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Habibollah Latifi's scheduled execution in Iran has been put on hold, his lawyer says. The lawyer for a Kurdish-Iranian law student who was scheduled to be executed Sunday says the sentence has been halted, pending an investigation of what his legal team says are irregularities in the case...

Starting this week, several of Iran's most prominent women's rights activists, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, will stage a sit-in in front of the U.N. Human Rights Council offices in Geneva, Switzerland, to protest Iran's imprisonment of their colleague Nasrin Sotoudeh...

The death toll from a magnitude-6.5 earthquake in southeastern Iran rose to 7, with officials fearing that it will continue to climb, state-run Press TV said Tuesday. Felt as far away as the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the quake was particularly strong between the cities of Zahedan and Bam. It...

Oil and gas prices in Iran could rise starting Sunday, as the government initiates the latest phase of a subsidy regulation initiative aimed at bolstering the nation's struggling economy. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Iranian TV on Saturday evening that prices for some energy-related items...

Some members of Ottawa's Iranian community accuse the government of Iran of meddling in the investigation into the slaying of Yazdan Ghiasi, 16, a week ago. The teen — who is of Iranian descent — was shot and killed and his body dumped in downtown Ottawa last Monday morning. The government of...

Freed U.S. hiker Sarah Shourd says she wrote songs while being held in an Iranian prison. http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/09/24/snow.sarah.shourd.speaks.cnn http://cnn.com/video/?/video/showbiz/2010/11/26/wynter.american.hikers.iran.cnn Sarah Shourd, the American hiker freed from an Iran...

The tens of thousands of diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks and released Sunday are full of policy discussions and geo-strategic issues -- but they also tell some fascinating human stories. One such cable, sent from the American embassy in Turkey last year, tells of an elderly U.S...

Tehran, Iran -- An Iranian woman whose death sentence has sparked an outcry outside Iran may yet be spared, the Islamic Republic's chief human rights official said Monday, according to the state-run Press TV. Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was convicted of adultery in 2006 and sentenced to death...

The mothers of Shane Bauer, shown left, and Josh Fattal hold pictures of the two hikers being held in Iran. A trial for two American hikers held in Iran has been postponed until February 6, their attorney, Masoud Shafii, said Sunday. The reason for the delay was the absence of Josh Fattal and...

Nigerian authorities said Friday they had seized 130 kilograms (286 pounds) of high-grade heroin in a shipment that originated in Iran. The drugs were hidden inside auto parts and were discovered because of intelligence reports from foreign collaborators, the National Drug Law Enforcement...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhayu says Monday a nuclear-armed Iran is the greatest danger to Israel. New Orleans, Louisiana -- In a speech before the general assembly of a major Jewish organization, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Iran the biggest threat to his country and the...

"When it comes to Iran, all options are on the table," Defense Secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday. Sanctions aimed at stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons are having an impact on that country, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday. "We know that they are concerned about the...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/11/03/sayah.iran.stoning.ashtiani.cnn Tehran, Iran -- A woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery has not been executed, Iran's official news agency reported Wednesday, rejecting "Western media" reports that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani had been...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/10/25/sot.karzai.cash.cnn Kabul, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan acknowledged Monday he has received cash from Iran and said the United States knows about it and does the same thing in doling out cash. In response, the U.S. State...

Iran has begun loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear energy plant in the southern city of Bushehr, state media reported Tuesday. "Iran's peaceful nuclear programs and activities are going on as scheduled," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters. "The...

Reza Taghavi, an Iranian-American detained for more than two years in Iran, is expected to return to the United States Thursday evening. The retired businessman from Orange County, California, was released Saturday. He had been held in Iran's notorious Evin prison since May 2008 on suspicion of...

Tehran, Iran -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is set to arrive in Iran Monday night to discuss the expansion of relations between the two countries, according to Iran's semiofficial Fars News Agency. His visit comes on the heels of stops in the Russian Federation and Belarus, where the...

Canada tightens Iran sanctions OTTOWA, Ontario, Canada Monday announced tightened sanctions against Iran, accusing Tehran of defying international law by edging closer to building nuclear weapons. Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said the heightened sanctions, like previous Canadian...

EU imposes sanctions on Iran BRUSSELS, The European Union said Monday it is imposing its toughest sanctions against Iran in response to the country's refusal to stop enriching uranium. The New York Times reported the sanctions include a ban on new investment in Iran's eroding oil and gas...

Twin bombs hit Iran mosque ZAHEDAN, Iran, Back-to-back bombs outside a Shiite mosque in Zahedan, Iran, Thursday night killed more than 20 people and injured about 100, authorities said. The Iranian news agency IRNA said one explosion occurred outside the mosque about 9:30 p.m. local time and...