In front of a portrait of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, a former top nuclear negotiator, center, gestures to his supporters at a rally in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 1, 2013.

    White House congratulates Iranians on new president

    The White House congratulated Iranians Saturday on the election of a more moderate president and said the Obama administration "remains ready" to hold direct talks with Tehran over its suspected nuclear weapons program.

  • **FILE** An Iranian goldsmith shows Iran's gold coins at a gold market in the main old Bazaar of Tehran on Jan. 26, 2012. (Associated Press)

    Obama administration looks to cut Iran's access to gold

    Democrats appeared eager Wednesday to poke holes in the seriousness of President Obama's vow to deter Iran from developing a nuclear warhead, raising tough questions about whether the White House is squeezing hard enough on sanctions against the Islamic Republic's economy.

  • **FILE** Iraqis work at the Rumaila oil refinery near the city of Basra. The province, located on the Persian Gulf bordering Kuwait and Iran, is Iraq's only outlet to the sea and is the hub for most of Iraq's oil exports of nearly 1.9 million barrels a day to the international market. (Associated Press)

    U.S. stands by sanctions on Greek shipper

    The Obama administration shot back Friday at a Greek shipping magnate who made headlines this week for claiming the U.S. Treasury Department had wrongly accused him of helping Iran evade international oil sanctions.

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    Embassy Row: Prison camp Liberty

    Iranian dissidents in the U.S. are preparing for the Persian New Year with a major push in Washington for the removal of the brutal, theocratic regime in Iran and for the relocation of 3,000 Iranian refugees confined to a squalid camp in Iraq where they are targeted by pro-Iranian terrorists.

  • ** FILE ** Iranian oil technician Majid Afshari makes his way to the oil separator facilities in Iran's Azadegan oil field southwest of Tehran on April 15, 2008. (Associated Press)

    Greek shipping magnate named in scheme to evade sanctions on Iranian oil

    A Greek shipping industry magnate used a host of front companies and a fleet of crude-oil tankers flying Panamanian and Liberian flags to help Iran evade international oil sanctions, U.S. officials said Thursday.

  • First lady Michelle Obama, appearing on screen from Washington, and actor Jack Nicholson present the award for best picture during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on on Feb. 24, 2013,. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/Associated Press)

    Iranian news agency adds sleeves to Michelle Obama's Oscar dress

    An Iranian government-controlled media agency has digitally altered first lady Michelle Obama's dress in photos from Sunday night's Oscars appearance.

  • **FILE** Secretary of State John Kerry (Associated Press)

    Kerry takes stiff stance on Iran's nuclear program

    Secretary of State John F. Kerry struck a tough note Friday on Iran, saying that there is still a chance for diplomacy but that the administration is "prepared to do whatever is necessary" to deny the regime nuclear weapons.

  • Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves after addressing the 67th session of the U.N. General Assembly at the world body's headquarters on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

    Outrage after McCain tweet compares Ahmadinejad, monkey

    Sen. John McCain came under fire Monday after posting a tweet that compared Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the monkey the Iranian government allegedly launched into space last week.

  • Chuck Hagel

    TIMMERMAN: Valentines for Hagel were posted from Tehran

    The Iranian rulers love Chuck Hagel.

  • ** FILE ** Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad listens to a question during a press conference in Tehran on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

    Despair spreads in Islamic republic

    A common phrase Iranians use when discussing their country is "before the revolution" — followed by some comparison, depending on their political bent, on conditions in the country before and after the 1979 uprising that overthrew the shah and installed an Islamist regime.

  • Illustration: Iranian hostages by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

    WEISS: U.S. pastor faces trial in Iran for Christian faith

    As this is being written, Saeed Abedini, an American citizen and evangelical pastor, sits in an Iranian jail awaiting his trial. The expected ruling is death, for charges which are presumed to be related to his Christian faith. The State Department, which works closely with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to stamp out “intolerance” and “Islamophobia” against Muslims in America, has been virtually silent about Mr. Abedini’s predicament in Iran, one of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

  • **FILE** Members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq organization chant slogans and hold banners during a tour organized by the Iraqi government for foreign diplomats in Baghdad on Sept. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)

    Embassy Row: Threat to Iran

    An Iranian dissident group long accused of terrorism by the United States remains the most serious threat to Iran's brutal, theocratic regime, a U.S. report says — even though the group's armed wing surrendered its weapons 10 years ago and now is confined to a refugee camp in Iraq.

  • This undated handout photo provided by the family of Robert Levinson, shows retired-FBI agent Robert Levinson. Levinson, 64, went missing on the Iranian island of Kish in March 2007. Levinson's family received these photographs of him in April 2011. U.S officials suspect the Iranians or its proxies are holding Levinson hostage. (AP Photo/Levinson Family)

    U.S. sees Iran behind hostage photos of ex-FBI agent

    Two years after a hostage video and photographs of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson raised the possibility that the missing American was being held by terrorists, U.S. officials now see the government of Iran behind the images, intelligence officials told The Associated Press.

  • Nancy Ohanian

    PIPES: Using Cold War tactics to confront Iran

    As Americans seek to find an alternative to the stark and unappetizing choice between acceptance of Iran's rabid leadership having nuclear weapons or pre-emptively bombing its nuclear facilities, one analyst offers a credible third path.

  • The Washington Times

    KAHLILI: Obama's engagement with mullahs has only bought them time

    Almost four years after President Obama tried to engage the radical leaders of Iran, it is too late to stop the Islamic regime from acquiring nuclear weapons.

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