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.

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Iran: news

Gem TV: Iranian CEO Saeed Karimian shot dead in Istanbul

Sunday, April 30th 2017, 10:46
related places: Tehran

Saeed Karimian, founder of Gem TV, had previously been tried in absentia by a Tehran court.
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Five things

Friday, April 28th 2017, 8:36

Iran is holding elections for its next president on 19 May - here are five reasons to be interested.
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Iran election: Six candidates, six facts

Friday, April 28th 2017, 1:16

Get the lowdown on Iran's presidential election.
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US accuses Iran of 'alarming provocations' amid nuclear tensions

Thursday, April 20th 2017, 12:18
related countries: United States

The US secretary of state says Iran seeks to destabilise the Middle East and hurt US interests.
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Trump orders Iran nuclear deal review despite compliance

Wednesday, April 19th 2017, 11:13

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson noted Mr Trump's fears over Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism.
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Death penalty: Global executions fall 37% since 2015 - Amnesty

Monday, April 10th 2017, 23:14
related countries: Pakistan
related places: There

There were at least 1,032 executions in 2016, a drop driven by fewer deaths in Iran and Pakistan.
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Trump's Syria strike celebrated by 'terrorists', Iran says

Saturday, April 8th 2017, 16:37
related countries: Syria
related places: Damascus

The Iranian president's comments came as people in Damascus protested against the air strikes.
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Charity worker marks first year in Iranian jail

Monday, April 3rd 2017, 10:50

Charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has begged to keep her baby in Iran, where she was jailed a year ago.
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Pedalling solo

Friday, March 31st 2017, 23:45
related countries: United Kingdom

When Rebecca Lowe set off solo from the UK for Iran by bicycle, friends thought she had taken leave of her senses.
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Footballer's affairs caused error - wife

Wednesday, March 29th 2017, 12:27
related countries: China

A Chinese player's wife criticises his extra-marital affairs after his embarrassing mistake in a World Cup qualifying defeat by Iran.
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Iranian centenarian stands in local elections

Tuesday, March 28th 2017, 11:15

An Iranian centenarian is standing in local elections to highlight village problems.
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British-Iranian aid worker acquitted of death of Indian boy

Sunday, March 26th 2017, 8:07
related countries: India, United Kingdom

Narges Kalbasi Ashtari was convicted in 2014 after five-year-old boy was swept away by current.
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Iranian pilgrims 'to attend Hajj again' after Saudi rift

Friday, March 17th 2017, 15:45
related countries: Saudi Arabia
related places: Mecca

Iranians did not travel to Mecca last year after ties with Saudi deteriorated over a deadly disaster.
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International Women's Day: Iran's first female triathlete

Wednesday, March 8th 2017, 0:11

How one Iranian female athlete overcame many obstacles to make history.
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Iran's ex-leader joins Twitter despite previous ban

Monday, March 6th 2017, 21:58

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has joined Twitter - despite previously banning it.
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Iranian ships 'force' US and Royal Navy vessels to change course

Monday, March 6th 2017, 21:34
related countries: United States
related places: Gulf

US officials say fast-moving Iranian ships approached the vessels near the Gulf.
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Oscars: Iranian winner Asghar Farhadi blasts Trump travel ban

Monday, February 27th 2017, 10:36

Director Asghar Farhadi's The Salesman won best foreign language film but he boycotted the awards.
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Mohammad Marandi: Iran crucial in stopping IS

Wednesday, February 22nd 2017, 11:57

Prof Mohammad Marandi says Iran has been crucial in stopping the advance of so-called Islamic State.
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Thaw on pause

Tuesday, February 21st 2017, 0:01
related countries: United States
related places: Trump

The new Trump presidency could have profound implications for US relations with Iran, says the BBC's Kambiz Fattahi.
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Iran bans private drones from skies over Tehran amid security fears

Monday, February 20th 2017, 15:41
related places: Tehran

Military officials act to remove "security threat" of private drones after shooting at two devices.
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Iran 'will not instigate hostilities' - foreign minister

Monday, February 20th 2017, 5:03
related countries: United States

The Iranian Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, has called on the United States to stop threatening Iran.
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Sweden defends officials wearing headscarves in Iran

Monday, February 13th 2017, 12:39

Trade minister says complying with Iranian law was better than sending an all-male delegation.
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The gruelling life of a Kurdish smuggler

Wednesday, February 8th 2017, 5:01

BBC Persian's Jiyar Gol reports on the arduous lives of Iranian Kurdish goods smugglers.
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Iran's Khamenei says Trump shows real face of America

Tuesday, February 7th 2017, 17:27
related countries: United States
related places: America, Trump

The Iranian supreme leader lambasts the US after fresh sanctions are imposed over a missile test.
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Iran shows off air defences

Saturday, February 4th 2017, 19:11
related countries: United States

It comes amid rising tensions between Iran and the US.
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US sanctions Iran after missile test

Saturday, February 4th 2017, 3:44
related countries: United States

Iran reacts by saying it will not to be cowed by Donald Trump's move, vowing reciprocal measures.
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Former Norwegian PM says he was held at US airport over Iran visit

Friday, February 3rd 2017, 19:30
related countries: Norway, United States

Kjell Magne Bondevik said he was held for an hour due to an Iranian stamp on his passport.
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Fiji deports Iranian refugee who fled Papua New Guinea

Friday, February 3rd 2017, 12:18
related countries: Aruba, Papua New Guinea

Iranian Loghman Sawari, held under controversial Australian policies, said he felt unsafe in PNG.
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Blazing a trail

Friday, February 3rd 2017, 1:19

After three years of campaigning, a woman in Iran is putting on Iran's first ever all-female motorbike race. And no men are allowed.
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Grape debate

Friday, February 3rd 2017, 0:16
related places: Shiraz

Is there a link between the Iranian city of Shiraz and the wine of the same name found in supermarkets around the world?
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White House: 'We are officially putting Iran on notice'

Thursday, February 2nd 2017, 9:23
related countries: United States

The new US National Security Adviser said the Obama administration had been too weak with Iran.
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Iran denies missile test violated UN resolution

Wednesday, February 1st 2017, 12:57
related countries: United States

Iran's defence minister rejects "foreign interference" after the US calls the test "unacceptable".
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'I don't belong here'

Wednesday, February 1st 2017, 0:04
related countries: Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, United States

Iranian, Iraqi, Syrian and Pakistani students in the US react to President Donald Trump's executive order banning people from seven countries.
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Netanyahu: Iran missile test must not go unanswered

Tuesday, January 31st 2017, 11:06
related countries: Israel

Israel's PM urges renewing sanctions against Iran after its latest ballistic missile test.
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Oscars chiefs dismayed

Sunday, January 29th 2017, 16:55
related countries: United States

Oscars chiefs say President Trump's US entry ban may stop Iranian nominees attending the awards.
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US immigration order: Families split as Trump ban enforced

Sunday, January 29th 2017, 10:27
related countries: United States
related places: Trump

"It is terrifying how everything has changed", an Iranian woman said, as she waited for her husband at Logan Airport.
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Syria conflict: Iran, Russia and Turkey 'to enforce' truce

Tuesday, January 24th 2017, 12:34
related countries: Turkey

Iran, Russia and Turkey say they will jointly enforce a fragile three-week cessation of hostilities.
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Richard Ratcliffe: 'We don't know how Nazanin is'

Monday, January 23rd 2017, 2:37

Richard Ratcliffe says he hasn't heard from his wife since she lost her appeal in Iran.
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UK mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe loses Iran jail appeal

Sunday, January 22nd 2017, 19:26
related countries: United Kingdom

The charity worker with dual British and Iranian citizenship has been jailed under secret charges.
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Tehran fire: Twenty firemen killed as high-rise collapses

Thursday, January 19th 2017, 16:27

The firefighters were battling a blaze in a 17-storey building in Tehran when it fell to the ground.
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Tehran high-rise collapses after being engulfed by fire

Thursday, January 19th 2017, 11:23
related places: Tehran

A landmark high-rise building in the Iranian capital, Tehran, collapses after being engulfed by fire.
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Death blow

Monday, January 9th 2017, 15:30

The death of former President Rafsanjani robs Iran of a force for continuity, BBC Persian's Kasra Naji says.
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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani: Tributes for ex-Iran President

Monday, January 9th 2017, 10:14
related places: Tehran

Iran's Supreme Leader lauds "companion" ex-President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who has died aged 82.
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Ex-President Rafsanjani a 'most influential figure' in Iran

Sunday, January 8th 2017, 19:06

BBC Persian service's Kasra Naji says Iran's ex-President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was one of the most influential figures in Iranian politics.
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Jailed Iranian activist ends hunger strike after wife freed

Tuesday, January 3rd 2017, 18:55

Activist Arash Sadeghi is taken to hospital after 71-day hunger strike over wife's imprisonment.
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Iranians march on jail to demand Arash Sadeghi's release

Monday, January 2nd 2017, 20:48
related places: Tehran

Hundreds of people have marched on Tehran's Evin Prison to demand the release of a student activist.
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Clash of Clans mobile game 'blocked' in Iran

Wednesday, December 28th 2016, 11:23

The Clash of Clans mobile game could soon be restricted in Iran.
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Iraq bomb attack targets Iranian Kurdish opposition party

Wednesday, December 21st 2016, 10:04
related countries: Iraq

Seven people are killed in a bomb attack on the offices of an Iranian Kurdish opposition party in Iraq.
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Iran says it will develop nuclear-powered ships after US extends sanctions

Tuesday, December 13th 2016, 15:46
related countries: United States

Iran's president orders the development of nuclear-powered ships, after the US extends sanctions.
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Iran signs $16bn deal to buy 80 Boeing aircraft

Sunday, December 11th 2016, 11:35
related countries: United States

State airline Iran Air says it has signed a deal to buy 80 passenger planes from US aircraft giant Boeing.
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UK minister accuses Saudis over 'proxy wars'

Thursday, December 8th 2016, 3:39
related countries: Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is filmed saying Saudi Arabia and Iran are "puppeteering" in the Middle East.
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Fifteen Saudi Shia sentenced to death for 'spying for Iran'

Tuesday, December 6th 2016, 16:02
related countries: Saudi Arabia

A court in Saudi Arabia sentences 15 people to death and 15 others to prison for spying for Iran.
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Iran fashion workers jailed for 'spreading prostitution'

Monday, December 5th 2016, 14:26

Twelve fashion workers are reportedly jailed in Iran for "spreading prostitution" via online images.
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CIA chief warns Trump: Scrapping Iran deal 'height of folly'

Wednesday, November 30th 2016, 13:47

CIA chief John Brennan warns Donald Trump that ending the Iran nuclear deal would be "disastrous".
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Iran trains crash in Semnan province killing dozens

Friday, November 25th 2016, 15:57

A collision between two trains in northern Iran kills at least 25 people.
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Shia pilgrims among 77 people killed in IS attack in Iraq

Thursday, November 24th 2016, 19:38
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

A truck bomb in Iraq kills 77 people, most of them foreign Shia pilgrims, police officials say.
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On the road

Sunday, November 20th 2016, 0:25

Meet the three young Iranian women sharing their global hitchhiking adventures on social media
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Iran: Fifa fines country's football federation over chants

Thursday, November 3rd 2016, 19:31

Iran are fined by Fifa after fans sing religious chants at a World Cup qualifier played on a holy day in the country.
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Iran ex-prosecutor sentenced to 135 lashes for corruption

Wednesday, November 2nd 2016, 16:41

An Iranian court sentences Tehran's controversial former chief prosecutor to 135 lashes for corruption.
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Taboo topic

Wednesday, November 2nd 2016, 13:30
related places: Koran

Child sex abuse allegations involving one of Iran's best-known Koran reciters are causing shock and anger in the country, reports Camelia Sadeghzadeh.
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'Activists held' at King Cyrus tomb in Iran

Monday, October 31st 2016, 16:53

Organisers of a rally at the tomb of pre-Islamic King Cyrus the Great are held in Iran, reports say.
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Iran death penalty: Justice minister calls for fewer executions

Saturday, October 29th 2016, 14:42

Iran's justice minister is seeking an 'effective' alternative to executions, according to local media.
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Iran 'jails dual US-Iranian national Robin Shahini for 18 years'

Tuesday, October 25th 2016, 18:11
related countries: United States

A dual Iranian-American national says he has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in Iran for allegedly collaborating with a hostile government.
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Iran beat South Korea as game is played on a holy day in Tehran

Tuesday, October 11th 2016, 17:34
related countries: South Korea
related places: Tehran

Iran fans watch their team beat South Korea 1-0 in a World Cup qualifier, despite the constraints imposed by a holy day.
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