Rationing Fuels Discontent In Iran
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TEHRAN, June 30 -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who swept to power promising that every family would benefit from the nation's oil wealth, now faces growing domestic discontent over newly imposed fuel rationing and skyrocketing consumer prices.
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The anger posed a threat to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who was elected on a platform of bringing oil income to the nationâs households.
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Iran's top leaders defended a new fuel rationing plan Saturday that sparked violence earlier this week, saying it will free up funding for development projects and make the country "invincible," state-run television reported.
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Iran on Saturday reiterated its call for  OPEC to pull supply back down to official quota levels and  mapped out a way to fund a long-promised production hike, a  newspaper reported.
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In a manner that recalls haggling in a Persian bazaar, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Islamic Republic of Iran are engaged in a tussle about the meaning of their recently concluded bargain over Tehranâs nuclear program.
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The American Studies program at the University of Tehran is a bold experiment in a nation locked in bitter confrontation with the United States &#151; at a school where chants of "Death to America!" still punctuate Friday prayers.
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The US expresses grave concern over what it calls the worsening human rights situation in Iran.
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President Ahmadinejad's account rejected in Iran which is second only to Thailand for sex changes.
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IranÂs president sparred with the Council on Foreign Relations, exasperating his questioners and angering the Bush Administration and Jewish groups.
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Some top politicians are concerned Iranian influence will affect the new democratic process.
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Western powers are struggling to decide how to react to Iran&#39;s fledgling nuclear programme. Take a hard line, and the Iranian people may side with the hawks in their government, who want to develop nuclear weapons.
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Iran is in the midst of a sweeping crackdown that both Iranians and U.S. analysts compare to a cultural revolution in its attempt to steer the oil-rich theocracy back to the rigid strictures of the 1979 revolution.
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TEHRAN -- Iranians smashed shop windows and set fire to a dozen gas stations in the capital yesterday, angered by the sudden start of a fuel rationing system that threatens to further increase the unpopularity of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Two announcements Sunday appeared intended to enforce Iranâs refusal to back down in the face of stepped-up pressure from the United States.
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Iran steps up protests over award of knighthood to British author.
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A coalition of Iranian reformists on Friday criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his hardline policies and said they were worsening a crisis with the international community.
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VENICE, Italy  - All Iranian filmmakers  working in their homeland have to face the trials of the  censor, but if the subject matter includes abortion, adultery  and lesbian love, the chances of gaining official approval in  the Islamic republic are all but zero.