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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• October 27th 2009 – September 30th 2009
• September 29th 2009 – September 8th 2009
• September 7th 2009 – August 14th 2009
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• July 3rd 2009 – June 20th 2009
• June 13th 2009 – May 5th 2009
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• March 24th 2009 – February 2nd 2009
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• February 21st 2008 – January 8th 2008
• January 8th 2008 – November 18th 2007
• November 18th 2007 – October 8th 2007
• October 7th 2007 – September 3rd 2007
• September 2nd 2007 – July 10th 2007
• July 9th 2007 – May 31st 2007
• May 30th 2007 – April 28th 2007
• April 26th 2007 – April 1st 2007
• April 1st 2007 – March 13th 2007
• March 12th 2007 – February 15th 2007
• February 14th 2007 – January 14th 2007
• January 14th 2007 – November 27th 2006
• November 25th 2006 – October 17th 2006
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Iran: news

Iran 'reaches key nuclear goal'

Sunday, September 2nd 2007, 14:13

Iran says it has met its target to have 3,000 centrifuges enriching uranium for its nuclear programme.
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Iran accepts fresh nuclear plan

Thursday, August 30th 2007, 12:41
related places: Tehran

Tehran has agreed to a plan to clear up questions on its nuclear programme, the UN's nuclear watchdog says.
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US admits Iranian arrests mistake

Wednesday, August 29th 2007, 11:04
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Baghdad

The US military admits that arresting eight Iranians in Baghdad was a "regrettable incident".
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Bush warns Iran over insurgents

Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 22:05
related countries: Iraq, United States

The US president warns Iran to stop supporting attacks against US forces in Iraq, in a speech to war veterans.
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US 'seizes Iranian group in Iraq'

Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 21:34
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Baghdad

Seven Iranians working for the Iranian Electricity Ministry are arrested by US forces in Baghdad.
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Iran 'resolves' plutonium issue

Monday, August 27th 2007, 22:13
related places: Tehran

Iran has resolved questions from the UN's nuclear watchdog about its plutonium experiments, Tehran says.
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Iran shuts down barber shops

Thursday, August 23rd 2007, 17:06
related places: Tehran

Iranian police close more than 20 barbers' shops in Tehran for offering Western hairstyles for men.
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Iran buys Russian passenger jets

Wednesday, August 22nd 2007, 15:27
related countries: Russia

Iran signs a deal with Russia to buy five new Tupolev passenger planes, the largest deal for Russia in some years.
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UN-Iran nuclear talks 'positive'

Tuesday, August 21st 2007, 19:49
related places: Tehran

Iran and the UN's nuclear agency say they have made progress in talks on Tehran's nuclear programme.
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Iran frees detained US academic

Tuesday, August 21st 2007, 18:39
related countries: United States
related places: Tehran, May

An Iranian-American academic jailed during a visit to Tehran tells Iranian TV of her joy at being freed on bail.
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UN opens further talks with Iran

Monday, August 20th 2007, 10:59
related places: Tehran

Senior officials from the UN's nuclear agency hold a third round of talks in Tehran on Iran's nuclear programme.
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Iran guards reject US terror list

Thursday, August 16th 2007, 17:46
related countries: United States

Iran's Revolutionary Guards denounce as "worthless" reported US plans to list the force as a terrorist unit.
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Chinese pair face Iran spy claims

Wednesday, August 15th 2007, 23:10
related countries: China

Iran arrests two Chinese nationals for allegedly spying on military and nuclear facilities.
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US 'to blacklist Iranian Guards'

Wednesday, August 15th 2007, 20:03
related countries: United States

The US is preparing to add Iran's Revolutionary Guards to its list of terrorist groups, officials say.
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Belgian 'still captive' in Iran

Wednesday, August 15th 2007, 9:51
related countries: Belgium

Only one of the two Belgian tourists kidnapped in south-east Iran at the weekend has been released, police now say.
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'Captive' Belgians found in Iran

Tuesday, August 14th 2007, 19:42
related countries: Belgium

Two Belgians who went missing in Iran last week are found are in good health, Belgian officials say.
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Iran leader denies arms supplies

Tuesday, August 14th 2007, 13:34
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Kabul

Iran's President Ahmadinejad denies on a visit to Kabul that Iranian weapons are reaching the Taleban.
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Iran replaces key ministry chiefs

Monday, August 13th 2007, 16:18

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad replaces his key oil and industry ministers, sparking press speculation.
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Iranian police arrest partygoers

Thursday, August 9th 2007, 14:53
related places: Karaj, Tehran

Police in Iran say they have arrested 20 young people at a party in the city of Karaj, north-west of Tehran.
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Iraq PM Maliki in Iran for talks

Wednesday, August 8th 2007, 10:05
related countries: Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki arrives in Iran for talks which are expected to focus on security and co-operation.
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Iran and Nicaragua in barter deal

Sunday, August 5th 2007, 7:29
related countries: Nicaragua, United States

Iran will invest in Nicaraguan infrastructure in return for farm products, in a deal the US views with suspicion.
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Iran pledges Senegal investment

Friday, August 3rd 2007, 16:09
related countries: Senegal
related places: Dakar

Iran agrees to build an oil refinery and petrochemicals plant in Senegal, the government in Dakar says.
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Tehran killers hanged in public

Thursday, August 2nd 2007, 15:06
related places: Tehran

Two men are hanged in Tehran for murdering a judge, the first public executions in Iran's capital since 2002.
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Iran executes nine more criminals

Wednesday, August 1st 2007, 15:14

Iran hangs at least nine men convicted for rape, kidnapping and armed robbery, state media reports.
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Death verdicts for Iran reporters

Tuesday, July 31st 2007, 19:14

Two ethnic Kurdish dissident journalists are sentenced to death in Iran for "armed struggle against the system".
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UN inspectors visit key Iran site

Monday, July 30th 2007, 20:30
related places: Arak

Inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog visit Iran's heavy water reactor in Arak for the first time since April.
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Iran 'ready for more Iraq talks'

Wednesday, July 25th 2007, 13:45
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Baghdad

Iran says it would consider holding higher-level talks with the US, a day after a landmark meeting in Baghdad.
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US accuses Iran after Iraq talks

Tuesday, July 24th 2007, 16:32
related countries: Iraq, United States

Iran has increased support for militia groups in Iraq in recent months, the US ambassador in Baghdad says.
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MPs critical of Iran stories sale

Sunday, July 22nd 2007, 1:47
related countries: United Kingdom

A committee of British MPs criticises the decision to allow the Royal Navy crew captured by Iran to sell their stories.
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Iran shows new scholars' footage

Thursday, July 19th 2007, 23:29
related countries: United States

Iran's TV shows the second part of a programme with two detained US-Iranian scholars held on suspicion of spying.
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Detained US-Iranians interviewed

Thursday, July 19th 2007, 0:48
related countries: United States
related places: Tehran, May

Iranian TV airs interviews with two Iranian-American academics who have been detained in Tehran since May.
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UN welcomes 'positive' Iran moves

Wednesday, July 18th 2007, 10:13

The UN's atomic energy agency chief welcomes Iran's decision to allow inspections of its heavy water reactor.
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US wants fresh Iran talks on Iraq

Tuesday, July 17th 2007, 16:28
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Tehran

The US says it wants to have another meeting with Iran over Tehran's alleged support for sectarian militias in Iraq.
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Iran TV shows detained Americans

Monday, July 16th 2007, 15:57

Iranian TV airs the first pictures of Iranian Americans who have been detained on spying charges since May.
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S Korean ship 'sinks off Iran'

Saturday, July 14th 2007, 18:32
related countries: North Korea

Thirteen people are missing after a South Korean cargo ship sinks in Iranian waters, Iran's state TV says.
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UN hails Iran nuclear agreement

Friday, July 13th 2007, 14:02

Iran and the UN's nuclear watchdog agree to new inspections at a key site and hail a framework for talks.
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Iranian union leader 'abducted'

Wednesday, July 11th 2007, 16:17
related places: Tehran

A prominent trade union leader, Mansour Osanlou, is seized by unidentified men from a bus in Tehran.
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UN delegation in Tehran for talks

Wednesday, July 11th 2007, 10:55
related places: Tehran

UN nuclear agency officials visit Iran to press for answers to outstanding questions on its nuclear activities.
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Iran 'adulterer' stoned to death

Tuesday, July 10th 2007, 13:41

An Iranian man is stoned to death for adultery as the same fate hangs over his alleged lover.
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