Developments since the Iranian presidential election held on June 12th - the allegations of fraud and the brutal crackdown on protestors - have exacerbated the already tense relationship between the West and the Islamic Republic. Read more

Iran will hold its 10th presidential elections on June 12, 2009, four years after the neo-conservative president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took office. Under his presidency, the Islamic Republic of Iran had undergone significant changes related to the internal political scene and its foreign policy performance. Read more