The United States said Friday it expects the Baghdad government to act legally and humanely when it relocates Iranian dissidents from a border camp to southern Iraq before deporting them. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Washington is holding Iraq to previous assurances that the People's Mujahedeen will be treated humanely and do not end up in a country ...

The United States said Monday that Iran's continued crackdown on peaceful protesters reflects a "disregard" for the rights contained in its own constitution. "We believe that the continued harassment, arbitrary detention and conviction of individuals for their participation in peaceful demonstrations... reflects a... disregrd for the kind of rights that are enshrined in the Iranian constitution," State Department spokesman ...

A top US diplomat will travel to China and Indonesia next week to discuss Iran's feared nuclear ambitions, climate change and democratic reform in Asia, officials said Friday. William Burns, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, will raise these and other issues on his visit to Beijing from December 8-9 and Indonesia from December 10-11, State Department spokesman ...

The Obama administration said late Wednesday it is still reviewing its policy on a treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, clarifying a previous statement indicating it would not sign the deal. "The administration is committed to a comprehensive review of its landmine policy. That review is still on-going," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said in a statement on Wednesday. "The review is ...