By Gary Thomas Washington 23 May 2007 A leading Iranian-American scholar is in prison in Tehran, charged with plotting to topple the Iranian government. Both U.S. officials and professional colleagues say Haleh Esfandiari is only a scholar and catego...
By David Gollust State Department 23 May 2007 The United States says Iran will face additional international pressure following release of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report that Tehran has expanded its uranium-enrichment activities....
By Margaret Besheer Washington 15 May 2007 IAEA Board of Governors, Vienna, Austria Despite U.N. Security Council sanctions and international demands that Iran suspend its nuclear enrichment work, diplomats and international inspectors say the Islami...
By Challiss McDonough Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt 04 May 2007 There was a rare mid-level meeting Friday between Iranian and U.S. diplomats at an international conference on Iraq. But at the same meeting, Iran's foreign minister has blasted the U.S. polici...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 13 April 2007 The second-ranking U.S. general in Iraq says his experts suspect that Iran is helping Sunni insurgent groups, as well as Shi'ite groups, as both contribute to ongoing violence in Iraq. VOA's Al Pessin reports from...
By Gary Thomas Washington 09 April 2007 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to the media at a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, 04 Apr 2007 Iran says it has enhanced its capability to enrich uranium. The announcement sparked quick...
By Scott Stearns Washington 01 April 2007 U.S. President George Bush says Iran must unconditionally release 15 British naval personnel seized this past week. VOA White House Correspondent reports, Mr. Bush discussed the matter Saturday with Brazilian...
By Sonja Pace London 28 March 2007 Iran has shown television footage of some of the 15 British sailors detained by Iranian forces last Friday and hints they could be released soon. Earlier in the day, Britain announced it is freezing all bilateral b...
By Teri Schultz Brussels 26 March 2007 Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns, visiting Brussels for talks with European Union and NATO allies, warned Tehran its failure to cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency would lead to Iran's further...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 08 March 2007 Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are accusing Iran of increasing persecution and legal prosecution of women's rights activists. As VOA's Stephanie Ho reports, the two groups held a joint news confe...