...official IRNA news agency reported. The newspaper's director, Ali Reza Mahak, said he has received no order to close and was preparing...Hamshahri's Tuesday edition. But Deputy Culture Minister Mohammad Ali Ramin later confirmed to Iran's state TV that Hamshahri has...By: Ali Akbar Dareini|Date: Nov 23, 2009

...Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, threw his support behind...conservatives, such as former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and former nuclear...Lee Keath reported from Qom. Ali Akbar Dareini reported from Tehran.By: Lee Keath and Ali Akbar Dareini|Date: Mar 13, 2008

...Iranians sought by Argentina in the bombing. Lawmakers chanted “Allahu Akbar, or “God is great,’’ as parliament speaker Ali Larijani announced the vote for Vahidi. Among the 286 lawmakers who attended, Vahidi...By: Ali Akbar Dareini and Sebastian Abbot|Date: Sep 4, 2009

...smoke smoldered from the pit for hours as emergency workers searched for data recorders and other clues to the cause. Ali Akbar Hashemi, a 23-year-old, was laying gas pipes in a house by the field when he saw the stricken jet overhead. He...By: Ali Akbar Dareini|Date: Jul 16, 2009

TEHRAN - Iran said yesterday it would continue to limit the operations of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency, setting the stage for a confrontation with the United States.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has said it expected Iran "to grant the agency all access deemed necessary" to defuse suspicions that Tehran is operating a nuclear weapons program.

By: Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press|Date: Jun 21, 2003

...parliament stirs India politics (By Emily Wax, Washington Post) Iranian rival slams denial of Holocaust (By Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press) Violence mounts in Pakistan border area, killing dozens (By Riaz Khan, Associated Press...

...s visit to Israel (By Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times) Iran’s opposition turns to top clerics (By Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press) Economic woes widen worker protection gap at S. Korean companies (By Choe Sang-Hun...

...Abbas Updated: Wednesday, 04 Nov 2009, 8:17 AM EST Published : Wednesday, 04 Nov 2009, 8:16 AM EST ALI AKBAR DAREINI,Associated Press Writer TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An earthquake struck a key port city in southern Iran early Wednesday...

...powerful calls for justice and their courageous pursuit of universal rights." ___ Associated Press writer Ali Akbar Dareini in Tehran and Ben Feller in Washington contributed to this report. Copyright Associated Press, Copyright 2009...

...operation in a few months." (Ali Akbar Dareini `Iranian influence increasing in Iraq...failure to meet those promises." (Ali Akbar Dareini `Powerful council opposes Iran...He believed "Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Iran's various conservative...