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.

World news related to Iran – overview

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• June 26th 2006 – May 13th 2006
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• February 14th 2006 – January 20th 2006
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Iran: news

Could Iran's phased plan defuse nuclear standoff?

Tuesday, October 15th 2013, 17:17

Mark Urban on what we know about Iran's phased nuclear plan
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VIDEO: Key Iran nuclear talks in Geneva

Tuesday, October 15th 2013, 6:07

World powers are meeting in Geneva to hold their first formal negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme.
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Israel warns over Iran before talks

Monday, October 14th 2013, 16:49
related countries: Israel

It would be a "historic mistake" to ease pressure on Iran right now, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu tells parliament ahead of key nuclear talks.
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Iran rejects shipping out uranium

Sunday, October 13th 2013, 21:29

Iran will not allow any of its enriched uranium to be shipped abroad, the deputy foreign minister says, rejecting a key demand of Western powers.
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Iran denies 'uranium surplus' report

Wednesday, October 9th 2013, 19:42
related places: Tehran

Iran denies a report quoting the parliament speaker as saying Tehran has a surplus of enriched uranium and plans to use it as a bargaining tool.
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Has Rouhani wrong-footed the West?

Wednesday, October 9th 2013, 16:26

Mark Urban asks if Iran's leader has wrong-footed the West
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UK reopens Iran diplomatic channels

Tuesday, October 8th 2013, 15:53
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK will restore some diplomatic relations with Iran by appointing a charge d'affaires to work with the country, Foreign Secretary William Hague announces.
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Iran seeks new tack in nuclear talks

Sunday, October 6th 2013, 14:46

Iran's foreign minister urges world powers to come up with new proposals for talks on its nuclear programme, which are set to resume next week.
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Iran holds four over sabotage plot

Sunday, October 6th 2013, 11:05

Four people have been arrested in Iran for trying to sabotage a nuclear site, says senior nuclear official Ali Akbar Salehi.
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Iran's Khamenei backs president

Saturday, October 5th 2013, 15:41
related countries: United States
related places: New York

The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, endorses overtures to the US made by President Rouhani in New York, but with reservations.
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Netanyahu warns of 'immortal Iran'

Friday, October 4th 2013, 9:22
related countries: Israel, North Korea

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu warns Iranians if their "brutal" government is allowed to get nuclear weapons, it would "be immortal, like North Korea".
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VIDEO: Netanyahu warns of 'immortal Iran'

Friday, October 4th 2013, 8:52

Israel's prime minister says Iranians "deserve better" than their current government and that their lives could get worse if the country gains nuclear weapons.
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'Iran president' tweets Twitter head

Wednesday, October 2nd 2013, 13:57

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and an account used by Iran's President Hassan Rouhani discuss Iran's social media ban by tweet.
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Israel issues warning against Iran

Wednesday, October 2nd 2013, 6:30
related countries: Israel

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu warns the UN against working with Iran, describing its new president as a 'wolf in sheep's clothing'.
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VIDEO: Israel's tough stance on Iran

Tuesday, October 1st 2013, 22:34
related countries: Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the UN General Assembly that his country will never allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons, even if it has to act alone.
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Can Israel convince West to stay sceptical over Iran?

Tuesday, October 1st 2013, 9:13
related countries: Israel

How can Israel convince West to stay sceptical over Iran?
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VIDEO: American who did meet Iran's president

Monday, September 30th 2013, 0:12
related countries: United States

The American who did meet Iran's new president
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Israel PM counters Iran 'sweet talk'

Sunday, September 29th 2013, 12:09
related countries: Israel, United States

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu heads to the US for talks with President Barack Obama to warn against Iran's diplomatic charm offensive.
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Rivals rally as Rouhani returns

Saturday, September 28th 2013, 14:30
related places: Tehran

Supporters and opponents descend on Tehran airport as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani returns from the UN, with protesters hurling shoes.
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Obama and Rouhani speak by phone

Saturday, September 28th 2013, 9:27

Amid intense diplomacy over Iran's nuclear programme, the US and Iranian presidents speak by phone - the first such exchange since 1979.
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VIDEO: Obama speaks to Rouhani on phone

Friday, September 27th 2013, 21:37
related countries: United States

US President Barack Obama and Iran's Hassan Rouhani have discussed the country's nuclear programme on the phone.
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VIDEO: Obama and Rouhani spoke on phone

Friday, September 27th 2013, 20:45
related countries: United States

President Obama has spoken with President Hassan Rouhani about Iran's nuclear programme - the highest level contact between the US and Iran since 1979.
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Iran's ayatollah-approved diplomacy

Friday, September 27th 2013, 14:51

Iranian rapprochement with West needs ayatollah's OK
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Iran nuclear 'shift' hailed at UN

Friday, September 27th 2013, 8:55
related countries: United States

US and European diplomats welcome a "shift in tone" from Iran on its nuclear programme, after high-level talks at the United Nations.
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VIDEO: High-level UN-Iran nuclear talks

Thursday, September 26th 2013, 21:54
related places: Tehran

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has told the United Nations he wants to reach a deal regarding Tehran's nuclear programme in three to six months.
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VIDEO: Rouhani wants nuclear deal 'in months'

Thursday, September 26th 2013, 18:21

Iran's new president has told the United Nations that every effort must be made to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
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Iran urged to accept nuclear offer

Thursday, September 26th 2013, 17:25
related countries: China, United States

The US and China are urging Iran to respond "positively" to existing offers by world powers over its nuclear programme ahead of a key meeting at the UN, US officials say.
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Iran wants nuclear deal 'in months'

Thursday, September 26th 2013, 14:21
related places: Tehran

Iran's president says he wants to conclude a deal on Tehran's nuclear programme in three to six months, as key talks are due to begin in New York.
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Iran ready for talks, says president

Wednesday, September 25th 2013, 10:50

Iran's President Rouhani tells the UN he is prepared to engage in "time-bound and results-oriented" talks on his country's nuclear programme.
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VIDEO: Warmer relations for the US and Iran?

Tuesday, September 24th 2013, 22:27
related countries: United States

Recent moves by Iran should offer the basis for a "meaningful agreement" on its nuclear programme, US President Barack Obama has told the UN General Assembly.
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Obama urges diplomatic push on Iran

Tuesday, September 24th 2013, 21:47
related countries: Syria, United States

Barack Obama tells the UN General Assembly there is an opening for a "meaningful agreement" over Iran's nuclear programme, while Iran says peace is "within reach".
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VIDEO: Iran's Rouhani to address the UN

Tuesday, September 24th 2013, 6:01

The new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is to address the UN general assembly, amid signs of a thaw in the country's relations with the West.
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Iran to hold nuclear talks at UN

Monday, September 23rd 2013, 21:31
related places: Tehran

Iran's foreign minister will meet six major world powers later this week at the UN to discuss Tehran's controversial nuclear programme, officials say.
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Hollande to meet Rouhani at UN

Friday, September 20th 2013, 18:43
related countries: France
related places: Paris

French President Francois Hollande is to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly next week, Paris says.
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Iran 'will never build nuclear arms'

Thursday, September 19th 2013, 14:21
related places: Tehran

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country will never build nuclear weapons, hours after Tehran reportedly releases 11 political prisoners.
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VIDEO: Female lens on Iran and the Arab world

Thursday, September 19th 2013, 2:15
related places: `Arab

The Arab world as seen through the lens of women photographers
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Iran 'frees 11 political prisoners'

Wednesday, September 18th 2013, 20:43

Iran is reported to have freed at least 11 political prisoners including human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and reformist politician Mohsen Aminzadeh.
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New York tower seized over Iran link

Wednesday, September 18th 2013, 14:59

An office tower in Manhattan to be seized over claims it is secretly owned by the government of Iran.
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Iran briefly opens up social media

Tuesday, September 17th 2013, 15:46

A technical hitch briefly restored direct access to Facebook and Twitter in Iran on Monday evening.
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Letter diplomacy keep US and Iran 'talking'

Monday, September 16th 2013, 12:57
related countries: United States

How US and Iranian leaders keep 'talking' through exchanging letters
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Syria 'lesson' for Iran - Obama

Sunday, September 15th 2013, 17:35
related countries: Syria, United States

US President Obama says Iran should take heed from the deal on Syria's chemical weapons, calling the Iranian nuclear dispute a "larger issue".
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VIDEO: Obama 'reaches out' to Iranian leader

Sunday, September 15th 2013, 16:11
related countries: Syria

President Obama has given an exclusive interview to ABC News about the Syria chemical weapons agreement and the implications this has with Iran.
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VIDEO: New Iran president on first foreign trip

Friday, September 13th 2013, 21:11

Iran's new President, Hassan Rouhani, has made his first foreign trip since taking office.
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Iran reopens film industry guild

Thursday, September 12th 2013, 16:37

Iran reopens its main film industry guild more than 20 months after it was closed in what many see as a hint of a moderate shift under the new president.
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VIDEO: 'Iranians fighting in Syria'

Thursday, September 12th 2013, 13:17
related countries: Syria

Video footage has emerged that appears to show Iranian nationals dressed in military clothing operating inside Syria and apparently working with government forces.
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Iran bus collision kills at least 44

Tuesday, September 10th 2013, 11:35
related places: Qom

At least 44 people die when two buses collide near the Iranian city of Qom, in an accident blamed on a tyre blowout.
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EU court annuls block on Iran firms

Friday, September 6th 2013, 15:22

The EU's top court rules that the EU should unfreeze the assets of seven Iranian banks and other businesses hit by sanctions.
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Rouhani makes nuclear talks change

Thursday, September 5th 2013, 15:34

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says the foreign ministry will head nuclear talks with the West, in what could herald a less hardline approach.
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Confusion over 'Rouhani tweets'

Thursday, September 5th 2013, 12:24

A row over tweets claiming to be from Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has highlighted confusion over the Twitter accounts used.
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VIDEO: Asylum seekers living in limbo

Wednesday, September 4th 2013, 4:57
related countries: Afghanistan, Australia, Sri Lanka

Every year, thousands of asylum seekers leave Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Iraq and Iran to make the dangerous and illegal journey across the sea to Australia.
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Why Iran's watchdogs hold no fear for Supreme Leader

Tuesday, September 3rd 2013, 1:34

Who are the only men powerful enough to dismiss Iran's leader?
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Deadly clashes at Iran exile camp

Sunday, September 1st 2013, 23:57
related countries: Iraq

Violence erupts at an Iraqi camp for dissident Iranians, who blame Iraqi forces for the reported deaths of dozens of residents.
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Iran: Conservatives in ruckus over women's rugby

Friday, August 30th 2013, 11:00

Iranian women's league sparks debate about appropriate dress
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Kerry asks Iran to free US men

Thursday, August 29th 2013, 1:36
related countries: United States

US Secretary of State John Kerry calls on Iran to release two jailed US citizens and help locate a third missing there since 2007.
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