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

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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Ahmadinejad Imam row grows

Wednesday, February 20th 2008, 19:18

An Iranian cleric criticises President Ahmadinejad for promoting belief in the imminent return of a 9th Century Shia cleric.
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Iran allows reform candidates

Tuesday, February 19th 2008, 13:07
related places: March

The Iranian body that vets election candidates reinstates another 251 who had been banned from March's vote.
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Iran guards predict Israel demise

Monday, February 18th 2008, 13:59
related countries: Israel

Iran's Revolutionary Guards leader says Hezbollah will soon destroy Israel, in a letter to Hassan Nasrallah.
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Danish MPs refuse to apologise

Saturday, February 16th 2008, 20:26
related countries: Denmark
related places: Tehran

Danish MPs cancel a trip to Iran after Tehran demands they apologise for the Muhammad cartoon row.
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Iranians urge Dutch to ban film

Saturday, February 16th 2008, 15:48
related countries: Netherlands
related places: Koran

The Iranian government calls on the Dutch to stop the screening of a film about the Koran.
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Rare US-Iran meeting is disclosed

Saturday, February 16th 2008, 2:20
related countries: United States

The US treasury department reveals that one of its officials took part in rare talks with Iranian officials last month.
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Ahmadinejad plans visit to Iraq

Thursday, February 14th 2008, 14:20
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due in Baghdad next month for the first visit by an Iranian president to its neighbour.
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Russia criticises Iran's defiance

Wednesday, February 13th 2008, 23:12
related countries: Russia

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attacks Iran for its stance on its nuclear and rocket ambitions.
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Iran halts mistress death verdict

Wednesday, February 13th 2008, 16:44

An Iranian judge quashes the death sentence given to a woman who killed the wife of a former football star.
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Khomeini grandson returns to poll

Wednesday, February 13th 2008, 16:25

Ayatollah Khomeini's grandson is one of hundreds of candidates reinstated in Iran's parliamentary election.
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Iran stands firm on nuclear row

Monday, February 11th 2008, 13:35

Iran's president warns his government will not back down one iota in its nuclear dispute with the West.
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Iraq 'Shia militia leader' held

Friday, February 8th 2008, 10:45
related countries: Iraq, United States

US troops in Iraq say they have arrested a suspected leader of a Shia militia group allegedly backed by Iran.
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Russia suspicious over Iran test

Wednesday, February 6th 2008, 12:29
related countries: Russia

Russia says an Iranian missile test this week raised suspicions over its true nuclear ambitions.
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Iranians inaugurate space project

Monday, February 4th 2008, 15:18

Iran launches a research rocket to inaugurate its first home-built space centre, state TV reports.
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Iran to limit execution in public

Wednesday, January 30th 2008, 13:17

The head of Iran's judiciary issues a order that no executions be carried out in public without his permission.
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Iran claims nuclear triumph

Wednesday, January 30th 2008, 11:26

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that Iran is approaching the "summit" of nuclear development.
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Iran jails Bahai 'propagandists'

Tuesday, January 29th 2008, 11:38

Iran jails three Bahai followers for engaging in propaganda against the Islamic revolutionary system.
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