Media: Iran president fires Intelligence Ministry officials critical of election crackdown

TEHRAN, Iran —Iranian media say President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has fired at least four senior Intelligence Ministry figures in a purge targeting officials who disagree with the crackdown on the opposition after disputed elections.

Iranian opposition leader says detainees claim jailers savagely raped prisoners

TEHRAN, Iran —An Iranian opposition leader said Sunday that detained protesters are alleging male and female prisoners were savagely raped by their jailers to the point of physical and mental damage.

Iranian opposition leader wants investigation into whether detainees raped

TEHRAN, Iran —One of the defeated reformist candidates in Iran’s disputed presidential election is calling for an investigation into whether protesters detained after the vote were raped in custody.

Report: Iran’s Ahmadinejad cancels trip to African Union summit in Libya; no reason given

Iran’s Fars news agency says that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will not attend the African Union summit in Libya as was expected.

Reformist challenger accuses Ahmadinejad of moving Iran toward dictatorship

TEHRAN, Iran — The main pro-reform candidate accused hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of driving Iran toward “dictatorship” and hurting its standing in the world by questioning the Holocaust, during a rare and unprecedentedly raucous election debate Wednesday.

Reformist challenger says Iran hurt by Ahmadinejad’s questions over Holocaust

TEHRAN, Iran — The main pro-reform candidate in next week’s presidential elections accused Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday of undercutting Iran’s international standing by questioning the Holocaust.

Iran’s president reiterates description of Holocaust as a ‘big deception’

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday once again called the Holocaust a “big deception” in his latest denunciations of Israel and its allies.

Arson attack in restive Iranian city kills 5, days after mosque bombing in same area

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An arson attack on a bank killed five people Monday in an Iranian city bordering Pakistan where authorities have struggled to quell unrest since a deadly mosque bombing last week claimed by Sunni militants.

Iran state media: 5 dead in arson attack on bank in restive southeastern city

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran state media has reported that five people are dead in an arson attack in a restive southeastern city where 25 died in a mosque bombing last week.

Iranian president threatens to open books on government dealings back to 1980s

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened Sunday to release internal documents on government affairs going back to the early 1980s in a direct counterattack against challengers who claim his policies have sent Iran into an economic tailspin and undermined the nation’s standing in the world.

Iran’s president accuses Western countries of trying to muzzle criticism of Israeli ‘racism’

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s president on Wednesday accused European diplomats and protesters who disrupted his recent attack on Israel at a U.N. conference of trying to muzzle anyone who says “a word against the racism of the Zionist regime.”