Crashed plane’s black boxes recovered in Iran, 1 damaged

TEHRAN, Iran — Investigators have recovered the three black boxes belonging to a Russian-made jetliner that crashed in northwest Iran shortly after taking off from the capital, killing all 168 on board, authorities said Thursday.

Iranian passenger jet crashes in field on route to Armenia, killing all 168 on board

TEHRAN, Iran — A Russian-made jetliner carrying 168 people nose-dived into a field after taking off from the Iranian capital on Wednesday in a fiery crash that shredded the aircraft and killed everyone aboard — Iran’s worst air disaster in six years. Witnesses say the plane’s tail was on fire before it went down.

Megapastor Rick Warren, major Jewish leaders befriend largest American Muslim group

NEW YORK — Sayyid Syeed remembers an interfaith event several years ago when a Jewish leader went to embrace him, saw someone snapping a photo, then suddenly pulled back.

Opposition leader’s wife compares Iran to martial law; new protest planned outside parliament

CAIRO — Iran’s supreme leader said Wednesday that the government would not yield to demonstrators who want a disputed presidential election annulled, effectively closing the door to compromise with the opposition.

Don’t intervene in Iran affairs: Ahmadinejad tells West

TEHRAN - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday said that western countries should keep away from Iran’s domestic issues, the country’s ISNA news agency reported.

Iran’s opposition stages another mass rally in Tehran over disputed election

TEHRAN, Iran — An amateur video shows another mass rally of opposition supporters in Tehran and state TV also reported the protest over disputed presidential election.