(2002 est. pop. 11 million). The city of Tehran, capital of Iran, is located in the north-central part of the country at the foothills of the Elburz Mountains. It is the second largest city in the Middle East, after Cairo, with a population of more...

Tehran (IPA: [tʰehˈɾɒn]; Persian: تهران Tehrān) is the capital and largest city of Iran (Persia), the largest city in Southwest Asia and the administrative center of Tehran Province. More than half of Iran's industry is based in Tehran....

Middle East: As Iran continues to defy world demands that it halt its illicit nuclear program, a U.S. armada steams just off the Iranian coast. Good thing. Those ships might come in handy real soon.On Wednesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency issued another report underscoring...

Axis Of Evil: Russia says the launch of Iran's nuclear power plant will be delayed because Tehran is behind in making construction payments. Two possibilities come immediately to mind, both of them encouraging.First, if Tehran is truly delinquent on its payments to the state-run Atomstroiexport,...

George Clooney's production company is writing a script for a movie based on the true story of a CIA fake-identity expert who smuggled six Americans out of Iran while dozens of others were being held hostage there."Escape From Tehran" is in development but hasn't been...

Middle East: More U.S. troops were killed by Iranian bombs in July than any other month since the war in Iraq began. This can't be allowed to continue.The U.S. and the civilized world must isolate the nasty Islamofascist regime in Tehran and then crush it....