Jun 15 Disputing Election, Pro-reform Marchers Fill Tehran Streets By Admin, PBS News Hour Tens of thousands of supporters of Iranian pro-reform leader Mir Hossein Mousavi streamed into the center of Tehran Monday in a boisterous protest against Friday's election results that declared President Mamoud Ahmadinejad the winner. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch Iran's Future Unclear Following Presidential Election President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his main challenger, former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi, both claimed victory in Iran's election Friday. Analysts examine the impact of the heated contest. Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch Iran's Presidential Election Hotly Contested Christian Science Monitor reporter Scott Peterson provides an update on Iran's presidential election. Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch High Voter Turnout in Close Iranian Presidential Election Independent Television News reporter Lindsey Hilsum reports from Iran on the scene at the polls during Friday's presidential election. Continue watching
Jun 12 Iranians Jam Polling Places in Hard-fought Presidential Election By Admin, PBS News Hour Iranians voted Friday in a highly charged election for president in which hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is seeking a second term against candidates including the more moderate former prime minister, Mirhossein Moussavi. Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch Other News: WHO Declares H1N1 Flu a Pandemic In other news, the World Health Organization declared the first global flu pandemic in 41 years, and four Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo Bay were released to Bermuda. Continue watching
Jun 10 Watch Presidential Election Becoming a Heated Contest in Iran In Iran, the presidential election is turning into a contest with several contenders seeking to unseat the current leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports on the political mood of Tehran in the lead-up to Friday's election. Continue watching
Jun 05 Hezbollah, Pro-Western Blocs at Odds in Lebanese Elections By PBS News Hour Lebanon's parliamentary elections on Sunday pit a Western-backed coalition now holding the majority in the government against an Iranian- and Syrian-backed alliance led by Hezbollah. Continue reading
May 27 Watch Obama Administration Faces Instability in Key Nuclear Nations Nuclear tests in North Korea, violence in Pakistan and a diplomatic stalemate with Iran has complicated nuclear diplomacy for the U.S. Former Carter official Zbigniew Brzezinski and Philip Zelikow, foreign adviser under President Bush, consider the new world. Continue watching
May 25 Watch Other News: Ahmadinejad Challenges Obama to Debate; U.S. Marks Memorial Day Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad challenged President Obama to a debate if he is re-elected as Iran's president next month, and in Pakistan, the Taliban has called for refugees to return to the Swat Valley. At Arlington Cemetery, President Obama paid… Continue watching