Iran

Protesters In NYC March Against Future Military Action Against Iran

“Any invasion of Iran would be a repeat of what happened in Iraq,” said protester Corrine Willinger.

2012/02/04

NYPD security and bomb-sniffing dogs posted outside the Israeli consulate in Manhattan. (credit: CBS 2)

Increased Israel-Iran Tension Leads To Heightened Security At Jewish Institutions In NYC

The NYPD says that security has been increased at the Israeli consulate, synagogues and other Jewish cultural institutions throughout the city.

2012/02/03

Price at the pump at a gas station - Stamford, CT - Jan 6, 2012 (credit: Paul Murnane / WCBS 880)

Oil Analyst Blames Iran For High Gas Prices

High gas prices are no surprise in the summer, but they’ve gone up this winter.

2012/01/06

Connecticut Lawmaker Continues Push To Lower Gas Tax

On top of the 25 cent a gallon state tax is a floating tax that rises and falls with the price of gas. Right now, that’s an additional tax of 25 cents per gallon.

2012/01/05

Firefighters arrive at the World Trade Center - New York, NY - Sep 11, 2001 (credit: DOUG KANTER/AFP/Getty Images)

NY Judge: Iran, Taliban, Al-Qaida Liable For 9/11 Attack

The findings of a default judgement signed by the judge said Iran continues to provide material support and resources to al-Qaida by providing a safe haven for al-Qaida leadership and rank-and-file al-Qaida members.

2011/12/22

Manssor Arbabsiar (file / AP Photo/Williamson County Jail via Corpus Christi Caller-Times)

Not Guilty Plea In Plot To Assassinate Saudi Ambassador

A U.S. citizen who holds an Iranian passport pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he plotted to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States.

2011/10/24

Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

2 Charged In New York With Attempt To Assassinate Saudi Ambassador

Manssor Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old U.S. citizen who also holds an Iranian passport, was charged along with Gholam Shakuri, whom authorities said was a Quds Force member.

2011/10/11

Freed Americans Shane Bauer, left, Josh Fattal, center, and Sarah Shourd, right, Bauer's fiance, wave from the door to an airplane before leaving for the United States at the airport in Muscat, Oman, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Sultan al-Hasani)

Hikers Say Iran Held Them Because They’re Americans

Two Americans held for more than two years in an Iranian prison on accusations of spying are back on U.S. soil.

2011/09/25

Warwick Hotel - New York, NY - Sep 16, 2011 (credit: Alex Silverman / WCBS 880)

Controversy Comes To NYC Ahead Of UN General Assembly

Two days out, the Assembly is already drawing world leaders and international criticism to New York. Among the world leaders gathering is the always controversial Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the hotel where he’ll stay is under fire for hosting him,

2011/09/16

American Flag and Iranian Flag (credit: AP)

Manhattan DA: US Banks Duped By Iranian Shipping Company

Prosecutors say an Iranian government-owned shipping company used corporate aliases to evade U.S. economic sanctions and to con American banks into processing $60 million in banned transactions.

2011/06/20

Bob Levinson - File / Photo: Help Bob Levinson

Bergen County Woman’s Missing Father Is Alive In Asia

In an instant, the disappearance of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson in Iran went from a cold case to something very hot.

2011/03/04

N.J. H.S. Student Tries To Make World Safer Place

Danielle Flaum might seem a little idealistic, but at 17-years-old, she wants to change the world.

2010/09/22

Ahmadinejad Blames Liberal Capitalism For World Suffering

With protestors demanding his arrest outside the United Nations, inside Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told world leaders to make plans for a new world order.

2010/09/21

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

NY Politicians Speak Out Against Ahmadinejad

A group of New York elected officials spoke out Monday against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is in NYC for the U.N. General Assembly.

CBS New York–2010/09/20

Sarah Shourd (R), the American hiker released from detention in Iran after 410 days, addresses a press conference as Cindy Hickey (L), her fiance Shane Bauer's mother, and Paula Fattal, Josh Fattal's mother, look on in New York on September 19, 2010. Fellow US hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were captured with Sarah Shourd but have not yet been released. (Photo credit: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

US Hiker Freed From Iranian Jail Arrives In New York

An American hiker freed after spending over a year in an Iranian jail is now telling her side of the story. Sarah Shourd said she’s no spy, and neither are the two friends she left behind in Tehran.

2010/09/19

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