Read more Revolutionary Guards stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4077/revolutionary-guards.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:39:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70435/iran-test-launches-its-longest-range-missiles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIran claimed to have test-fired the longest-range missiles in its arsenal today—weapons capable of carrying a warhead and striking Israel or US military bases in the Middle East. It was the third round of missile tests in two days of drills by the power Revolutionary Guard, which controls Iran's...http://www.newser.com/story/70435/iran-test-launches-its-longest-range-missiles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 6:03:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66532/iranian-protesters-raped-in-prison-candidate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIranian protesters, both male and female, were raped in a notorious prison in the aftermath of the disputed presidential election, one of the defeated candidates alleged today. Reformist Mehdi Karroubi wrote on his website that senior prison officials told him about "really shameful issues," including sexual violence that "caused serious...http://www.newser.com/story/66532/iranian-protesters-raped-in-prison-candidate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 7:23:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62774/in-the-shadows-ayatollahs-son-calls-the-shots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAyatollah Ali Khamenei rarely appears in public and cultivates a shadowy reputation—but even further out of the public eye, his son has become one of the post powerful men in Iran. Ultraconservative cleric Mojtaba Khamenei, believed to be around 50 years old, has connections throughout the Revolutionary Guards and...http://www.newser.com/story/62774/in-the-shadows-ayatollahs-son-calls-the-shots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 9:28:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62113/iran-foreign-media-speaks-for-hooligans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIran has slammed foreign journalists for sparking unrest in the country as the “mouthpieces” of “hooligans,” CNN reports. The foreign ministry said “hundreds” of foreigners had been allowed into Iran in “a sign of the total transparency in the trends of the elections,” but “certain countries have rushed to judgment...http://www.newser.com/story/62113/iran-foreign-media-speaks-for-hooligans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Jun 2009 13:02:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61966/ayatollah-authority-undercut-by-flip-flop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe about-face done by Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—first blessing the victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Friday's election then opening an inquiry into vote fraud yesterday—was a rare misstep for the shadowy, usually cautious ayatollah, the New York Times reports, and may have done substantial damage to his reputation,...http://www.newser.com/story/61966/ayatollah-authority-undercut-by-flip-flop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Jun 2009 6:28:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/15821/washington-slams-iran-over-ship-threat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWashington is firing diplomatic volleys at Tehran today after five Iranian ships "harassed" three US Navy ships in international waters yesterday, CNN reports. "Such actions are dangerous and could have quickly escalated into something much worse," the Pentagon press secretary said. "We see it as further evidence that Iran is...http://www.newser.com/story/15821/washington-slams-iran-over-ship-threat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Jan 2008 10:54:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/10340/iran-defiant-over-new-us-sanctions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew American sanctions against Iran's Revolutionary Guards provoked a fiery response from Iran today, along with criticism from allies China and Russia. Iran's foreign ministry told the BBC that the sanctions were "contrary to international law, without value and, as in the past, doomed to failure." Vladimir Putin compared the...http://www.newser.com/story/10340/iran-defiant-over-new-us-sanctions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Oct 2007 9:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/10299/iran-looms-large-in-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIran is beginning to dominate the campaign rhetoric of White house hopefuls of both parties as Iraq once did, reports CNN. Tough US sanctions against Tehran and growing indications of some kind of military intervention to halt the development of nuclear weapons are being compared with the steps taken in...http://www.newser.com/story/10299/iran-looms-large-in-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Oct 2007 5:11:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/8548/white-house-switches-plans-on-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHaving failed to convince Americans of an imminent nuclear threat from Iran, the White House “has reconceived” its campaign, writes the New Yorker’s Seymour Hersh, targeting Tehran instead as an exporter of terrorism, especially of weapons and insurgents to Iraq. By recasting Iran as an aggressor in Iraq, he writes,...http://www.newser.com/story/8548/white-house-switches-plans-on-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Oct 2007 19:53:51 CDT