(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....

AABBAS AMIR-ENTEZAM, former minister and prisoner, arrested on Sept. 8 for denouncing atrocities witnessed during his previous detention. Dariush Foruhar, prominent Iranian dissident for a half-century, and his wife, Parvaneh, murdered in Tehran on Nov. 22. Ezzatollah Sahabi, director of a monthly, condemned on...

It should come as no surprise that investigators following the money trail to the bombing of the World Trade Center have come upon wire transfers from abroad to two of the detained suspects and generous subsidies to Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman from Iran. It...

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,...