More on Iran
By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times
Ever since we heard an Iranian cleric explain that scantily clad and promiscuous women are the cause of earthquakes, we just can't get...
Yousef Munayyer
Palestinians are in Israel today because they managed to survive the depopulation of 1948, the year the Jewish state was founded (Arabs...
By Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim
Iran's top political and religious authority lashed out at the United States at a nuclear disarmament conference Saturday in Tehran meant to...
Brazil's foreign minister said there was an "affinity" between his nation's opposition to new sanctions on Iran and the positions of China...
By Paul Richter
The Obama administration signaled Wednesday that the United States would accept weakened United Nations sanctions against Iran as a way to...
By Paul Richter
China insisted Tuesday that it has not shifted its approach on Iran's nuclear program, despite White House claims on Monday that Beijing had...
By Christi Parsons and Paul Richter
Chinese President Hu Jintao agreed in a face-to-face meeting with President Obama on Monday to pursue new economic sanctions against Iran,...
By Ned Parker and Usama Redha
Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, battling for another term in office, lashed out at Iraq's neighbors Monday for meddling in its affairs as...
The Iranian ambassador to Baghdad said Saturday that Iraq's new government should incorporate all political blocs, including Sunni Arabs,...
By Borzou Daragahi
Iranian scientists have submitted plans to start work on at least one new nuclear facility by September, a top official was quoted as saying...
By Paul Richter
President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao discussed U.S.-led efforts to impose new sanctions on Iran in a lengthy telephone call...
By Barbara Demick and Borzou Daragahi
China announced Thursday that President Hu Jintao planned to attend a nuclear nonproliferation conference this month in Washington, an...
By Borzou Daragahi
'Daddy, don't you confess!" she implored over the phone, the outburst of an impulsive teen.
By Paul Richter and Megan K. Stack
U.S. and European officials considering new sanctions against Iran have decided to set aside some of the harshest of the measures as they...
By Meris Lutz
Conservative rivals of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stood firm Monday in their fight to prevent him from rapidly cutting government...
By Megan K. Stack
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had barely arrived in Moscow for nuclear arms and Mideast talks when tensions over Iran flared...
By Paul Richter
After keeping a careful distance for the last year, the Obama administration has concluded that the Iranian opposition movement has...
Associated Press
From the deck of Iran's new guided-missile destroyer, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticized the United States' military presence...
By Ilan Berman and Robert C. McFarlane
What can the Obama administration do about Iran's drive to develop nuclear weapons?