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: Talks with US possible soon

Tuesday, July 15th 2008, 11:10
related countries: United States

Iran's president says talks with the US are possible soon, the country's official news agency reports.
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Iranians 'execute six in public'

Monday, July 14th 2008, 14:14

Iran is said to have executed six people in public, the second report of a public execution in a week.
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World 'would rue' attack on Iran

Monday, July 14th 2008, 12:47
related countries: Syria

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the any military attack on Iran over its nuclear programme would cost the world dearly.
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Iran 'to target Israel, US bases'

Saturday, July 12th 2008, 13:38
related countries: Israel, United States
related places: Gulf

Iran will target Israel and 32 US bases in the Gulf if the country is attacked, says an aide to Iran's supreme leader.
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Iran and Israel's war of words

Saturday, July 12th 2008, 11:06
related countries: Israel

Jonathan Marcus talks to ordinary Israelis about Iran and discovers that, historically, the two countries were actually allies.
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Tests show US shield 'not needed'

Friday, July 11th 2008, 16:43
related countries: Russia, United States

Russia's foreign minister says Iran's missile tests show the planned US defence shield in Europe is not necessary.
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Washington diary

Friday, July 11th 2008, 11:48
related countries: United States

How will the US react to Iran's missile test?
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Israel 'ready to act' over Iran

Thursday, July 10th 2008, 19:31

Israel's defence minister hints at his country's readiness to strike Iran, amid rising tensions over Iran's missile tests.
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US warns Iran on missile threat

Thursday, July 10th 2008, 15:12
related countries: United States

The US warns Iran it will not hesitate to defend its allies' interests, as Iran launches a fresh array of missile tests.
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US warns Iran on missile threat

Thursday, July 10th 2008, 9:05
related countries: United States

The US warns Iran it will not hesitate to defend its allies' interests, as Iran launches a fresh array of missile tests.
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French firm 'quits Iran gas deal'

Thursday, July 10th 2008, 6:49
related countries: France

French energy firm Total will not invest in Iran because it is too risky, the company's boss says in a newspaper interview.
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Iran missile test 'provocative'

Wednesday, July 9th 2008, 17:39
related countries: Israel
related places: Tel Aviv

The United States and Israel condemn Iran after it test-fires a long-range missile capable of reaching Tel Aviv.
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Iran sends missile test warning

Wednesday, July 9th 2008, 13:54
related countries: Israel
related places: Shahab

Iran test-fires nine missiles, including one type capable of hitting Israel, amid rising tensions over its nuclear programme.
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New US nuclear sanctions on Iran

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 18:31
related countries: United States

The US puts new financial sanctions on Iranian firms and individuals said to be involved in its nuclear programme.
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Plea over Iran's death row youths

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 16:14
related places: Human

Human rights groups make a joint appeal to Iran to spare the lives of four youths facing execution for crimes committed as minors.
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Iran leader plays down war talk

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 15:48
related countries: Israel
related places: Tehran

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he sees no possibility of a war between Iran and the US or Israel.
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Iran in warning to US and Israel

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 9:17
related countries: Israel, United States
related places: Tel Aviv

A senior cleric says Iran would "set fire" to Tel Aviv and US interests around the globe if it was attacked by the US.
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Iran nuclear position 'unchanged'

Saturday, July 5th 2008, 11:26
related places: Tehran

Iran says its stance on its nuclear programme is "not changed", hinting it is not ready to compromise over an EU offer.
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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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Iran attack?

Thursday, July 3rd 2008, 11:02
related countries: Israel, United States

US military 'steps back' but Israeli threat remains
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US admiral urges caution on Iran

Wednesday, July 2nd 2008, 22:25
related countries: United States

The top US military officer says opening up a new front in the Middle East with a strike on Iran would be "stressful".
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US says Israel-Iran story false

Tuesday, July 1st 2008, 20:06
related countries: Israel, United States

The US state department criticises reported comments by a defence official that Israel was getting closer to attacking Iran.
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'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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