Nuclear enrichment among Iran’s ‘inalienable rights,’ new president says

Published on June 18, 2013

Iran’s President-elect Hassan Rohani said he would strive for transparency in his country’s nuclear program but would not stop enriching uranium.

Iran’s new president still Khamenei-approved, Netanyahu says

Published on June 17, 2013

The election of cleric Hassan Rohani as president of Iran does not change anything, since he was shortlisted by the country’s radical Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran will destroy Israeli cities If attacked

Published on March 21, 2013

Iran's clerical supreme leader said on Thursday the Islamic Republic would destroy the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa if it came under attack from the Jewish state.

Khamenei dismisses sanctions, says Iran stronger than ever

Published on July 11, 2012

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday dismissed harsher sanctions imposed on Iran this month over its disputed nuclear activity, saying the country was "100 times stronger" than before.

Iran threatens retaliation over oil embargo

Published on February 3, 2012

Iran's supreme leader threatened on Friday to retaliate against the West for sanctions, a day after a U.S. newspaper said defense secretary Leon Panetta believed Israel was likely to bomb Iran within months to stop it building a nuclear bomb.

Making sense of Iran’s sham post-election trials

By Karmel Melamed
Published on August 23, 2009

L.A.‘s Iranian Americans protest Iran’s election

By Karmel Melamed
Published on June 15, 2009