That November, supporters of a new religious leader in Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, captured the United States embassy in Tehran.

VOA: special.2010.09.25

But a top Iranian religious leader told a prayer service at Tehran University that execution was needless.

VOA: special.2011.02.19

Iran is holding its own nuclear conference in Tehran this Saturday and Sunday.

VOA: special.2010.04.17

Several hundred women organized a sit-in in front of the gates of Tehran University in central Tehran.

NPR: Blasts Hit Iran Ahead of Presidential Vote

's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in late December that Tehran had amassed 232 kilograms of uranium enriched to the 20% level but that almost 100 kilograms of that amount is being converted into fuel plates to power Tehran's research reactor.

WSJ: Iran Cools Nuclear Work as Vote Looms

Speaking before the vote, the representatives of Brazil and Turkey said they had voted against the text because it ran against their efforts to bring about a negotiated solution through the agreement on the Tehran Research Reactor and the related Tehran Declaration of 17 May, which provided a new opportunity for diplomacy.

UN: Security Council