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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

Solana urges US to talk to Iran

Saturday, April 28th 2007, 0:27
related countries: United States United States

The EU's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, calls on the US to hold direct talks with Iran on a range of issues.
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South Iran mosque blast 'kills 19'

Thursday, May 28th 2009, 21:17

A bomb in a mosque in the south-east Iranian city of Zahedan kills at least 19 people and injures 60, officials say.
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Southern Iran hit by strong quake

Tuesday, February 28th 2006, 16:18

A powerful earthquake, registering 5.6, hits south-eastern Iran.
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Spy charge for Iranian official

Wednesday, November 14th 2007, 14:40
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

A former Iranian nuclear negotiator is charged with giving classified information to the British embassy.
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Sri Lanka eyes Iranian aid money

Monday, April 28th 2008, 11:38
related countries: Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due in Sri Lanka on the second leg of a South Asian tour.
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Steaming hot tea linked to cancer

Friday, March 27th 2009, 0:02

Drinking steaming hot tea has been linked with an increased risk of oesophageal (gullet) cancer, Iranian scientists say.
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Straw pursues Iran conciliation

Saturday, January 28th 2006, 16:44
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

The UK foreign secretary says a deal must be found to resolve the Iran nuclear crisis without humiliating Tehran.
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Student editor detained in Tehran

Monday, May 7th 2007, 10:01
related places: Tehran

A second editor of a student publication in Iran is detained over works that right-wing students say insult Islam.
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Sunni militant 'executed by Iran'

Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 15:11

Iran hangs a militant from the Jundullah rebel group accused of a number of attacks in the south-east of the country, say reports.
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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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Swiss minister sparks veil outcry

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

Swiss media and politicians criticise the foreign minister for wearing a headscarf while meeting the president of Iran.
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Talabani 'trusts in Iran support'

Monday, November 21st 2005, 17:37
related countries: Iraq Iraq

Iraq's President Jalal Talabani says he is confident of Iran's support in fighting terrorism in his country.
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Talabani backs 'Iran-Syria plan'

Tuesday, October 17th 2006, 19:43
related countries: Iraq Iraq, Syria Syria

Violence in Iraq would end "within months" if Iran and Syria were directly involved, says Iraq's president.
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Talabani hopeful on US-Iran talks

Sunday, March 19th 2006, 20:10
related countries: Iraq Iraq, United States United States

Iraq's President Jalal Talabani welcomes the prospect of talks between the US and Iran over the situation in Iraq.
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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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Talks fail to halt Iran programme

Thursday, April 13th 2006, 22:47

The UN's nuclear watchdog chief fails to convince Iran to freeze its nuclear work but says dialogue will go on.
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Talks urged on Iran nuclear issue

Wednesday, August 23rd 2006, 15:01
related countries: China China, Russia Russia
related places: Tehran

China and Russia say only talks will solve the crisis over Iran's nuclear work, after Tehran offers negotiations.
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Talks with US 'no benefit to Iran'

Tuesday, June 27th 2006, 13:43
related countries: United States United States

Iran's supreme leader says he sees "no use" in talking to the US about Iran's nuclear activities, state TV reports.
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Tehran 'begins nuclear payments'

Monday, March 26th 2007, 14:22
related countries: Russia Russia

A Russian firm building Iran's first atomic power plant says payments have started following a financial dispute.
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Tehran 'can co-operate with US'

Thursday, January 29th 2009, 17:13
related countries: United States United States
related places: Washington

Real change in US policy in the Middle East will enable Iran to co-operate with Washington, Iran's foreign minister has said.
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Tehran 'confiscates Nobel medal'

Friday, November 27th 2009, 10:02

Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi says her Nobel Peace Prize medal has been confiscated by the authorities.
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Tehran 'ready for global talks'

Monday, September 7th 2009, 10:17

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejects talks on Iran's right to nuclear power, but proposes a global talks on its peaceful use.
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Tehran - A tale of two cities?

Saturday, September 13th 2008, 8:34

In this audio slideshow Hugh Sykes experiences the culture and political mood in the streets of the Iranian capital.
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Tehran assures Annan on Lebanon

Saturday, September 2nd 2006, 17:43
related countries: Lebanon Lebanon

Iran assures the visiting UN chief that it will co-operate with the resolution on Lebanon, in talks in Tehran.
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Tehran blocks access to Facebook

Sunday, May 24th 2009, 14:39

Iran blocks access to the social networking website Facebook, ahead of June's presidential election.
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Tehran denies seizing Nobel medal

Friday, November 27th 2009, 18:00

Iran's foreign ministry denies officials confiscated the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the human rights lawyer, Shirin Ebadi.
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Tehran dismisses threat of force

Wednesday, February 21st 2007, 2:38

Iran's top nuclear negotiator dismisses threats of force against it, as the UN prepares to make a crucial report.
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Tehran faces UN nuclear deadline

Saturday, July 29th 2006, 5:41

Major UN powers agree on a draft resolution giving Iran until 31 August to suspend uranium enrichment.
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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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Tehran offers to 'protect' Ebadi

Monday, January 5th 2009, 14:59

Iran says it will provide security for Nobel Peace Prize-winning lawyer Shirin Ebadi, amid global concern for her safety.
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Tehran re-elects moderate mayor

Wednesday, May 9th 2007, 17:14
related places: Tehran

Tehran's mayor is re-elected in a move seen as a victory for pragmatic conservatives within Iran.
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Tehran rejects US weapons claims

Monday, February 12th 2007, 12:09
related countries: Iraq Iraq, United States United States

Iran describes allegations by the US that it has been supplying Iraqi militias with weapons as baseless.
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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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Tehran schools closed due to smog

Tuesday, December 6th 2005, 9:36
related places: Tehran

All schools and nurseries in the Iranian capital are closed as air pollution reaches dangerous levels.
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Tehran students protest on campus

Monday, September 28th 2009, 17:21

Students demonstrate against the Iranian government at Tehran University on the first day of the new academic year.
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Tehran warns of fuel disruptions

Sunday, June 4th 2006, 16:44
related countries: United States United States

Iran's top leader says energy supplies could be disrupted if the US makes a "wrong move" in their dispute.
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Tehran warns US against attacks

Thursday, February 8th 2007, 17:44
related countries: United States United States

Iran will strike against US interests worldwide if attacked, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warns.
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Tehran warns US over nuclear row

Saturday, January 12th 2008, 19:10
related countries: United States United States
related places: Tehran

Iran's supreme leader says the US should not use the nuclear stand-off to bring Iran to its knees.
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Ten dead in southern Iran quake

Monday, November 28th 2005, 2:24

At least 10 people are killed and villages are badly damaged as a 6.1-magnitude quake hits southern Iran.
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