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

'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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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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Saudis 'resist Bush oil pressure'

Friday, May 16th 2008, 17:50
related countries: Saudi Arabia, United States

Saudi Arabia rejects a US appeal to raise oil production saying there is no new demand, US officials say.
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Obama attacks Bush over Iran barb

Thursday, May 15th 2008, 15:48
related countries: United States
related places: Bush

US presidential hopeful Barack Obama interprets a speech by President Bush as an attack on his foreign policy.
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UK MKO terror ban appeal denied

Wednesday, May 7th 2008, 14:25
related countries: United Kingdom

The government is refused the right to challenge an order saying it should take an Iranian opposition group off a terror blacklist.
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Iran hardliners condemn Khatami

Tuesday, May 6th 2008, 16:49

Members of Iran's parliament complain about remarks made by former President Khatami on Ayatollah Khomeini.
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Obama attacks Clinton over Iran

Monday, May 5th 2008, 19:26
related countries: United States
related places: Clinton

Barack Obama accuses Hillary Clinton of "sabre-rattling" over Iran as the next US electoral contests loom.
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Iran to be offered new incentives

Friday, May 2nd 2008, 16:03
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Major world powers reach agreement in London on fresh incentives for Iran to stop enriching uranium.
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Azeris clear Iran nuclear cargo

Thursday, May 1st 2008, 18:16
related countries: Azerbaijan, Russia

Azerbaijan allows a Russian nuclear cargo to cross its territory into Iran after holding it up for a month.
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Azeris clear Russia nuclear cargo

Thursday, May 1st 2008, 18:16
related countries: Azerbaijan, Russia

Azerbaijan allows a Russian nuclear cargo to cross its territory into Iran after holding it up for a month.
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'Provocative' Clinton angers Iran

Thursday, May 1st 2008, 4:20
related countries: United States

Tehran complains to the UN about remarks made by Hillary Clinton on the possibility of a US attack on Iran.
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Iranian leader upbeat on pipeline

Tuesday, April 29th 2008, 21:26
related countries: India

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives assurances to India on the construction of a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline through Pakistan.
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Iran boosts Sri Lankan refinery

Tuesday, April 29th 2008, 8:17
related countries: Sri Lanka

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launches a project to expand Sri Lanka's oil refining capacity.
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Sri Lanka eyes Iranian aid money

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

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due in Sri Lanka on the second leg of a South Asian tour.
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Iran, Pakistan 'in pipeline deal'

Monday, April 28th 2008, 11:37
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan says it has cleared the way with Iran to finalise an agreement on a $7.5bn gas pipeline to India.
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Iran hardliners strengthen hold

Saturday, April 26th 2008, 13:38

Iran's conservatives have consolidated their election win, taking more seats in a run-off.
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US vessel fires at boats in Gulf

Friday, April 25th 2008, 18:20
related countries: United States

A ship contracted by the US Navy fires warning shots at two unidentified speed boats in the Gulf.
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Iran 'stepping up arms to Iraq'

Friday, April 25th 2008, 14:26
related countries: Iraq, United States

The most senior US military official says Iran is increasing the flow of weapons and training to Iraqi insurgents.
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Iran expelled from military fair

Thursday, April 24th 2008, 14:45
related countries: Malaysia

Malaysia expels Iranian defence firms from a military trade fair, saying they breached a UN ban.
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