Invoking art, history and "the common humanity that binds us," President Barack Obama offered a new day in the United States' relationship with Iran, using a videotaped message released on the Internet to make an unusual appeal directly to Iranians for a shift away from decades of confrontation. ...more

March 21, 2009

Iran Says Movies Are 'Insulting' An adviser to Iran's president on Sunday demanded an apology from a team of visiting Hollywood actors and movie industry officials, including Annette Bening, saying films such as "300" and "The Wrestler" were "insulting" to Iranians. ...more

March 2, 2009

Iran invited the U.S. women's badminton team to compete in a tournament then denied its players visas Wednesday, saying there was no time to process their visa applicatio ...more

February 4, 2009

Militant Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr plans to make a series of short visits to Iraq starting within weeks, but has decided to make Iran his home base for years to come, a key aide says. ...more

August 23, 2008

It's All Just Talk Regarding "Bush's Winning Appearance At Olympic Games" (Our Opinion, Aug. 12): ...more

August 16, 2008

Last week, the front pages of the world press blossomed with photos of four Iranian rockets, fired in salvo, heading skyward. ...more

July 16, 2008

Every presidential campaign has its hitches. For John McCain, they felt more like full-blown lurches last week, with nearly every step forward quickly offset by a misstatement or wisecrack that seemed to blow his message off course. ...more

July 13, 2008

Iran's war games this week featured more bluff and exaggeration than displays of menacing new power, military analysts said Friday. ...more

July 12, 2008

It was President Bush who introduced the ghost of Neville Chamberlain into the 2008 presidential election. ...more

May 29, 2008

Saddam Hussein allowed the world to think he had weapons of mass destruction to deter rival Iran and did not think the United States would stage a major invasion, according to an FBI interrogator who questioned the Iraqi leader after his capture. ...more

January 26, 2008