Iranian politics

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was Iran's president from 2005 to 2013.

Iran’s notorious Ahmadinejad is running for president again

April 12, 2017Global Politics

Iran’s former hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the shock move on Wednesday of registering for next month’s presidential election, going against the advice of the supreme leader.

Cover of "The Lonely War," a memoir by Nazila Fathi.

An exiled author remembers her dash out of Tehran

December 9, 2014Books

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addresses a news conference in Geneva

In diplomacy, sometimes a little pain can be a good thing

October 17, 2013Global Politics

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations in New York. (Photo: REUTERS/Adrees Latif)

Israeli radio host says if Iranian leaders want a dialogue, they know whom to call

October 1, 2013Global Politics

Iranian-Jewish minority Member of Parliament, Siamak Moreh Sedgh, poses for a photograph in front of a banner for the 2012 parliamentary elections.

Why is Iran’s president traveling with his country’s one Jewish lawmaker?

September 25, 2013Global Politics