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 8th 2010 – December 18th 2009
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• November 30th 2009 – November 7th 2009
• November 5th 2009 – October 17th 2009
• October 14th 2009 – September 21st 2009
• September 20th 2009 – August 27th 2009
• August 27th 2009 – August 1st 2009
• August 1st 2009 – July 11th 2009
• July 10th 2009 – June 25th 2009
• June 25th 2009 – May 24th 2009
• May 24th 2009 – April 19th 2009
• April 18th 2009 – March 3rd 2009
• March 1st 2009 – December 15th 2008
• December 12th 2008 – October 10th 2008
• October 8th 2008 – August 5th 2008
• August 5th 2008 – July 8th 2008
• July 8th 2008 – May 21st 2008
• May 19th 2008 – March 12th 2008
• March 12th 2008 – January 26th 2008
• January 25th 2008 – December 4th 2007
• December 4th 2007 – October 30th 2007
• October 26th 2007 – September 20th 2007
• September 19th 2007 – August 8th 2007
• August 5th 2007 – June 19th 2007
• June 17th 2007 – May 15th 2007
• May 14th 2007 – April 9th 2007
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• February 25th 2007 – February 1st 2007
• February 1st 2007 – December 17th 2006
• December 16th 2006 – November 9th 2006
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• February 13th 2006 – January 25th 2006
• January 25th 2006 – December 13th 2005
• December 11th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Iran: news

Iran in warning to US and Israel

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 9:17
related countries: Israel, United States
related places: Tel Aviv

A senior cleric says Iran would "set fire" to Tel Aviv and US interests around the globe if it was attacked by the US.
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Iran nuclear position 'unchanged'

Saturday, July 5th 2008, 11:26
related places: Tehran

Iran says its stance on its nuclear programme is "not changed", hinting it is not ready to compromise over an EU offer.
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Tehran responds to nuclear offer

Friday, July 4th 2008, 17:33

Iran responds to an international offer of incentives for suspending uranium enrichment, EU and Iranian officials say.
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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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US admiral urges caution on Iran

Wednesday, July 2nd 2008, 22:25
related countries: United States

The top US military officer says opening up a new front in the Middle East with a strike on Iran would be "stressful".
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US says Israel-Iran story false

Tuesday, July 1st 2008, 20:06
related countries: Israel, United States

The US state department criticises reported comments by a defence official that Israel was getting closer to attacking Iran.
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'Israel spy' sentenced in Iran

Monday, June 30th 2008, 8:02
related countries: Israel

A 45-year-old Iranian man is sentenced to death for sending sensitive security information to Iran's arch foe Israel.
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Iran exiles back armed opposition

Saturday, June 28th 2008, 22:57
related countries: France

Thousands of supporters of Iran's outlawed opposition rally in France to end international bans on its armed wing.
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EU sanctions illegal, says Iran

Tuesday, June 24th 2008, 10:28

Iran condemns as illegal the latest raft of European Union sanctions over its uranium enrichment programme.
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EU imposes new sanctions on Iran

Monday, June 23rd 2008, 12:28

The European Union agrees new financial sanctions aimed at pressuring Iran to halt uranium enrichment.
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Pipeline deal 'soon', says India

Monday, June 23rd 2008, 6:35
related countries: India, Pakistan

India will sign an agreement with Iran and Pakistan to build a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline "soon", says a senior minister.
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Israelis 'rehearse Iran attack'

Friday, June 20th 2008, 21:50
related countries: Israel, United States

Israel carries out an exercise that appears to be a rehearsal for an attack on Iran's nuclear sites, US officials tell the New York Times.
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'Harassed' Iran student arrested

Friday, June 20th 2008, 17:53

A female Iranian student who alleged she was sexually harassed by her university's vice-chancellor is herself arrested.
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Iran alleges assassination plot

Friday, June 20th 2008, 14:47
related countries: Iraq
related places: March

The Iranian president says there was an "enemy" plot to kill him during a trip he took to Iraq in March, state radio.
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Beyond Gaza

Thursday, June 19th 2008, 9:09

Israelis ponder the challenges of Hamas and Iran
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New Iranian dress code crackdown

Monday, June 16th 2008, 14:27

Police in Iran begin a fresh campaign against Western-style clothing and hairstyles among women and men.
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Keep talking

Sunday, June 15th 2008, 19:44

Western countries are keen to keep Iran talks going
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Iran deal 'full of opportunities'

Sunday, June 15th 2008, 12:19

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana says a package offered to Iran to halt uranium enrichment is "full of opportunities".
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Japanese captive freed in Iran

Saturday, June 14th 2008, 18:39
related countries: Japan
related places: Tehran

A Japanese student abducted in south-eastern Iran in October has been released, Tehran's intelligence minister says.
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Iran rules out halt to enrichment

Saturday, June 14th 2008, 14:12

Iran rejects any suspension of its nuclear enrichment, as EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana offers an incentives package.
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Iranian choices

Friday, June 13th 2008, 23:33

New package offers cooperation or confrontation
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Iran executes juvenile offender

Thursday, June 12th 2008, 10:20

An Iranian boy aged 17 has been hanged, in violation of UN charters and official pledges not to execute minors.
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Marry or lose job, Iranian company tells employees

Tuesday, June 10th 2008, 20:57

Get married or face being fired, single Iranians at a major state-owned company are told, media reports say.
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US and EU issue new Iran warning

Tuesday, June 10th 2008, 18:21
related countries: Slovenia, United States

The EU and the US threaten to take further sanctions against Iran unless it suspends its nuclear programme.
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US presence blamed for Iraq woes

Monday, June 9th 2008, 15:19
related countries: Iraq, United States

Iran's supreme leader tells the visiting Iraqi PM the root cause of his country's problems is the presence of US troops.
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Iraqi PM assures Iran on security

Sunday, June 8th 2008, 15:48
related countries: Iraq
related places: Tehran

Iraq's PM says his country will not be used as a base to attack Iran, reflecting concerns about the US presence there.
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Mofaz criticised over Iran threat

Sunday, June 8th 2008, 10:54
related countries: Israel

A key defence official accuses an Israeli deputy PM of threatening Iran with attack to further his own political ambitions.
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Israeli minister threatens Iran

Friday, June 6th 2008, 14:54
related countries: Israel

A top Israeli official says Israel will attack Iran if it continues with its alleged nuclear arms programme.
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Talk of attack

Friday, June 6th 2008, 9:11

Military threat hangs over Iran's nuclear activities
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Israeli warning over nuclear Iran

Wednesday, June 4th 2008, 8:54
related countries: Israel

Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says "drastic measures" must be used to prevent Iran obtaining nuclear weapons.
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Iran 'not seeking' nuclear arms

Tuesday, June 3rd 2008, 8:46

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei insists it will continue its nuclear activities for civilian purposes only.
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Iran news agency hit by closure

Monday, June 2nd 2008, 13:33
related places: Fars

Iran orders the temporary closure of the semi-official Fars news agency in a row over a report.
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Iran speaker warns nuclear IAEA

Wednesday, May 28th 2008, 9:44

Iran's new parliament speaker Ali Larijani brands a recent report from the UN's nuclear agency, the IAEA, "deceitful".
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Iran nuclear envoy made speaker

Wednesday, May 28th 2008, 8:23

Iran's new parliament elects leading conservative and former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani as its speaker.
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Iranian MPs holds first session

Tuesday, May 27th 2008, 8:40

Iran's former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani is poised to take the influential role of parliament speaker.
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Iran 'withholds nuclear details'

Monday, May 26th 2008, 20:47

The UN nuclear watchdog says it believes Iran is still withholding information on its nuclear programme.
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Chemical blaze kills 30 in Iran

Sunday, May 25th 2008, 17:52

An explosion and fire at a chemical plant in central Iran kills 30 people and injures 38, Iranian media report.
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Israel charges Iran spy suspect

Sunday, May 25th 2008, 17:14
related countries: Israel

An Iranian-born Israeli is arrested and charged by Israeli authorities with spying for Iran, police say.
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Gay Iranian given asylum in UK

Wednesday, May 21st 2008, 8:56
related countries: United Kingdom

A gay Iranian teenager who claimed he would be executed in Iran wins a fight against deportation.
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