A U.S. attempt to shoot down a ballistic missile mimicking an attack from Iran failed after a malfunction in a radar built by Raytheon, the Defense Department said.
Days after the bloody weekend crackdown on Iranian protesters, the issue is still generating thousands of posts on Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook.
Iran remained on edge Sunday as demonstrators planned widespread protests to coincide with the climax of the holy period of Ashura.
AP - Iran banned memorials for the country's most senior dissident cleric and reiterated a stern warning to the opposition Thursday, after days of services in honor of the spiritual leader turned into street protests against the government.
Iranian prison officials have been charged with murder in the deaths of protesters imprisoned after the country's disputed presidential election, Iranian media reports.
Iran threatens tougher action against protesters, a day after more than 200 were arrested during marches by tens of thousands at universities across the country.
The defiant announcement comes only two days after the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency censured Tehran, demanding it immediately stop construction of a newly revealed nuclear facility near the holy city of Qom.
The United States warned Iran on Friday it is prepared to push for significantly stronger economic sanctions against it in the wake of the U.N nuclear watchdog's resolution censuring Tehran's nuclear program.
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U.N. inspectors got their first look Sunday inside a once-secret uranium enrichment facility that has raised Western suspicions about the extent of Iran's nuclear program.
