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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• 'Captive' Belgians found in Iran – Ahmadinejad invited to be pilgrim
• Ahmadinejad issues warning – Between the lines
• Beyond Gaza – Bush, Koizumi talk beef and NK
• Cabinet choices – Clinton pushes for Afghan meeting
• Clinton seeks better Russia ties – Dozens killed in Iran blizzards
• Dozens killed in Iran plane fire – Exile blues
• Eyewitness Iran – Germany raids 'Iran suppliers'
• Germany urged to bar Iran leader – Iran 'co-operation' draws praise
• Iran 'continuing enrichment work' – Iran 'positive' on nuclear offer
• Iran 'reaches key nuclear goal' – Iran 'will not halt enrichment'
• Iran 'will not yield' over poll – Iran and Russia in joint venture
• Iran and Russia in nuclear talks – Iran blocks opposition memorial
• Iran bomb 'within next 10 years' – Iran deal 'full of opportunities'
• Iran deal 'may allow enrichment' – Iran enrichment 'in early stages'
• Iran envoy in Pakistan abduction – Iran guards predict Israel demise
• Iran guards reject US terror list – Iran launches satellite carrier
• Iran lawyer in 'blood money' plea – Iran missile test 'provocative'
• Iran missile tests stoke tensions – Iran nuclear work 'irreversible'
• Iran nuclear work 'not worth war' – Iran president bans Western music
• Iran president berates US and UK – Iran rejects new EU nuclear talks
• Iran rejects Russia nuclear plan – Iran shuts down barber shops
• Iran signals nuclear intentions – Iran to revise IAEA co-operation
• Iran to set up marriage bureaux to help yo... – Iran's Ahmadinejad rallies supporters
• Iran's ex-leader sees new Islam – Iranian abducted in Afghanistan
• Iranian arrest over Putin 'plot' – Iranian raid on Ebadi condemned
• Iranian scientist 'held by US' – Iraq tells Iran to leave border
• Iraq unveils new security plans – Japanese captive freed in Iran
• Journalist goes on trial in Iran – Missile exports to Iran alarm US
• Missiles fired in Iran exercise – Nuclear intent
• Nuclear meeting on Iran cancelled – Peres blasts Iran in UN address
• Persian vision – Rafsanjani in 'conciliatory' move
• Rafsanjani to lead key Iran body – Russia suspicious over Iran test
• Russia to honour Iran arms deal – Solana 'to deliver Iran proposal'
• Solana urges US to talk to Iran – Ten dead in southern Iran quake
• Tensions rise in Denmark-Iran row – UK officers shown on Iran TV
• UK PM to warn Iran in Israel speech – UN refuses Iran help with reactor
• UN reports ongoing Iran defiance – US and Germany vow Iran diplomacy
• US and Iran meet at nuclear talks – US kills 'pro-Iranian militant'
• US links Iran to attack in Iraq – US trio 'entered Iran illegally'
• US trio 'on Iran spying charge' – West urges tougher line on Iran
• Western powers condemn Iran tests – Yemenis intercept 'Iranian ship'

Iran: news

Iran and Russia in nuclear talks

Tuesday, January 24th 2006, 15:23
related countries: Russia
related places: Moscow

Iran's top nuclear negotiator heads to Moscow for talks with senior officials, amid a row over its nuclear plans.
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Iran and Syria 'incited violence'

Wednesday, February 8th 2006, 23:11
related countries: Syria, United States

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Iran and Syria are fuelling Muslim anger in the cartoon row.
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Iran and Syria 'incited violence'

Wednesday, February 8th 2006, 19:13
related countries: Syria, United States

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Iran and Syria are fuelling Muslim anger in the cartoon row.
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Iran and Syria deny arms claims

Thursday, November 5th 2009, 0:02
related countries: Israel, Syria

Iran and Syria deny Israeli claims that a ship seized in the Mediterranean was carrying weapons for Hezbollah militants.
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Iran and Syria urged to help Iraq

Monday, November 13th 2006, 16:43
related countries: Iraq, Syria, United States
related places: White House

The US and UK indicate they are ready to work with Syria and Iran to help end the violence in Iraq.
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Iran and US hold 'cordial' talks

Tuesday, March 31st 2009, 17:04
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

The US envoy to Afghanistan had "a cordial exchange" with a senior Iranian official, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.
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Iran and Venezuela back oil cuts

Sunday, January 14th 2007, 0:56
related countries: United States, Venezuela

Iran and Venezuela call for Opec to cut oil production, as the Iranian president begins a Latin American tour.
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Iran and Venezuela bolster ties

Sunday, September 17th 2006, 23:35
related countries: Venezuela

Iran and Venezuela sign a host of agreements, as Iran's president visits the Latin American country.
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Iran and Venezuela heads in talks

Friday, September 28th 2007, 13:49
related countries: Venezuela

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad holds talks in Venezuela with President Hugo Chavez.
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Iran anger at Lebanon aid 'block'

Tuesday, July 25th 2006, 21:22
related countries: Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Turkey

Iranian media say Turkey and Saudi Arabia have stopped Iran using their air space to send aid to Lebanon.
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Iran anger over women fans

Wednesday, April 26th 2006, 15:55

Iran's religious right opposes moves to let women attend football matches played by male teams.
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Iran announces nuclear expansion

Saturday, July 26th 2008, 12:25

President Ahmadinejad says Iran now has 6,000 centrifuges for enriching uranium, nearly twice as much as a few months ago.
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Iran announces plans for a car designed specially for women

Tuesday, October 7th 2008, 18:33

Iran announces plans for a car designed specially for women, with features aimed at appealing to females.
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Iran appoints new judiciary head

Saturday, August 15th 2009, 19:11

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appoints the cleric Sadeq Larijani to be the new head of the judiciary.
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Iran approves presidency hopefuls

Wednesday, May 20th 2009, 8:52

Iran's electoral council clears the four main candidates, including President Ahmadinejad, to run in the 12 June presidential election.
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Iran Arabic channel taken off air

Wednesday, November 4th 2009, 19:25
related places: `Arab

Iran's Arabic language satellite television channel, al-Alam, is taken off air by two Arab-controlled satellite companies.
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Iran arrests Bahai 'leadership'

Monday, May 19th 2008, 18:48

Members of the Bahai faith say their entire leadership in Iran have been arrested by the authorities.
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Iran arrests controversial cleric

Sunday, October 8th 2006, 19:11
related places: Tehran

Iranian cleric Mohammad Kazemeini Boroujerdi is arrested after his supporters clash with police in Tehran.
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Iran arrests opposition figures

Monday, December 28th 2009, 21:56

A number of opposition figures are arrested in Iran, a day after at least eight people were killed in violent protests.
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Iran attack?

Thursday, July 3rd 2008, 11:02
related countries: Israel, United States

US military 'steps back' but Israeli threat remains
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Iran attacks UN draft resolution

Friday, May 5th 2006, 11:00

Iran accuses Western nations of creating an artificial crisis with a draft resolution over its enrichment plans.
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Iran Azeris protest over cartoon

Sunday, May 28th 2006, 7:54

Ethnic Azeris in Iran protest about a cartoon they say insults them, despite a ban on the paper which published it.
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Iran backing terror, says Blair

Friday, October 19th 2007, 7:27

Tony Blair accuses Iran of backing terrorism and says the world faces a situation akin to the rise of fascism.
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Iran backs first woman minister

Thursday, September 3rd 2009, 11:47

MPs approve Iran's first woman minister in 30 years, as they back 18 out of 21 of President Ahmadinejad's cabinet nominees.
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Iran backs Syria at nuclear body

Wednesday, October 1st 2008, 14:54
related countries: Syria

Iran says it has dropped its bid for a seat on the board of the UN nuclear watchdog in favour of its regional ally Syria.
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Iran backs Venezuela car factory

Tuesday, November 28th 2006, 3:59
related countries: Venezuela

President Hugo Chavez opens a new Iranian-backed car factory in central Venezuela.
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Iran Bahais face espionage trial

Saturday, August 15th 2009, 10:28
related countries: Israel

Seven members of the Bahai faith in Iran are to go on trial on Tuesday on charges of spying for Israel, prosecutors say.
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Iran bails last US dual national

Tuesday, September 25th 2007, 9:46
related countries: United States

Iran releases on bail the last of three US-Iranian dual nationals detained on security charges, reports say.
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Iran bails UK embassy employee

Sunday, July 19th 2009, 20:24
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Tehran

Iran releases on bail the last of nine British embassy employees arrested in Tehran over election protests.
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Iran bans 'Western' hairstyles

Sunday, April 29th 2007, 13:07

Iranian police warn barbers not to give male customers Western hairstyles or use make up on them.
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Iran bans Garcia Marquez novel

Friday, November 16th 2007, 13:29
related countries: Colombia

A novel by Colombia's Gabriel Garcia Marquez is pulled from shelves after Iran's censors notice its sanitised title.
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Iran bans Mecca visits over flu

Thursday, August 6th 2009, 10:36
related places: Ramadan

Iran imposes a ban on pilgrimages to Mecca during Ramadan, in an attempt to stem the spread of swine flu.
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Iran bans negative petrol stories

Thursday, June 28th 2007, 12:52

Iran's top security council has ordered local journalists not to report on problems caused by petrol rationing.
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Iran bans newspaper over photos

Monday, January 2nd 2006, 19:08

Iran orders the closure of a newspaper for the first time since hardline President Ahmadinejad took office.
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Iran blamed over Tehran air crash

Wednesday, December 7th 2005, 16:25
related places: Tehran

A plane that crashed in Tehran killing at least 110 people had technical problems before take-off, reports say.
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Iran blames US over mosque bomb

Friday, May 29th 2009, 9:27
related countries: United States

A provincial official in Iran says the US was behind the bombing of a mosque that killed at least 19 people.
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Iran blames West for nuclear move

Monday, November 30th 2009, 11:32

A top Iranian official says the West provoked his country into launching a plan for 10 new uranium enrichment plants.
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Iran blocks BBC Persian website

Tuesday, January 24th 2006, 16:33

The Iranian authorities start blocking the BBC's Persian language internet site, for the first time.
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Iran blocks opposition memorial

Tuesday, July 28th 2009, 14:33

Iranian officials block two opposition leaders from holding a rally for people killed during post-election violence last month.
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'Captive' Belgians found in Iran – Ahmadinejad invited to be pilgrimAhmadinejad issues warning – Between the linesBeyond Gaza – Bush, Koizumi talk beef and NKCabinet choices – Clinton pushes for Afghan meetingClinton seeks better Russia ties – Dozens killed in Iran blizzardsDozens killed in Iran plane fire – Exile bluesEyewitness Iran – Germany raids 'Iran suppliers'Germany urged to bar Iran leader – Iran 'co-operation' draws praiseIran 'continuing enrichment work' – Iran 'positive' on nuclear offerIran 'reaches key nuclear goal' – Iran 'will not halt enrichment'Iran 'will not yield' over poll – Iran and Russia in joint ventureIran and Russia in nuclear talks – Iran blocks opposition memorialIran bomb 'within next 10 years' – Iran deal 'full of opportunities'Iran deal 'may allow enrichment' – Iran enrichment 'in early stages'Iran envoy in Pakistan abduction – Iran guards predict Israel demiseIran guards reject US terror list – Iran launches satellite carrierIran lawyer in 'blood money' plea – Iran missile test 'provocative'Iran missile tests stoke tensions – Iran nuclear work 'irreversible'Iran nuclear work 'not worth war' – Iran president bans Western musicIran president berates US and UK – Iran rejects new EU nuclear talksIran rejects Russia nuclear plan – Iran shuts down barber shopsIran signals nuclear intentions – Iran to revise IAEA co-operationIran to set up marriage bureaux to help yo... – Iran's Ahmadinejad rallies supportersIran's ex-leader sees new Islam – Iranian abducted in AfghanistanIranian arrest over Putin 'plot' – Iranian raid on Ebadi condemnedIranian scientist 'held by US' – Iraq tells Iran to leave borderIraq unveils new security plans – Japanese captive freed in IranJournalist goes on trial in Iran – Missile exports to Iran alarm USMissiles fired in Iran exercise – Nuclear intentNuclear meeting on Iran cancelled – Peres blasts Iran in UN addressPersian vision – Rafsanjani in 'conciliatory' moveRafsanjani to lead key Iran body – Russia suspicious over Iran testRussia to honour Iran arms deal – Solana 'to deliver Iran proposal'Solana urges US to talk to Iran – Ten dead in southern Iran quakeTensions rise in Denmark-Iran row – UK officers shown on Iran TVUK PM to warn Iran in Israel speech – UN refuses Iran help with reactorUN reports ongoing Iran defiance – US and Germany vow Iran diplomacyUS and Iran meet at nuclear talks – US kills 'pro-Iranian militant'US links Iran to attack in Iraq – US trio 'entered Iran illegally'US trio 'on Iran spying charge' – West urges tougher line on IranWestern powers condemn Iran tests – Yemenis intercept 'Iranian ship'