Tattoos go undercover with Iran's youth
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It's an undercover movement &#151; literally: Tattoos have become a fad among many young Iranian women who proudly display them in private but must keep them under wraps from authorities.
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Sayeed Habibi considers himself a marked man. The reason: his Internet blog that challenges some of the policies of Iran's theocracy.
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The tattoo of the future may be good for your health rather than just your image.
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WASHINGTON -- Iranian television yesterday aired images of two imprisoned Americans for the first time and said it will show a documentary tomorrow that includes confessions by scholar Haleh Esfandiari, of Potomac, Md., and New York-based social scientist Kian Tajbakhsh.
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No one familiar with Iranâs record of broken promises on its hidden nuclear weapons program will be surprised by the allegations leveled against Tehran this week.
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By Associated Press  DALLAS -- Since long before leaving her native Iran as a teenager in 1984, Anousheh Ansari stared at the stars and dreamed of traveling closer to them.
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The arrival of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the latest example of the diplomatic dance New York has performed through the ages with controversial visitors to the U.N.
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Iran has recruited its own network of Iraqi Shi'ite extremists to use armor-piercing weapons against U.S. and coalition forces rather than against Sunni rivals, current and former intelligence officials say.
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For 25 years, Mohammed Akbar Salam painted the style that he and his colleagues knew &#151; realism. Under the ultra-restrictive Taliban regime, depictions of the human figure were forbidden, and their work shriveled to an austere repertoire of calligraphy and still life.
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His playful but subtly cutting lyrics about growing up in an Islamic state have made Mohsen Namjoo the most controversial figure in Persian music today.
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In Iraq, the ties to neighboring Iran are as apparent as the desert sun. They reach back to Islam's earliest days, and before.
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PARIS -- The two teenage friends hardly seemed like Islamic radicals. They smoked marijuana, drank beer, listened to rap music, and wore jeans.
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Steven Kazmierczak had the look of a boyish graduate student Â except for the disturbing tattoos that covered his arms.
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Dozens of people are arrested in Iran for spying on its nuclear activities, and passing details to its "enemies".
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Iran has blocked four local photographers from exhibiting some of their work in Paris after certain pictures were deemed to be &quot;against Islamic values and mocking the image of Iranian women.&quot;
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Iran's secretive Quds Force, accused by the United States of arming Iraqi militants with deadly bomb-making material, has built up an extensive network in the war-torn country, recruiting Iraqis and supporting not only Shiite militias but also Shiites allied with Washington.
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On Scene: Despite its fiery rhetoric, Tehran isn't eager to get actively involved in the current conflict. But it is more than willing to exploit it to advance its popularity in the Islamic world