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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• December 26th 2009 – December 9th 2009
• December 9th 2009 – November 18th 2009
• November 17th 2009 – October 27th 2009
• October 27th 2009 – September 29th 2009
• September 29th 2009 – September 7th 2009
• September 7th 2009 – August 12th 2009
• August 11th 2009 – July 23rd 2009
• July 22nd 2009 – July 3rd 2009
• July 3rd 2009 – June 13th 2009
• June 13th 2009 – May 4th 2009
• May 2nd 2009 – March 24th 2009
• March 21st 2009 – January 31st 2009
• January 29th 2009 – November 5th 2008
• November 4th 2008 – September 9th 2008
• September 8th 2008 – July 17th 2008
• July 17th 2008 – June 14th 2008
• June 13th 2008 – April 23rd 2008
• April 22nd 2008 – February 21st 2008
• February 20th 2008 – January 8th 2008
• January 7th 2008 – November 18th 2007
• November 17th 2007 – October 7th 2007
• October 5th 2007 – September 2nd 2007
• August 30th 2007 – July 9th 2007
• July 9th 2007 – May 30th 2007
• May 30th 2007 – April 26th 2007
• April 25th 2007 – April 1st 2007
• March 31st 2007 – March 12th 2007
• March 11th 2007 – February 14th 2007
• February 14th 2007 – January 14th 2007
• January 13th 2007 – November 25th 2006
• November 24th 2006 – October 17th 2006
• October 16th 2006 – September 3rd 2006
• September 3rd 2006 – July 13th 2006
• July 12th 2006 – June 4th 2006
• June 3rd 2006 – May 6th 2006
• May 5th 2006 – April 8th 2006
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• February 1st 2006 – January 14th 2006
• January 14th 2006 – November 24th 2005
• November 23rd 2005 – November 11th 2005

Iran: news

Al-Qaeda accuses Iran of 9/11 lie

Tuesday, April 22nd 2008, 17:04
related countries: Israel
related places: Al

Al-Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri says Iran is spreading lies that Israel, not his group, carried out the 9/11 attacks.
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Rice joins Gulf regional meeting

Monday, April 21st 2008, 13:21
related countries: Bahrain, United States
related places: `Arab, Gulf

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Bahrain urging Arab states to curb Iran's influence in the region.
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Iran shows off its military might

Thursday, April 17th 2008, 17:14

Iran parades its military might, as President Ahmadinejad says his country is now the world's most powerful.
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Iran leader doubts 9/11

Wednesday, April 16th 2008, 16:05
related countries: United States

Iran's president describes the 9/11 attacks on the US as a "suspect event" and queries the death toll.
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UN powers to discuss Iran policy

Wednesday, April 16th 2008, 5:06

The UN Security Council's five permanent members are to meet in Shanghai to discuss Iran's nuclear plans.
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Iran orders laureate's protection

Wednesday, April 16th 2008, 1:49

Iran's president orders police to ensure the safety of Nobel laureate and activist Shirin Ebadi, state media reports.
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Iran-UN nuclear talks postponed

Sunday, April 13th 2008, 20:39

A meeting between the UN's nuclear chief and Iran's chief negotiator is postponed, Iranian media say.
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Deadly blast strikes Iran mosque

Sunday, April 13th 2008, 13:36

At least 12 people are killed and 160 wounded in an explosion in southern Iran, local media say.
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'Several dead in Iran explosion'

Saturday, April 12th 2008, 18:34

Several people are killed and a number of others wounded by an explosion in Iran, Iranian media reports say.
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Iran pressed to free campaigner

Saturday, April 12th 2008, 15:35

A letter published in Iran calls for the immediate release of women's rights campaigner Khadijeh Moghaddam.
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Iran 'installing new centrifuges'

Tuesday, April 8th 2008, 22:20
related places: Natanz

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims Iran is installing 6,000 new centrifuges and casts doubt on the US 9/11 attacks.
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Iran nuclear envoy avoids prison

Tuesday, April 8th 2008, 18:06

A former Iranian nuclear negotiator is given a two-year suspended jail sentence for damaging national security.
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Hamas 'wrecking Mid-East peace'

Monday, March 24th 2008, 20:51
related countries: Syria, United States

US Vice-President Dick Cheney says Hamas, along with Iran and Syria, is trying to torpedo Middle East peace.
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Iran 'behind Green Zone attack'

Monday, March 24th 2008, 15:21
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Baghdad, Sunday

The top US general in Iraq says he has evidence Iran was behind Sunday's attack on Baghdad's Green Zone.
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Swiss minister sparks veil outcry

Thursday, March 20th 2008, 14:10
related countries: Switzerland

Swiss media and politicians criticise the foreign minister for wearing a headscarf while meeting the president of Iran.
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Conservatives win Iran election

Sunday, March 16th 2008, 14:53

Conservative candidates in Iran's general election retain control of parliament, while reformists do marginally well.
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Iranians vote in general election

Friday, March 14th 2008, 20:31

Iranians vote in an election with many opponents of President Ahmadinejad barred from running for parliament.
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Gay Iranian deportation reviewed

Thursday, March 13th 2008, 17:12

The home secretary is to review the deportation of a gay teenager who says he would face execution in Iran.
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Iran accuses MP over TV spot

Wednesday, March 12th 2008, 16:52
related countries: United States

Iran's intelligence minister accuses a leading reformist MP of treason, for talking to a US-funded television station.
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Pentagon denies Iran policy shift

Wednesday, March 12th 2008, 7:05
related countries: United States

The US Mid-East commander's resignation does not signal a policy change on Iran, the Pentagon insists.
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Pentagon denies Iran policy shift

Wednesday, March 12th 2008, 7:05
related countries: United States

The US Mid-East commander's resignation does not signal a policy change on Iran, the Pentagon insists.
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Gay Iranian man loses asylum plea

Tuesday, March 11th 2008, 16:40
related countries: Netherlands

An Iranian homosexual who says he will be executed if deported from the Netherlands loses his asylum claim.
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Support drops for action on Iran

Tuesday, March 11th 2008, 0:03

International support for tough action over Iran's nuclear programme has fallen, a BBC poll finds.
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Iran and Iraq try to bridge the gap

Thursday, March 6th 2008, 16:27
related countries: Iraq

Jim Muir reflects on whether the Iranian president's visit to Iraq will have helped to bring the countries closer together.
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Iran rejects new EU nuclear talks

Wednesday, March 5th 2008, 17:50

Iran rules out fresh nuclear talks with the EU, saying it will now only discuss its programme with the UN.
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Anti-Iran nuclear move 'dropped'

Tuesday, March 4th 2008, 16:35

Western states drop plans for a new move against Iran at the UN nuclear agency, reports quoting diplomats say.
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UN approves new sanctions on Iran

Tuesday, March 4th 2008, 0:46

The UN Security Council votes to impose a third round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme.
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US Iraq troops 'insult to region'

Monday, March 3rd 2008, 14:51
related countries: Iraq, United States

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says foreign forces in Iraq are a humiliation for the region.
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Iran leader in landmark Iraq trip

Sunday, March 2nd 2008, 17:32
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

The first ever visit to Iraq by an Iranian president marks a high point since the two sides' bitter war in the 1980s.
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UK MPs urge direct US-Iran talks

Sunday, March 2nd 2008, 1:38
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

British lawmakers urge the government to persuade the US to hold direct nuclear talks with Iran.
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Iran 'targeting' women activists

Thursday, February 28th 2008, 11:22

Amnesty International criticised what it calls a backlash against women's rights campaigners in Iran.
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Russia may back Iran sanctions

Wednesday, February 27th 2008, 17:41
related countries: Russia

Russia says it may support more UN sanctions against Iran if it does not stop some nuclear activity.
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EU attacks Iran's new penal code

Tuesday, February 26th 2008, 13:09

The EU criticises Iran's draft penal code that would impose the death penalty for giving up Islam.
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Khamenei hails Iran 'nuclear win'

Tuesday, February 26th 2008, 11:51

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hails the "great victory" achieved by Iran on the nuclear issue.
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Iran weapons project 'continued'

Tuesday, February 26th 2008, 1:19
related countries: United States

The IAEA is told Iran's nuclear weapons work may have gone on after 2003, when a US report suggested it ceased.
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Iran defiant over sanction threat

Saturday, February 23rd 2008, 19:59
related places: Tehran

Iran's President Ahmadinejad says no amount of UN sanctions will deter Tehran from its nuclear programme.
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US will back new Iran sanctions

Saturday, February 23rd 2008, 0:49
related countries: United States

The US secretary of state says there is a "very strong case" for more sanctions on Iran over its nuclear plans.
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Iran 'nuclear questions remain'

Friday, February 22nd 2008, 21:30

New data on Iran's nuclear programme does not prove the country is not making a bomb, UN inspectors say.
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Iranians spar with Israel at UN

Thursday, February 21st 2008, 13:47
related countries: Israel

Iran urges the UN to stop Israel threatening military action against its nuclear programme.
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