Iran's central bank has said defaced banknotes are to be made invalid, after the appearance of opposition slogans on money, local media report. They quote bank official Ebrahim Darvishi as saying that people possessing defaced banknotes should exchange them by 8 January. It was difficult to distin... Read more...
Opposition sources in Iran say that at least four protesters have been shot dead in violent clashes between anti-government crowds and police in Tehran. The nephew of former presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi was among the dead, the BBC has confirmed. Security forces reportedly opened fire... Read more...
Nearly a week after a border dispute flared over a seized oil well, Iraq and Iran continued to pick at each other, but both nations signaled their intentions to resolve the spat. Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said late Tuesday that Iraqi lawmakers will attempt to review and analyze th... Read more...
Washington (CNN)-- The U.S. military's Missile Defense Agency will practice protecting the United States from a simulated Iranian missile attack next month in an exercise using the agency's newest missile-killing technology, Pentagon officials said Friday. Previous tests have been focused on a mi... Read more...
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Both Iraq and Iran stood their ground Saturday over the reported seizure of a southern Iraqi oil well by Iranian forces. Two days after Iraq said an Iranian "armed group" crossed the border into Iraq and seized the well, Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Labid Abawi said the oc... Read more...
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The White House warned Iran Tuesday that it faces further sanctions if "they don't stop their enrichment activities, if they don't forsake their nuclear weapons program." "Our allies are serious about addressing this head-on," President Barack Obama's spokesman Robert Gibbs to... Read more...
New York (CNN) -- The federal government is seeking forfeiture of properties belonging to the Alavi Foundation and Assa Corp. -- accused of transferring money to a bank owned by the Iranian government -- including a Manhattan skyscraper and at least three mosques. Preet Bharara, the U.S. att... Read more...