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TEHRAN - Iranian police fired tear-gas on Thursday as thousands of demonstrators defied government warnings and staged a march to commemorate the anniversary of bloody student unrest in 1999, witnesses said.
Tehran - The United States has released five Iranians it arrested in 2007 in Iraq, Iranian and US officials said Thursday. Iran's ambassador in Baghdad, Hassan Kazemi-Qmi, said the five were handed over to the Iraqi government and would later Thursda...
IRANIAN police have fired tear-gas as thousands of demonstrators defied government warnings and staged a march to commemorate the anniversary of bloody student unrest in 1999, witnesses say.
TEHRAN, July 9 (UPI) -- Elections officials in Iran indicated they will release detailed reporting on the outcome of the disputed June 12 presidential elections in the coming days.
Over 1,000 demonstrators gather in Tehran, continuing to protest the June 12 presidential election. Security forces fire tear gas and beat protesters. Many people wear masks to hide their identities. Violent clashes erupted today in downtown Tehran between more than a thousand determined young men and women chanting, "Death to the dictator" and "God is great" and security forces wielding ...
The Iranian authorities are using prolonged harsh interrogations, beatings, sleep deprivation, and threats of torture to extract false confessions from detainees arrested since the disputed June 12 presidential election, Human Rights Watch said today.
Iran's ambassador to Baghdad says five Iranian diplomats who were kidnapped by US forces have been handed over to the government of Nouri al-Maliki. "The diplomats will be transferred to the Iranian Embassy after meeting with the prime minister," Hossein Kazemi-Qomi said.
Iranian police fired tear-gas on Thursday as hundreds of demonstrators defied government warnings and staged a march to commemorate the anniversary of bloody student unrest in 1999, witnesses said.
Five Iranian officials have been released two years after being detained by the US military, Iran's ambassador to Baghdad has said.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Thursday handed over five Iranian officials it has held in Iraq for two years to Iraqi authorities and they would be transferred to Tehran shortly, Iraqi and Iranian officials said.
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