Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in as Iran’s president on Wednesday after a disputed re-election that has exposed a deep schism.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei formally endorsed the second term presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday.
The trial of a group of people accused of rioting after the re-election in June of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s president began on Saturday.
Members of Parliament have drawn up a Bill limiting the autonomy of four vice-presidents in Iran, after a row with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iran was grappling with fresh political turmoil on Monday as the president came under fire over the sacking of his intelligence minister.
Iranian police used tear gas to disperse tens of thousands of supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi on Friday.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Western countries on Monday against interfering in Iranian affairs.
A newspaper editor seen as close to Iran’s top authority said on Saturday defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi had committed ”terrible crimes”.
Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cancelled his visit to Libya on Wednesday, sparing an African Union summit a diplomatic dilemma.
Iran confirmed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president and said a row over his re-election was over, leaving opponents who cried foul with few options.
Iran’s president has called for a judicial probe into the ”suspicious” death of a young woman who has become an icon of opposition protests.
A partial recount of Iran’s disputed June 12 presidential election began on Monday, al-Alam state television reported.
Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani’s support for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has led both moderates and hard-liners to start plotting against him.
Jailed members of the former Iranian reformist government are believed to have been tortured in an attempt to force them into TV "confessions".
Iran’s top legislative body said on Friday it had found no major violations in the June 12 presidential elections.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Barack Obama on Thursday of behaving like his predecessor towards Iran.
A security crackdown appears to have quelled street rallies against Iran’s disputed poll, but the leadership faced a new challenge on Wednesday.
Authorities said they would teach a lesson to ”rioters” in the worst unrest to befall the country since 1979.
Police broke up a protest in Tehran and the Revolutionary Guards said they would help crush what they called rioters opposing the re-election
A video of a bloodstained young woman, which is being portrayed as a woman killed in the Tehran protests, has been shown around the world.
At least 457 people were arrested in violent clashes in Tehran, state radio said on Monday, in which 10 people were also killed.
A suicide bomber blew himself up at the mausoleum of the father of Iran’s revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, state media said on Saturday.
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, defended Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday as the rightful winner of the presidential election.
Defeated Iran presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi urged supporters to stage peaceful protests to mourn those killed after disputed elections.
Supporters of Iran’s defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi aim to keep pressure up with new protests on Wednesday.
Iran’s electoral watchdog said on Tuesday it is ready to recount the presidential ballots if it finds irregularities in the vote count.
Seven people were killed near a rally held by supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi, state television said on Tuesday.
Defeated Iran presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has appeared in public for the first time since an election that has divided the nation.
Iran’s supreme leader has told the top election supervisory body to examine defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi’s complaints.
With temperatures at 35°C, the situation in Tehran threatened to reach boiling point as special forces in riot gear chased protesters.
Protesters clashed with police after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won an election which his reformist challenger called a ”dangerous charade”.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday told all Iranians to respect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory in a presidential election.