Mar 18th, 2010 · Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Iran's new Russian-built nuclear reactor will begin operating this summer, even as the United States called for Russia to delay the startup. Clinton, in Moscow on an official trip, urged Russia not to start up the plant until Tehran proves that it's not developing atomic weapons.
Mar 18th, 2010 · Until his arrest in 2004, nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan — the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb — ran a vast smuggling network that sent nuclear materiel to Iran and Libya. In his book Peddling Peril: How the Secret Nuclear Trade Arms America's Enemies, weapons expert David Albright explains how Khan's network continues to threaten global security.
Mar 17th, 2010 · Simin Behbahani, Iran's most prominent poet, was about to board a flight to Paris when police seized her passport. Behbahani, 82 and nearly blind, has not been charged with any crime. Many fear her treatment may signal a rise in repressive tactics by Iran's government.
Mar 13th, 2010 · Iranian officials say that several networks were gathering information on nuclear scientists and finding ways to circumvent Internet controls meant to stymie the opposition. Thirty of their members reportedly were arrested.
Mar 6th, 2010 · A car bomb exploded near a bus for pilgrims in the Shiite holy city of Najaf on Saturday, killing at least three people, including two Iranians, on the eve of key national elections, officials said.
Mar 5th, 2010 · Abdolmalek Rigi is the leader of Jundallah, an armed group in southeastern Iran that's responsible for bloody attacks on Iranian security forces. Rigi was arrested last week, but there are conflicting accounts of what happened — and now he's claiming he was working for the CIA.
Mar 3rd, 2010 · Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he would not "bow down" to international pressure, pre-empting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before she could even make the case for new U.N. Security Council penalties. He said it was unwise to push Iran against a wall and that he supported Tehran's pursuit of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
Mar 1st, 2010 · Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says during a state visit to France that his country is ready to consider new sanctions over Iran's nuclear program. He also noted that it would be "desirable" to avoid sanctions — and insisted they should not harm the Iranian population.