Ahmadinejad sworn in for second presidential term in Iran

TEHRAN - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran was sworn in Wednesday for a second presidential term. Ahmadinejad took his oath of office before the Majlis (parliament), Press TV reported.

Iran waiting for Ayatollah Khamenei’s order to build first nuclear bomb

LONDON - Iran is awaiting orders from its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to produce its first nuclear bomb, Western intelligence sources have told The Times. According to sources, Iran completed its research program to create weaponised uranium in the summer of 2003, and now claims that once it receives orders from Khamenei, it could feasibly make a bomb within a year of it.

Iranian Govt. to prosecute 30 people arrested during post election violence

LONDON - In a bid to distract attention from the internal rift between Iranian President Ahmadinejad and the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s hardliner regime has decided to prosecute 30 people arrested in the turbulent aftermath of the presidential election for offences against the State.

Iran’s Rafsanjani defies clergy criticism

TEHRAN - Iranian ex-president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani Sunday defied criticism from the country’s leading clergy, continuing to insist on the release of all political prisoners.

Opposition urges Iran’s top clerics to pressure Islamic regime to release protesters

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s opposition leaders appealed to the top clerics in the holy city of Qom on Saturday to pressure the ruling Islamic regime to release protesters and activists who they say have been tortured following last month’s disputed presidential election.

Rafsanjani to discuss Iran crisis with clerics

TEHRAN - Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani will discuss the current political crisis with senior clerics in the religious city of Mashad in northeastern Iran, state media reported Sunday.

US contacted Khamenei before Iran’s ‘disputed’ presidential election

WASHINGTON - The Obama Administration sent a letter to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for an improvement in relations, prior to the June 12 disputed presidential elections, which were followed by massive people protests.

Excerpts from address by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during Friday prayers

Excerpts from an address by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during Friday prayers at Tehran University in which he denied allegations of election fraud and warned opposition leaders to end street protests:

‘Self-inflicted’ Iranian crisis can only be solved by a re-election: Expert

WASHINGTON - Iran experts are unsure what compromise can be acceptable to both sides, and any climb down by the Supreme Leader seems hard to digest in Iran’s theocratic system.

With nuclear dispute at stake, world reacts cautiously to Iranian hard-liner’s re-election

VIENNA — The U.S. and Canada challenged Iran’s claims that hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won re-election, but much of the rest of the world remained silent Saturday despite claims of fraud and scenes of clashes on the streets of Tehran.

Iran’s supreme leader blasts Ahmadinejad for corruption claims

TEHRAN - Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blasted the country’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for labeling his critics corrupt during a furious television debate on Wednesday.

Iran warns Iraq over prolonged presence of US forces

TEHRAN - Iran’s supreme leader Saturday warned Iraq over the prolonged presence of US forces in that country, the Iranian media reported.