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 sanctions decision delayed

Friday, September 28th 2007, 21:32

A decision on imposing tougher UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme is delayed until November.
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Iran and Venezuela heads in talks

Friday, September 28th 2007, 13:49
related countries: Venezuela

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad holds talks in Venezuela with President Hugo Chavez.
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Iran in $1bn Bolivia oil pledge

Thursday, September 27th 2007, 21:50
related countries: Bolivia

Iran's leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promise $1bn (£493m) to help Bolivia exploit oil and gas reserves.
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Iran leader defiant in UN speech

Tuesday, September 25th 2007, 22:48

The debate over Iran's nuclear work is "closed", the country's president says in a fiery speech to the UN.
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UN chief calls for global action

Tuesday, September 25th 2007, 20:28
related countries: United States

UN chief Ban Ki-moon opens the 2007 general assembly by warning world leaders of "daunting challenges" ahead.
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Iran bails last US dual national

Tuesday, September 25th 2007, 9:46
related countries: United States

Iran releases on bail the last of three US-Iranian dual nationals detained on security charges, reports say.
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Iran president in NY campus row

Tuesday, September 25th 2007, 2:52
related countries: United States
related places: New York

President Ahmadinejad of Iran is involved in heated exchanges during a speech at a New York university.
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Iran leader plays down 'US war'

Monday, September 24th 2007, 9:22
related countries: United States

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his country is not heading for armed conflict with the US.
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US urged to free Iranian 'guest'

Saturday, September 22nd 2007, 18:06
related countries: Iraq, United States

Iraq's president calls for the release of an Iranian official detained by US forces in the country's Kurdish north.
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Ahmadinejad issues warning

Saturday, September 22nd 2007, 9:46

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad issues a stern warning against any country considering attacking Iran.
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Powers to discuss Iran sanctions

Friday, September 21st 2007, 16:17
related countries: France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, United States

Officials from the US, France, Britain, Russia, China and Germany are to meet to discuss Iran's nuclear programme.
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Iranian officer 'seized in Iraq'

Thursday, September 20th 2007, 13:41
related countries: Iraq, United States

US-led forces in Iraq say they have arrested an Iranian officer operating in the north of the country.
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Iran frees US-Iranian from prison

Thursday, September 20th 2007, 9:51
related countries: United States
related places: Tehran, May

Iran releases a second Iranian-American academic who had been detained in Tehran since May.
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US blocks Iran leader 9/11 visit

Thursday, September 20th 2007, 4:14
related countries: United States
related places: New York

A request from Iran's president to visit the Ground Zero site in New York is denied by local authorities.
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Iran issues Israel attack warning

Wednesday, September 19th 2007, 16:29
related countries: Israel
related places: Tehran

Tehran has plans to bomb Israel if it launches an attack on Iranian soil first, military officials say.
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Rice attacks UN watchdog on Iran

Wednesday, September 19th 2007, 11:16
related countries: United States

The US secretary of state attacks the UN nuclear chief for urging caution on military intervention in Iran.
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Russia concerned by Iran war talk

Tuesday, September 18th 2007, 12:21
related countries: France, Russia

Russia's foreign minister raises fears over threats of war in Iran after meeting his French counterpart.
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ElBaradei concern over Iran row

Tuesday, September 18th 2007, 10:20
related countries: France, Russia
related places: Moscow

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog says force should only be used as a last resort to resolve the dispute with Iran.
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Iran scorns French warning of war

Monday, September 17th 2007, 22:03
related countries: France
related places: Tehran

Iran responds angrily after France's foreign minister warns of possible war over Tehran's nuclear programme.
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France warning of war with Iran

Monday, September 17th 2007, 7:20

France's foreign minister says the world should prepare for the possibility of war over Iran's nuclear programme.
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France warning of war with Iran

Sunday, September 16th 2007, 19:29

France's foreign minister says the world should prepare for the possibility of war over Iran's nuclear programme.
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Iran supreme leader slams Bush

Friday, September 14th 2007, 15:03
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Bush

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a scathing attack on US President George Bush, says he should face trial over Iraq.
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US accuses Iran over Iraq attacks

Wednesday, September 12th 2007, 23:52
related countries: Iraq, United States

Senior US officials single out Iran for criticism, a day after giving a progress report on security in Iraq.
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Powers to hold Iran nuclear talks

Wednesday, September 12th 2007, 23:26
related countries: United States
related places: Tehran

The US is to host international talks on Iran's nuclear plans, as Tehran refuses to halt uranium enrichment.
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Iran defiant over EU uranium call

Wednesday, September 12th 2007, 14:18

Iran will not stop uranium enrichment despite opposition from the EU, Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator says.
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US-Iranian to be released 'soon'

Tuesday, September 11th 2007, 10:20
related countries: United States
related places: Tehran, May

An Iranian-American academic detained in a Tehran prison since May says he expects to be freed soon.
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Iran faces US bomb award

Friday, September 7th 2007, 21:26
related countries: Lebanon, United States
related places: Beirut

A US judge orders Iran to pay $2.65bn to families of marines killed by a 1983 suicide bomb in Beirut.
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Rafsanjani urges talks with West

Friday, September 7th 2007, 15:37
related places: Tehran

Former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani calls on the West to engage with Tehran on the nuclear issue.
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Russia in Australia uranium deal

Friday, September 7th 2007, 11:36
related countries: Australia, Russia

Australia is to sell uranium to Russia as long as the substance, used to generate nuclear power, is not resold to Iran.
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US journalist to leave Iran

Tuesday, September 4th 2007, 12:36
related countries: United States

An Iranian-American journalist who was banned from leaving Iran for seven months is given permission to leave.
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Rafsanjani to lead key Iran body

Tuesday, September 4th 2007, 10:30

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is elected speaker of the key clerical body that supervises Iran's Supreme Leader.
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Freed US academic leaves Iran

Monday, September 3rd 2007, 13:29
related countries: United States

A leading Iranian-American academic, who was jailed for three months in Iran on spying charges, leaves the country.
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New Iran guards chief appointed

Monday, September 3rd 2007, 10:25

Iran's Supreme Leader unexpectedly replaces the head of the country's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.
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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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