A reformist candidate in Iran’s presidential race vows to reverse Ahmadinejad’s policesTEHRAN, Iran — A reformist challenger to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Tuesday that he would reverse the president’s hard-line policies, including the denial of the Holocaust, if he wins the June presidential vote. Iran’s former IRGC chief joins presidential raceTEHRAN - The former chief of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced to run in the upcoming presidential elections, IRNA reported Wednesday. Iran sends mixed signals to US: jailing American reporter and saying it wants warmer tiesTEHRAN, Iran — The Obama administration is reaching out to Iran. In return, Iran is — well, it’s complicated. The Islamic republic sentenced an American journalist to eight years in prison and launched a fervent new campaign to brand U.S. ally Israel as racist. And in the middle of all that, it said it was ready for a new beginning in relations with the U.S. after three decades of diplomatic stalemate. |