Topic: Iran
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has arrested several people who were preparing to disrupt rallies on February 11 marking the 1979 Islamic revolution, police said on Wednesday, in a clear warning to opposition supporters planning new protests. Opposition leaders have called on supporters to take to the streets on Thursday, raising the risk of renewed violence eight months after a disputed election ...
A top Iranian official says a nuclear fuel swap with the West proposed under a U.N.-drafted plan remains an option. The late Tuesday comment by Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's nuclear chief and a vice president, came hours after Iran began enriching uranium ...
TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian appeal court has reduced to five years the jail sentence for an Iranian-American scholar detained after last year's disputed election and accused of espionage, an Iranian news agency reported on Wednesday. In October, official media said Kian Tajbakhsh was sentenced to more than 12 years in jail. "The appeal court sentenced my client ... to five ...
