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The Demolished Mosque in Tehran had Legal Issues

There are more than 12 Sunni prayer halls in the capital in which public prayers are held daily...

(SALEM, Ore.) - A few days ago, news was spreading about demolishing a Sunni mosque in Tehran by the government. However, an Iraqi website published an article saying that this prayer hall had some legal issues and had violated municipal laws.

Reported by al-Waie News, in contrast with what the recent news claims, there are numerous Sunni mosques in Iran’s capital, Tehran.

Nuclear Agreement with Iran is Good for the U.S.

What was really at stake in these negotiations was international trade and U.S. prestige.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - On July 14th, the U.S., China, France, Germany, Great Britain, and Russia reached an agreement with Iran to "to limit Tehran’s nuclear ability in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions."

In reality, the negotiations were less about curbing nuclear proliferation and more about international trade and U.S. prestige. On balance, this Iran nuclear agreement is realistic, pragmatic and, on balance, good for the U.S.

Statement by the President of the United States on Iran Agreement

The President of the United States announced a negotiated agreement with Iran today.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - THE PRESIDENT: Today, after two years of negotiations, the United States, together with our international partners, has achieved something that decades of animosity has not -- a comprehensive, long-term deal with Iran that will prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

This deal demonstrates that American diplomacy can bring about real and meaningful change -- change that makes our country, and the world, safer and more secure.

Mossad Targets Nuclear Engineers in Damascus

While Unleashing Projects to Derail Nuclear Talks

(DAMASCUS) - With less than two weeks run-up to the ‘deadline’ for Iran and the P-5 + 1 to negotiate a final agreement, the ninth set of talks between the parties on the nuclear issue, Mossad has assassinated a team of five nuclear weapons specialists in Damascus, the leader of whom was Iranian.

This according to one of the authors of the just published Naame Shaam’s report: Iran in Syria: From an Ally of the Regime to an Occupying Force.

Regional, World Powers on Alert After ISIL Declares New Islamic State

The move, at the start of the holy month of Ramadan, follows a three-week drive for territory by ISIL militants and allies among Iraqi's Sunni Muslim minority.

(TIKRIT, Iraq) - Iraqi troops battled to dislodge an al Qaeda splinter group from the city of Tikrit on Monday after its leader was declared caliph of a new Islamic state in lands seized this month across a swathe of Iraq and Syria.

Alarming regional and world powers, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed universal authority, declaring its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was now caliph of the Muslim world - a mediaeval title last widely recognized in the Ottoman sultan deposed 90 years ago after World War One.

U.S. Says No to Military Action in Iraq with Iran

The White House and Pentagon later ruled out any military co-operation in comments that were at odds with those of Kerry.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The United States has ruled out coordinated military action with Iran as one of the options being considered to thwart radical Islamic extremists in Iraq as Sunni Muslim fighters seized another Iraqi city.

US secretary of state John Kerry raised the possibility of military co-operation with Iran to prevent Iraq being torn apart by sectarian conflict when he said in response to a question that he “wouldn’t rule out anything”.

U.S. Does Not Rule Out Working With Iran to End Violence in Iraq

ISIL fighters captured the mainly ethnic Turkmen city of Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq overnight after heavy fighting on Sunday.

(BAGHDAD, Iraq) - The United States is contemplating talks with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government in its battle with Sunni Islamist insurgents who routed Baghdad's army and seized the north of the country in the past week.

The stunning onslaught by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant threatens to dismember Iraq and unleash all-out sectarian warfare across a crescent of the Middle East.

Iran Review`s Exclusive Interview with Shahir Shahidsaless

Here the former diplomat gives an insider’s history of the troubled relationship between Iran and the US

(TEHRAN) - Iran and the six world powers have been discussing ways to iron out differences and start drafting a final deal that would end the West’s dispute with Iran over the country’s nuclear energy program. The two sides wrapped up their fourth round of nuclear talks in Vienna on Friday May 16, 2014.

Iran says there has been no tangible progress on drafting the text of a comprehensive nuclear deal. However, President Hassan Rouhani has expressed optimism that the nuclear negotiations with the Sextet of world powers will result in a final agreement.

Iran Celebrates 63rd Anniversary of Oil Nationalization

Yes, my sin — my greater sin and even my greatest sin is that I nationalized Iran's oil industry and discarded the system of political and economic exploitation by the world's greatest empire. - Mohammad Mosaddegh

(TEHRAN IranReview.Org) - To many Iranian’s March 20 is the reminder of an event that changed the course of history for their country; it was in such a day back in 1951 when Iran’s then parliament voted unanimously in favor of the nationalization of oil in Iran.

The idea was introduced in a bill to the parliament by Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq with the support of his nationalist party and religious groups led by Ayatollah Kashani.

UK Arrests Iranian Journalist Over `Traitor` Complaint

The British police have detained the Iranian owner of a London-based television production company over allegations made by a British secret service agent against Press TV.

(LONDON Press TV) - Mehdi Mirtaleb, who heads a company that renders media services to Press TV, was taken into custody by London police after a notorious Iranian separatist filed a complaint against the alternative news channel.

Shadi Sadr, whose controversial remarks promoting the separation of the resource-rich southwestern province of Khuzestan from the rest of Iran has met with angry reactions from Iranians throughout the world and earned her the title of ‘traitor’, took exception to Press TV covering her statements in a February 27 article published on the channel’s website.