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North Korea and Iran are about to become two radically different experiments in how American “engagement” works or fails to work.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei orders a high-level clerical panel to investigate.

Protesters who claim the vote was rigged clash with police for a second day.

Roughly half of Israelis support bombing Iran's nuclear facilities if international efforts to stop the Islamic republic from developing nuclear weapons fail, according to a Hebrew University poll released Sunday.

His main challenger, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, disputes the election results, and his supporters clash with police in Tehran. The vote outcome may have broad consequences for U.S. foreign policy.

Today's presidential election has turned into a battle between the haves and the have-nots.

Iran's presidential candidates ended a hard-fought and bitter campaign on Thursday, the eve of an election which reformists hope will prevent hardline Mahmoud Ahmadinejad winning a second term.

Iran's hard-line president took a final shot at his rivals Wednesday during his last public campaign rally, accusing his main pro-reform challenger of fabricating problems about the country's economic woes.

An anti-Syrian coalition defeated Hezbollah in Lebanon's parliamentary election on Sunday in a blow to Syria and Iran and a boost to the United States.

It's a first for Iran: a series of debates televised live ahead of the upcoming presidential elections next week.