TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- An Iranian scientist held by the U.S. since late 2011 has returned to Iran. The scientist, Mojtaba Atarodi said U.S. authorities had treated him "generally well." The microchip expert at Tehran's high profile Sharif University, Atarodi was in U.S. custody since December 2011 over allegations he bought high-tech equipment in ...

A former Marine incarcerated inIranfor nearly two years on suspicionsthat he was an American spy has been granted monthly visitations by an uncle in Tehran since March and has been permitted to send letters to his family for the first time, according to his sister, who interpreted the eased conditions as possible signs that Iran eventually could release ...

Iran news headlines on Saturdayincludereturn of detained Iranian scientist to Iran from US;an Iranian MP Arsalan Fathipour announcementfor running in presidential election; EIA remarks over fall ofIrans 2012 oil exports due to sanctions; Salehi remarks over time of Iran and world powers talks andIran releasing indigenous ballistic, cruise missiles ...

Iran news headlines on Fridayinclude US releasingIranian professor held on charge ofviolating US sanctions;Iranian Armys Ground Forces testing new equipment in upcoming drills; Iran FMexpressing condolencesover building collapse in Bangladesh and his participation inHeart of Asia Ministerial Conference 2013 inKazakhstan.   Iranian scientist ...

(Reuters) - An Iranian scientist held for more than a year in California on charges of violating U.S. sanctions arrived in Muscat on Friday, after being freed in what the Omani foreign ministry said was a humanitarian gesture. Mojtaba Atarodi, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Sharif University of Technology, had been detained for ...

Irans Foreign Ministry has called on the US administration to take immediate measures to release Iranian associate professor Mojtaba Atarodi who is under house arrest in the US. One year has passed since Dr. Mojtaba Atarodi, one of the internationally renowned professors of Sharif University of Technology, was arrested on bogus charges by US police ...