- Thomas Erdbrink
- Staff Writer
Thomas Erdbrink formerly covered the Islamic Republic of Iran for The Washington Post . Before that, he reported extensively in the region, covering the war in Iraq and other conflicts.
- Iran nuclear program talks reveal internal divisions between diplomats
- Iran says it captured Israel-backed ‘terrorist team’
- Iran nuclear talks set for this week
- Iranians offer gloomy outlook of nuclear talks
- Iran’s parliament summons a slippery Ahmadinejad
- Iran pressed to grant inspectors access to alleged nuclear research sites
- World powers agree to reopen talks with Iran
- Iran orders retrial for former U.S. Marine sentenced to death for spying
- Some Iran parliament candidates to face second round of voting
- Ahmadinejad critics lead in Iran vote results, but little change expected
- High turnout reported in Iran for parliamentary elections
- As Iranians vote for new parliament, hard-line clerics stand to gain
- ‘A Separation’ Oscar win heralded by Iranians
- Iran elections underscore split between leaders, middle class
- Iran’s top leader vows to pursue nuclear ‘progress,’ not bombs
- IAEA mission to Iran ends in failure; Iran still defiant
- Iran threatens to cut some oil exports to Europe, touts nuclear advances
- Iran increasingly controls its Internet
- Ex-Marine sentenced to death in Iran needs U.S. intervention, lawyer pleads
- Khamenei: Iran will back ‘any nations, any groups’ fighting Israel
- Iran warns currency speculators as rial continues to fall
- Former commander’s letter sparks uproar in Iran
- U.S. drone that crashed in Iran goes miniature
- Golden Globes 2012 a huge hit in Iran
- Iran lashes out at West over slain scientist, but hints at diplomatic opening
- Killing of Iranian scientist imperils former Marine
- Iranian scientist involved in nuclear program killed in Tehran bomb attack
- Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, alleged U.S. spy, sentenced to death in Iran
- Iran sentences U.S. citizen to death in CIA case
- Iran welcomes U.S. Navy rescue operation
- As currency crisis and feud with West deepen, Iranians brace for war
- Iran prepares bill to bar foreign warships from Persian Gulf
- Iran warns U.S. carrier not to return to Persian Gulf
- Establishment factions to face off in Iranian elections
- Iranian currency slides under latest U.S. sanctions
- Iran unlikely to block oil shipments through Strait of Hormuz, analysts say
- Ahmadinejad steps into Iran’s dress-code debate
- Iranian currency drops amid jitters over regional trade
- Iran demands U.S. apology for drone flight
- Leaders are defiant, but many Iranians fear war
- Iran claims to extract data from U.S. drone
- Iran displays plane identified as downed U.S. spy drone
- Iran shows alleged downed U.S. drone (Video)
- Iran is quick to shut U.S. ‘virtual embassy’
- U.S. opens a ‘virtual embassy’ in Iran
- Iran says it downed U.S. stealth drone; Pentagon acknowledges aircraft downing
- Iran says it downed unmanned U.S. spy drone
- Europeans stiffen sanctions on Iran after embassy attack
- European diplomats visit ransacked British Embassy in Tehran
- Iran faces increased isolation after attack on British Embassy
- Iranian hard-liners storm British Embassy, residential compound
- Mysterious explosions pose dilemma for Iranian leaders
- Outspoken Ahmadinejad aide roughed up by Iranian police
- Iranian commander died during missile testing, brother says
- Ahmadinejad goes on the offensive against clerical opponents
- Blast at Revolutionary Guard base kills 17
- Tehran’s coffee shops provide a retreat
- Iran to women: No skiing unless with a male guardian
- Iranian leader warns Israel, U.S. not to attack nuclear sites
- Iranian soccer players could face lashing after victory groping
- Ahmadinejad admits impact of sanctions on Iran
- Iran cyber police cite U.S. threat
- Iranian hero pilot gets cold shoulder
- Iranian chessmaster tossed from championship after refusing game with Israeli opponent
- Iran’s supreme leader floats proposal to abolish presidency
- In Iran, a new challenge to hard-liners
- Iran ready to ‘investigate’ assassination charges
- Iran supreme leader: U.S. allegations of plot to kill Saudi envoy ‘meaningless’
- Iran’s former president warns of U.S. retaliation for assassination plot
- Assassination plot was so clumsy, officials at first doubted Iran’s role
- Iranians see Ahmadinejad as disconnected from alleged plot
- Alleged plot is uncharacteristically bold
- Iranian leaders support U.S. protesters
- Top Iranian banker flees amid embezzlement scandal
- Hikers’ case shows lack of U.S. leverage with Iran
- Iran frees American hikers after two years
- U.S. hikers Bauer and Fattal are freed by Iran, arrive in Oman
- Ahmadinejad looks to gain at home from U.S. hikers' case
- Release of U.S. hikers in Iran delayed; judge on vacation
- Iran’s judiciary says U.S. hikers not being released
- Documents, declarations highlight Libyan concerns about Islamists
- Lockerbie bomber ‘very, very sick,’ brother says
- Local Libyan rebel councils pursue regime ‘collaborators’
- Libyans find freedom at Moammar Gaddafi’s Abu Salim prison in Tripoli
- Libyan rebels target Gaddafi's last strongholds
- Gaddafi bunkers and tunnels an elaborate setup
- In Libya, focus turns to finding Gaddafi; journalists freed in Tripoli
- Libyan rebels storm Gaddafi compound in Tripoli
- For Libyan rebels, conquest of Gaddafi’s compound is a moment to savor
- Battle for Tripoli not yet over as Gaddafi loyalists strike back
- Libyan rebels come under attack near center of Tripoli
- Gaddafi’s rule crumbling as rebels enter heart of Tripoli
- Battles reported in Tripoli after Libyan rebels seize Zawiyah
- Libyan refugees say Tripoli will fall soon
- In Libya, rebels plan for post-Gaddafi era
- Libyan rebels’ advance stalls in Zawiyah as refugees stream west
- Iran’s rich eat ice cream flecked with gold as poor struggle to survive
- In Tehran’s main cemetery, space for the dead dwindling
- Iranian media deny slain man was connected to nuclear program
- Ahmadinejad and clerics fight over head scarves
- In Iran, sanctions aim at shipping lifeline
- Ahmadinejad defends controversial aides
- Iran test-fires missiles, shows secret silos
- Iran arrests 2 women’s activists; political prisoners end hunger strike
- Iran’s political struggle hits the box office
- Member of Ahmadinejad circle arrested in Iran
- Ahmadinejad fails to place supporters in key posts
- Ahmadinejad’s inner circle under pressure
- In Iran, ‘couch rebels’ prefer Facebook
- Iran to move its most sensitive nuclear equipment to bunker
- Olympics 2012: FIFA bans headscarves for Iranian women’s soccer team
- At least 4 killed in blast before Ahmadinejad dedicates refinery
- Iranian ships carrying aid to Bahrain turned back in Persian Gulf
- Ayatollah: Iran’s president ‘bewitched’ by senior aide
- Al-Jazeera TV network draws criticism, praise for coverage of Arab revolutions
- Iran postpones blinding sentence, report says
- Iran plans to blind attacker with acid on insistence of victim
- Ahmadinejad’s support of aide has become a political liability
- Iran’s Ahmadinejad affirms Khamenei decision, tensions remain
- Arrests show Ahmadinejad under increasing pressure from Iran’s clerics
- Ahmadinejad returns to work, says no rift with Khamenei
- Iran: Country under attack by second computer virus
- Bahrain crackdown fueling tensions between Iran, Saudi Arabia
- Iranian leader rebuffs Ahmadinejad over official’s dismissal
- In Iran, natural gas price increases stirring anger
- Iran official says pipeline blast caused by ‘sabotage’
- In Iraq, U.S. Special Forces gearing up to leave
- Key Iranian body replaces critical cleric; women activists demonstrate
- Iranian security forces clash with protesters backing detained opposition leaders
- Iran rights lawyer sentenced to 11 years
- Iran hails warships' mission in Mediterranean
- Iran hails warships' mission in Mediterranean
- Security forces quell opposition protests in Tehran
- Security forces quell opposition protests in Tehran
- Key cleric wants house arrest for Iranian opposition leaders
- Skirmishes break out at funeral of man killed in Iranian protests
- Skirmishes break out at funeral of man killed in Iranian protests
- For Obama,less leverage, more caution
- Obama careful in criticism of Iranian crackdown on protests
- Iran's leader could order arrest of opposition leaders
- Obama urges Mideast allies to ‘get out ahead’ of protests, denounces Iranian crackdown
- Anti-government protests spread to Iran
- Anti-government protests spread to Iran
- Iran opposition renews calls for rally; government forbids any marches
- Iran opposition renews calls for rally; government forbids any marches
- Ahmadinejad says Egypt, Tunisia were inspired by Iran's anti-Western protests
- Ahmadinejad says Egypt, Tunisia were inspired by Iran's anti-Western protests
- Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi placed under house arrest
- Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi placed under house arrest
- Iran's opposition leaders hope to draw from protests in Egypt
- Iran's opposition leaders hope to draw from protests in Egypt
- A distraction from Iranian dissidents' fate?
- Stoning case steals focus from other imprisoned dissidents, Iran activists say
- Iran overhauls education system to erase Western influences
- Iran official lashes out at corruption charges
- Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says it has arrested spies linked to Israel
- Iran confirms arrest of woman, accuses her of spying for U.S.
