News: Iran

We have started to collect the most important news related to Iran in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Iran – overview

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• January 19th 2015 – September 13th 2014
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• January 20th 2014 – November 19th 2013
• November 18th 2013 – September 27th 2013
• September 27th 2013 – June 16th 2013
• June 16th 2013 – April 8th 2013
• April 7th 2013 – December 21st 2012
• December 19th 2012 – September 19th 2012
• September 17th 2012 – July 15th 2012
• July 12th 2012 – April 27th 2012
• April 25th 2012 – February 24th 2012
• February 24th 2012 – January 15th 2012
• January 15th 2012 – December 3rd 2011
• December 3rd 2011 – October 11th 2011
• October 11th 2011 – May 17th 2011
• May 17th 2011 – January 26th 2011
• January 24th 2011 – December 6th 2010
• December 6th 2010 – October 11th 2010
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• June 25th 2010 – April 23rd 2010
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• December 4th 2007 – September 27th 2007
• September 25th 2007 – July 16th 2007
• July 14th 2007 – May 15th 2007
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• March 29th 2007 – February 21st 2007
• February 21st 2007 – December 18th 2006
• December 18th 2006 – October 14th 2006
• October 13th 2006 – August 2nd 2006
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Iran: news

Iran nuclear crisis: Tehran to enrich uranium to 20%, UN says

Friday, January 1st 2021, 21:03
related places: Tehran

The move would be Tehran's most serious breach of an international nuclear deal yet.
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Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee: UN condemns Iran over 'juvenile execution'

Thursday, December 31st 2020, 16:52

Mohammad Rezaiee was put to death for a fatal stabbing he allegedly committed when he was 16 years old.
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Iran plane crash: Victims' families to get $150,000

Wednesday, December 30th 2020, 17:56
related countries: Ukraine

Tehran will give $150,000 to the families of the 176 people killed in the shot-down Ukraine plane.
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Iran: Climbers die in blizzards and avalanche

Sunday, December 27th 2020, 7:44
related places: Alborz, Tehran

At least 10 climbers are killed and seven others are missing in the Alborz mountains near Tehran.
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US election 2020: FBI links Iran to websites targeting poll officials

Thursday, December 24th 2020, 18:18
related countries: United States

The websites contained death threats and contact details of 38 US officials and election workers.
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Kameel Ahmady: British FGM academic 'jailed in Iran'

Monday, December 14th 2020, 10:49
related countries: United Kingdom

Kameel Ahmady was sentenced to eight years for collaborating with a hostile power, his lawyer says.
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Ruhollah Zam: EU powers boycott Iran forum over execution

Sunday, December 13th 2020, 22:26

A diplomatic row has blown up over Iran's execution of pro-opposition journalist Ruhollah Zam.
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Ruhollah Zam: Iran executes journalist accused of fanning unrest

Saturday, December 12th 2020, 14:11

Ruhollah Zam, who ran a website that Iran accused of inciting violence, was detained last year.
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Ahmadreza Djalali: The Swedish-Iranian doctor on Iran's death row

Wednesday, December 9th 2020, 0:08
related countries: Sweden
related places: Tehran

How a Swedish-Iranian doctor's work trip to Tehran ended up in death row.
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Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: 'Machine-gun with AI' used to kill Iran scientist

Monday, December 7th 2020, 13:02

Iran says Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was shot by a satellite-controlled weapon with artificial intelligence.
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert: Academic thanks supporters after Iran 'nightmare'

Tuesday, December 1st 2020, 19:10
related countries: Aruba, United Kingdom

British-Australian Kylie Moore-Gilbert says friends gave her "strength" while jailed on spy charges.
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Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassination: How will Iran respond?

Tuesday, December 1st 2020, 0:33

The scenarios for how Iran could retaliate over the dramatic assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
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Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: Iran scientist 'killed by remote-controlled weapon'

Monday, November 30th 2020, 18:41

Iran accuses Israel of a hand in the death of top nuclear expert Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
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Assassinated nuclear scientist buried in Iran

Monday, November 30th 2020, 12:57
related countries: Israel

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed on Friday in an attack Iran blame on Israel.
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Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: What were the motives behind his killing?

Saturday, November 28th 2020, 22:16

Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated on Friday.
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Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran's top nuclear scientist, assassinated near Tehran

Friday, November 27th 2020, 22:03
related places: Tehran

Iran's foreign minister has condemned the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh "as an act of state terror".
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Iran diplomat to stand trial in Belgium over 'France bomb plot'

Friday, November 27th 2020, 3:17
related countries: Belgium, France
related places: Paris

Prosecutors in Belgium say he planned an attack on an Iranian opposition rally near Paris in 2018.
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert: Thailand frees Iranians 'in swap with academic'

Thursday, November 26th 2020, 12:41
related countries: Thailand

Three men jailed for a bombing have left Thailand after Iran frees a lecturer held on spying charges.
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert: Academic says Iran detention was 'long and traumatic'

Thursday, November 26th 2020, 10:56
related countries: Aruba, United Kingdom

British-Australian lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert endured two years of "incredible hardship".
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert: Lecturer released by Iran 'in prisoner swap'

Wednesday, November 25th 2020, 21:51
related countries: Aruba, United Kingdom

Kylie Moore-Gilbert thanks those who worked towards her release, which Iran says was a prisoner exchange.
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Trumplomacy: Mike Pompeo eyes history on Israel swansong trip

Friday, November 20th 2020, 2:15
related countries: Israel

The visit is as much about putting pressure on Iran as it is about shoring up the Israeli right.
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Israel strikes 'Iranian military sites' in Syria after bombs found in Golan

Wednesday, November 18th 2020, 11:05
related countries: Syria
related places: Golan

Israel's military says it retaliated after finding explosive devices in the occupied Golan Heights.
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After Trump, what will Biden do about Iran?

Wednesday, November 18th 2020, 1:53

The incoming president must decide whether to change course - but his options might be limited.
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Trump 'asked for options on strike on Iran nuclear site'

Tuesday, November 17th 2020, 12:05
related countries: United States

Advisers warned the US president last week that an attack could spark a wider conflict, report say.
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Iran denies al-Qaeda leader was killed in Tehran

Saturday, November 14th 2020, 19:05
related countries: Israel, United States
related places: Tehran, August

A US report claims that Israeli agents shot dead the man and his daughter in the street in August.
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Iran's enriched uranium stockpile 12 times limit, says IAEA

Thursday, November 12th 2020, 4:40

Tehran has continued to breach a 2015 deal, but denies that it is trying to build nuclear weapons.
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Love Child follows a 'secret' family as they flee Iran, after an illegal affair

Friday, November 6th 2020, 0:08

Six years in the making, Love Child is the critically-acclaimed documentary about a family's to find safety.
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Kabul University: 22 dead, more wounded as gunmen storm campus

Monday, November 2nd 2020, 17:18
related countries: Afghanistan

Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack, which targeted the university on the day of a book fair.
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FBI says Iran and Russia have US voter information

Thursday, October 22nd 2020, 10:19
related countries: Russia, United States

Intelligence officials say Iran was behind threatening emails sent to Democrats earlier this week.
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Iran sanctions: US moves to isolate 'major' banks

Friday, October 9th 2020, 10:35
related countries: United States

Iran accuses the US of "economic terrorism" for blacklisting 18 banks and those trading with them.
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Mohammad Reza Shajarian: Iran's legendary singer dies in Tehran

Thursday, October 8th 2020, 16:42
related places: Tehran

The man dubbed "Maestro" was one of Iran's most celebrated singers but fell foul of authorities late in life.
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US election 2020: Who do Russia, China and Iran want to win?

Sunday, October 4th 2020, 23:42
related countries: Russia, United States

US intelligence say the three are trying to interfere in November's vote but their aims differ.
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Fariba Adelkhah: French-Iranian academic temporarily released in Iran

Saturday, October 3rd 2020, 19:24
related countries: France
related places: Tehran

Fariba Adelkhah has come out of jail and is with her family in Tehran, her lawyer says.
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FinCEN Files: UAE central bank failed to prevent sanctions evasion

Sunday, September 20th 2020, 17:02

The bank failed to act on warnings about a local firm which was helping Iran, leaked documents show.
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Iran's enriched uranium stockpile '10 times limit'

Saturday, September 5th 2020, 1:51
related places: Tehran

Tehran has continued to enrich uranium in breach of a nuclear deal, the UN nuclear watchdog warns.
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Navid Afkari: Trump urges Iran not to execute champion wrestler

Friday, September 4th 2020, 1:12

Navid Afkari has been sentenced to death over demonstrations that rocked Iran in 2018.
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Detained Iranian protesters recount 'torture'

Wednesday, September 2nd 2020, 17:09

Security forces committed a "catalogue of shocking violations" last year, Amnesty International says.
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Iran nuclear deal: Why US 'snapback' sanctions on Iran could fail

Tuesday, September 1st 2020, 23:42
related countries: United States

The US is in a legal muddle over its efforts to re-impose sanctions on Iran, says Prof Marc Weller.
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Iran nuclear deal: UN rejects US bid to 'snapback' Iran sanctions

Wednesday, August 26th 2020, 10:55
related countries: United States

The US envoy accuses other Security Council members of "standing in the company of terrorists".
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Panorama investigation: The detainees held 'hostage' in Iran

Sunday, August 23rd 2020, 23:04

Anoosheh and Nizar were arrested on separate occasions for spying in Iran, charges they both deny.
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The Iranian immigrant who conquered online video tech

Sunday, August 23rd 2020, 23:01

Shahrzad Rafati is the boss of internet video technology firm BroadbandTV.
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Iran nuclear: Fire at Natanz plant 'caused by sabotage'

Sunday, August 23rd 2020, 22:43
related places: Natanz

Despite the claim, Iran's nuclear body didn't say who it believes to be behind the fire at Natanz.
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Iran plane crash: Cockpit exchange recorded after missile hit Ukraine jet

Sunday, August 23rd 2020, 11:16
related countries: Ukraine

All 176 people aboard a Ukrainian plane were killed when it was mistakenly downed by Iran in January.
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US seizes millions of dollars of Iranian fuel bound for Venezuela

Friday, August 14th 2020, 20:47
related countries: United States, Venezuela

The US says it seized 1.1 million barrels of fuel from four tankers en route to Venezuela.
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US election 2020: China, Russia and Iran 'trying to influence' vote

Saturday, August 8th 2020, 5:58
related countries: China, Russia, United States

Russia wants a second term for President Trump while China does not, a US intelligence chief says.
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert: Australia says lecturer jailed in Iran 'is well'

Tuesday, August 4th 2020, 10:22
related countries: Australia

Australia's ambassador visits Kylie Moore-Gilbert after she was moved to a notorious desert prison.
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Iran women's podcast gives voice to victims of abuse

Monday, August 3rd 2020, 23:03

Women in Iran are often too scared to speak about domestic abuse - now a podcast gives them a voice.
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Coronavirus: Iran cover-up of deaths revealed by data leak

Monday, August 3rd 2020, 7:49

Nearly three times more people died than Iran's government admitted, records seen by the BBC show.
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert: Lecturer jailed in Iran moved to remote prison

Tuesday, July 28th 2020, 10:57
related countries: Aruba, United Kingdom

British-Australian woman Kylie Moore-Gilbert is moved to a notorious prison in the desert.
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US fighter jet challenges Iran passenger plane - Iran media

Friday, July 24th 2020, 8:54
related countries: Israel

Iran reports injuries after the plane changed altitude, but the US says its jet was at a safe distance.
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The woman forced to flee her country for rapping.

Saturday, July 18th 2020, 23:05

Iranian rapper Justina tells her story from exile after facing jail in her country, where women are banned from singing solo.
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Bushehr port: Seven ships ablaze in latest Iran mystery fires

Wednesday, July 15th 2020, 14:28
related places: Bushehr

The incident in the port of Bushehr follows a series of fires and explosions in the country.
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Iran executes man convicted of selling missile information to CIA

Tuesday, July 14th 2020, 10:14

The ex-defence ministry employee was accused of selling information about Iran's missile programme.
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Iran plane crash: 'Human error' to blame for downing of Ukrainian jet

Sunday, July 12th 2020, 16:26
related countries: Ukraine
related places: Human

Iran says equipment error and poor communication caused civilian plane to be shot down by military.
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Iran explosions: Officials deny reports of fresh blast

Friday, July 10th 2020, 10:35

The official denials come after several mysterious blasts hit the country in recent weeks.
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US killing of Iran general was illegal - UN expert

Thursday, July 9th 2020, 10:09
related countries: United States

A report says the US failed to provide sufficient evidence to justify killing the Iranian general.
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Iran's female gamers face challenges to stay online

Monday, July 6th 2020, 23:02

There's been a lockdown gaming boom – but in Iran it's been difficult to stay connected.
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Iran blasts: What is behind mysterious 'attacks' at key sites?

Monday, July 6th 2020, 11:32

Fires and blasts have hit sensitive sites in Iran, but is it accidental or sabotage?
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Iran nuclear: Natanz fire caused 'significant' damage

Sunday, July 5th 2020, 21:10
related places: Natanz

Iranian officials say cyber sabotage may be behind the blaze, which damaged a key nuclear facility.
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Tehran clinic hit by deadly explosion

Wednesday, July 1st 2020, 3:41

At least 19 people are killed in the Iranian capital in an explosion blamed on a gas leak.
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Ruhollah Zam: Iran sentences journalist to death for fanning unrest

Tuesday, June 30th 2020, 13:26

Ruhollah Zam ran a site that Iran accuses of inciting the nationwide protests of 2017-18.
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Middle East risks renewed arms race, US warns

Monday, June 29th 2020, 19:35
related countries: Saudi Arabia, United States

The US and Saudi governments make a joint public appeal to extend an arms embargo on Iran.
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Qasem Soleimani: Iran seeks Trump's arrest over killing of general

Monday, June 29th 2020, 15:09
related countries: United States
related places: Trump

Iran issues an arrest warrant for the US president over the killing of its top commander in January.
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Iran reins in family planning as population ages

Monday, June 15th 2020, 11:44

Iran limits provision of family planning services at state hospitals to try to boost its population size.
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