AP | MEHDI FATTAHI and JON GAMBRELL: The U.S. Embassy in Tehran remains frozen in 1979 as the 40th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis approaches, a time capsule of revolutionary graffiti, Underwood typewriters and rotary telephones. The diplomatic compound was overrun by students angered when Washington allowed ousted Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analysts Mehrdad Moarefian and Marie Donovan, with contributors Chris Rawlins and Diana Timmerman. To receive this daily newsletter, please subscribe online. Key takeaway:The Supreme Leader ordered units participating ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham denied the reports that the reopening of embassies will be discussed in talks between Tehran and Washington. The negotiations between Tehran and Washington only include the issues related to Tehrans nuclear energy program, Afkham reiterated. The Iranian spokeswoman made ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 19 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. The row between parliament and the executive over the alleged withdrawal of money by the latter from the National Development Fund continued to dominate the front pages ...

Marking the 35th anniversary of the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979, the Central Intelligence Agencytweetedseveral facts that were misrepresented in the 2012 Hollywood adaptation of the incident, Argo. Supporters of the Iranian Revolution fueled by an anti-American climate sweeping the country stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran on Nov.4 of ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Hard-liners in Iran have gathered at the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran to protest against the Islamic Republic's recent deal with world powers over its contested nuclear program. Hard-liners carried banners Saturday accusing moderate President Hassan Rouhani and the nation's nuclear negotiation team of "giving up Iran's right ...

TEHRAN -- Last year he took New York by storm. This week, Iranian PresidentHassan Rouhanicontinued his charm offensive at the world's most high-profile economic summit in Davos, Switzerland. At the ritzy Alpine resort, the Iranian leader delivered a clear message: Iran is open for business. Rouhani touted investment opportunities in Iran, met ...

The following is a chronology of key events in U.S.-Iran relations since the 1979 revolution. 1979 Feb. 14 Students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, but were evicted by the deputy foreign minister and Iranian security forces. Aug. 10 Iran canceled a $9 billion arms deal with the United States made during the shah's reign. Nov. 4 Students ...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iranian youths were more than three decades ahead of their time when they called the former US Embassy in Tehran the den of espionage. The Leader was addressing a group of school and university students on the occasion of the Student Day which coincides with the takeover of the former ...