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Borzou Daragahi, Bureau Chief
Borzou Daragahi has covered war, politics, culture and commerce in the Middle East for print and broadcast outlets since 2002, joining the Times in 2005. He was among the staffers who won a 2006 Overseas Press Club award and was twice recognized for Iraq coverage as a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2005 and 2007. He is a graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and the Eugene Lang College of the New School for Social Research. He speaks Farsi, Spanish and German. Born in Iran, he grew up in the Chicago area and New York City. He speaks Farsi, Spanish and German. EMAILNovember 19, 2009
Nuclear fuel won't go abroad, Iranian says
Iran's foreign minister vowed Wednesday that his nation wouldn't allow any of its enriched uranium supply out of the country, the most definitive statement so far on an international proposal to exchange the bulk of Iran's nuclear material for fuel rods fitted for a Tehran medical reactor.
10:59 AM PST, November 16, 2009
U.S., Russia agree on dissatisfaction with Iran over nuclear program
Presenting a united front on Iran's nuclear energy program, President Obama and Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev warned Sunday that they were losing patience with Tehran and wouldn't wait much longer for it to accept a proposal to resolve the dispute.
November 17, 2009
U.N. report questions Iran's credibility on nuclear plant
The latest United Nations report on Iran's nuclear program questions Tehran's credibility regarding a recently disclosed facility built into a mountain near the holy city of Qom.
November 16, 2009
U.S., Russia agree on dissatisfaction with Iran
Presenting a united front on Iran's nuclear energy program, President Obama and Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev warned Sunday that they were losing patience with Tehran and wouldn't wait much longer for it to accept a proposal to resolve the dispute.
November 12, 2009
Iran's Ahmadinejad calls for nuclear cooperation
Iran's president on Wednesday called for international cooperation on nuclear technology in a prime-time television appearance filled with conciliatory language toward the world community, in stark contrast with the dismissive tone of other senior Iranian officials toward a United Nations-backed proposal.
November 11, 2009
COLUMN ONE
An Iranian couple's revolution
One night he came home covered with blood.
November 10, 2009
Lebanon rivals form unity government
After a months-long deadlock, Lebanon's rival political camps agreed to a unity government that includes both American-backed Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Hezbollah, a Shiite Muslim political party and militia that the United States considers a terrorist organization.
November 10, 2009
3 U.S. hikers face spying charges in Iran
Iran's president on Monday likened three Americans held in his country on possible espionage charges to drivers violating city traffic rules, saying he hoped they would have a "good response" to the court proceedings and "convince the judge that they had no ill intentions."
November 9, 2009
Iran may call for a nuclear fuel swap, Iranian TV reports
A state-owned Iranian television station quoted unnamed diplomats Sunday as saying Iran, in a possible compromise to a U.N.-backed proposal, is willing to send about 1,800 pounds of its enriched uranium abroad to be exchanged for fuel for a medical reactor.
November 5, 2009
In Iran, anti-government protests rival anti-America rally
A cry from the streets of Tehran put Iranian attitudes toward America at the center of a day of violent clashes Wednesday.
November 3, 2009
Iran students carry on protests
Students in the western Iranian city of Ahvaz in recent days launched an impromptu protest in a campus auditorium. In Kashan on Monday, a group took over the campus cafeteria, singing anti-government songs. A couple of weeks ago in Tehran, others cheered wildly as someone threw a shoe at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's former culture minister.
3:45 PM PDT, October 29, 2009
Iran response to proposed nuclear deal called inadequate
Iran's response Thursday to a proposed deal to transform its controversial nuclear material into fuel for a medical reactor is "inadequate," a senior Western diplomat said, adding that it failed to address key United States and European concerns about Iran's nuclear intentions.
October 30, 2009
Iran reply on nuclear deal called 'inadequate'
Iran's response Thursday to a proposed deal to transform its controversial nuclear material into fuel for a medical reactor is "inadequate," a senior Western diplomat said, adding that the reply failed to address key U.S. and European concerns about Tehran's nuclear intentions.
2:07 AM PDT, October 29, 2009
Iran's president appears to back nuclear proposal
Iran's president today appeared to lend support to an International Atomic Energy Agency proposal to ship the bulk of his country's enriched uranium abroad, casting it as a victory for Iranian steadfastness as the world awaits Tehran's formal response to the deal.
October 28, 2009
Iran reportedly to seek to alter nuclear plan
Iran will seek to amend a proposed deal it reached with the U.S. and other major powers to ship the bulk of its nuclear material overseas, state television reported Tuesday.
October 22, 2009
U.S., Iran move closer to nuclear deal
Deft diplomacy and regional security woes are driving Tehran and Washington toward a deal on Iran's nuclear program, experts say, illustrated by movement Wednesday in talks to transfer most of the Islamic Republic's fissile material abroad to be processed for medical uses.
7:28 AM PDT, October 21, 2009
Iran, world powers agree to draft deal on uranium
The head of the world's atomic energy watchdog said Iran and world powers have until Friday to approve a proposed deal to transfer most of Iran's nuclear material abroad to be reformatted for medical purposes.
September 19, 2009
Protesters flood Tehran streets
Tens of thousands of protesters swarmed the streets of Tehran and at least two other Iranian cities Friday, audaciously turning an annual rally in support of the Palestinian cause into the first major demonstration against the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in six weeks.
September 17, 2009
Yemen rebels, government issue contradictory claims of battlefield success
Yemeni rebels and government-controlled media issued contradictory claims of success in combat Wednesday, amid a 5-week-old army offensive that has roiled this Arabian peninsula nation.
September 11, 2009
Lebanon's political crisis deepens as prime minister-designate abruptly quits
Lebanon's U.S.-backed prime minister-designate quit abruptly Thursday, plunging the nation deeper into a political crisis over failed efforts to form a government.
September 10, 2009
Iran submits proposals for possible nuclear talks with world powers
Iran on Wednesday handed over a package of proposals for possible talks with world powers about its nuclear program, but it gave no indication that the offer would include discussions on halting its enrichment of uranium as demanded by the United Nations Security Council.
September 4, 2009
Iran Cabinet vote a boon to Ahmadinejad
Iran's hard-liners united behind Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and approved a majority of his Cabinet picks Thursday, including heads of all the nation's crucial ministries, in a boost to the president's sagging credibility.
August 29, 2009
Iran's Ahmadinejad urges prosecution of opposition leaders
Iran's hard-line president Friday demanded the prosecution of top opposition leaders, raising the political temperature anew just a day and a half after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sought to cool tensions in a conciliatory speech.
June 23, 2009
From the archives: Family, friends mourn 'Neda,' Iranian woman who died on video
The first word came from abroad. An aunt in the United States called her Saturday in a panic. "Don't go out into the streets, Golshad," she told her. "They're killing people."
April 7, 2009
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
If Obama gambit works, Tehran's hard-liners would suffer, Iranian says
The U.S. government is pursuing a high-stakes gambit to improve relations with Iran, with President Obama delivering a conciliatory speech last month and later dispatching deputies to two international conferences in an attempt to find common ground with Iranians in attendance.
March 31, 2009
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
A look inside Iraq's Interior Ministry
Say the words "interior ministry" in almost any Middle Eastern country and you're certain to evoke fear and resentment.
March 25, 2009
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
'The Porn Identity': Vienna exhibit sheds the shadows
You look around nervously as you approach the ticket counter. What would people think if they saw you going into a place like this? Even the woman at the counter seems to be looking at you funny. What kind of guy would come here in broad daylight?
February 10, 2009
Dispatch from Iran
After 30 years, talk shifts from revolution to democracy
Four friends gather in a basement eatery in a rural town to talk politics about the revolution three decades ago that changed their lives.
January 14, 2009
Israel's Gaza offensive stokes anger among Jordan elite
The boutique sells designer outfits, but the agitated talk among the women in fur coats and leather go-go boots is about politics, specifically Israel's war in the Gaza Strip.
August 31, 2008
Hezbollah warlord was an enigma
In Hezbollah's inner circle they called him "The One Who Never Sleeps."
March 4, 2008
Visiting Iranian leader suggests U.S. leave Iraq
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad smiled for the cameras.
January 11, 2008
Iran releases its own tape on Hormuz ship incident
Iran released a videotape Thursday to support its side of an ongoing propaganda battle with Washington over a weekend naval confrontation in the narrow waterway leading into the Persian Gulf.
December 31, 2007
Iran's inner and outer circles of influence and power
Iran's supreme leader spoke not with the thunder of a man regarded in his country as God's representative on Earth, but with the exasperated tone of a corporate manager chastising his employees.
December 5, 2007
Iran sees diplomatic boon in report
The government of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought Tuesday to gain a diplomatic edge abroad and a political windfall at home following the release of a U.S. intelligence estimate concluding that Tehran had halted a secret nuclear weapons program four years ago.
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