Iran vote: Top guns in fray

Yahya Rahim Safavi, senior advisor to Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that enemies of Iran are seeking to stop the country's progress and prevent it from becoming a regional power

DUBAI - After the huge protests that followed the 2009 election, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have hoped June polls would quietly install a loyal conservative president, but the surprise candidacies of two major independents may ...

font size decrease font size increase font size The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has stated that a correct view towards woman is the one that recognizes her within the framework of her own gender and exalting ...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that his country would annihilate the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa if it were attacked by Israel, and also criticized the U.S. over

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has told visiting Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari that a much-delayed 7.5 billion-dollar gas pipeline project must go ahead despite US opposition.

A look at the political power structure in Iran. SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI: Wields control over every major decision either directly or through a network of hand-picked loyalists and institutions, including the powerful Revolutionary ...

Iranian supreme leader sees surprise candidacy of rivals - Ahmadinejad protege, former president - as threat to his authority. Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei and Ahmadinejad Photo: Reuters DUBAI - After the huge protests that followed the 2009 ...

Influential former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has drawn sharp criticism from Iran's ruling establishment after he filed a last-minute application for candidacy in the countrys June 14 presidential election. After months of speculation, ...

In a SPIEGEL interview, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi discusses the civil war in Syria, his government's "condemnation" of chemical weapons and his belief that Tehran is in a strong position to initiate negotiations for a settlement ...