LARIJANI PRESS CONFERENCE
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani listens to a journalist's question during his press conference in Tehran, Iran on August 6, 2006. Larijani said that Iran will expand uranium enrichment activities in defiance of a U.N. Security Council resolution giving the Islamic Republic until August 31 to halt nuclear activities or face the threat of political and economic sanctions. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)
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TEHRAN, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Ali Larijani won his second tenure in office on Tuesday despite a conservative attempt to oust him from office.
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TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Judicial officials in Tehran should "decisively and mercilessly act" against opposition elements that orchestrated the post-election unrest, the president said.
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Lawmakers are examining the ideology and revolutionary background of Cabinet ministers for the next administration, the Iranian speaker of Parliament said.
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- An Iranian parliamentary committee agreed to review evidence of abuse in Tehran's prisons after allegations were posted on the Web, an opposition leader said.
TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Iran's Parliament speaker confirmed differences of opinion among many conservative lawmakers in Iran as the political turmoil in Tehran escalates.
TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a prime-time television endorsement of Cabinet nominees prior to what analysts say will be a confirmation battle.
TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Some Iranian protesters held after June's presidential election were tortured to death in prison, one of Iran's defeated presidential candidates said.
TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Comments by U.S. and French officials on the state of affairs in post-election Iran are a sign of failed diplomacy, the Iranian speaker of Parliament said.
