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

Clinton pushes for Afghan meeting

Friday, March 6th 2009, 4:14
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

The US Secretary of State calls for a conference on Afghanistan to get all countries involved, including Iran, to work together.
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Iran sees Obama 'on wrong path'

Wednesday, March 4th 2009, 12:16

Iran's supreme leader says Barack Obama is still on the wrong track in Middle East policy, despite pledging change.
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Iran confirms reporter detention

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 17:14
related countries: United States

An Iranian judiciary official confirms US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi is being held in prison, but gives no reason.
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US 'offers Russia deal over Iran'

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 15:58
related countries: Russia, United States

US President Barack Obama has written to his Russian counterpart suggesting co-operation over Iran's plans, officials say.
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Data on Obama helicopter leaked

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 10:53
related countries: United States

The US military investigates how data about a presidential helicopter is found on an Iranian computer.
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Iran's uranium 'enough for bomb'

Sunday, March 1st 2009, 17:21
related countries: United States
related places: Staff

Iran possesses enough nuclear material to build a bomb, the United States' most senior military commander says.
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Exile blues

Friday, February 27th 2009, 10:49
related countries: United States

Iranian band Kiosk find success in the United States
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Iranians start reactor test run

Wednesday, February 25th 2009, 16:02
related countries: Russia
related places: Bushehr

Iranian and Russian nuclear officials inaugurate a test run at Iran's first nuclear power plant at Bushehr.
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Arrests after protest in Tehran

Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 14:08
related places: Tehran

The Iranian authorities are reported to have arrested as many as 70 students in Tehran for staging a rare show of opposition to the government.
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Anniversary of Iran's Rushdie fatwa

Saturday, February 14th 2009, 11:40
related countries: United Kingdom

Opinions remain divided over book which earned UK author Salman Rushdie a fatwa from Iran's supreme leader, 20 years on.
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No Gaza arms on ship, says Iran

Wednesday, February 11th 2009, 11:50
related countries: Cyprus

Iran denies reports that a ship detained off Cyprus is carrying Iranian weapons destined for Hamas in Gaza.
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Marking history

Tuesday, February 10th 2009, 16:21

John Simpson sees the Iranian revolution turn 30
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Marking history

Tuesday, February 10th 2009, 16:21

John Simpson sees the Iranian revolution turn 30
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Islamic Iran celebrates 30 years

Tuesday, February 10th 2009, 4:54
related places: Tehran

Celebrations of the 30th anniversary of Iran's revolution are set to culminate with a rally in central Tehran.
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Iran's Khatami to run for office

Sunday, February 8th 2009, 17:32

Moderate Iranian ex-President Mohammad Khatami is to run against incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June's election.
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Germany warns Iran over sanctions

Saturday, February 7th 2009, 15:39
related countries: Germany

Germany warns Iran it would back tougher sanctions if efforts to stop Tehran acquiring nuclear weapons break down.
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Clinton seeks better Russia ties

Friday, February 6th 2009, 6:29
related countries: Russia, United States

Hillary Clinton says the US wants a better partnership with Russia on issues including Iran's nuclear ambitions.
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British Council in Iran 'illegal'

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 19:34
related countries: United Kingdom

Iran's government says the British Council, which has suspended its activities in the country, was operating illegally there.
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UK culture body halts Iran work

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 9:42
related countries: United Kingdom

The British Council says it has suspended all operations in Iran after staff were intimidated by the authorities.
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Visa wrangle blocks US-Iran trip

Wednesday, February 4th 2009, 12:27
related countries: United States

Members of the US women's badminton team planning to compete in Iran have not been granted visas in time for their competition.
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Six-nation talks to discuss Iran

Wednesday, February 4th 2009, 4:12
related countries: France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, United States

Representatives of Britain, the US, Germany, France, China and Russia are to hold talks on Iran's nuclear programme.
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Iran satellite move sparks fears

Tuesday, February 3rd 2009, 21:01

Western powers voice concerns over Iran's intentions after it launches its first domestically made satellite into orbit.
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Iran launches homegrown satellite

Tuesday, February 3rd 2009, 16:35

Iran launches its first domestically made satellite, prompting concern by Western powers over its intentions.
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Time of revolution

Monday, February 2nd 2009, 9:33

The 1979 Iranian revolution in sound and images
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Iranians mark Islamic revolution

Saturday, January 31st 2009, 14:30
related countries: United States

Iran marks the 30th anniversary of the Islamic revolution that overthrew the US-backed former ruler, the Shah.
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Tehran 'can co-operate with US'

Thursday, January 29th 2009, 17:13
related countries: United States
related places: Washington

Real change in US policy in the Middle East will enable Iran to co-operate with Washington, Iran's foreign minister has said.
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Iran head demands US apology

Wednesday, January 28th 2009, 16:52
related countries: United States

Iran's president welcomes the possibility of a change in US policy but demands an apology for past US "crimes".
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On the attack

Wednesday, January 28th 2009, 16:42

Iran head's vitriol gives bad start to Obama relations
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US to have 'vigorous' Iran talks

Monday, January 26th 2009, 18:58
related countries: United States

The new US envoy to the UN says Barack Obama's administration would make Iran's nuclear programme a diplomatic priority and pursue "vigorous diplomacy".
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Mixed football causes scandal for Iran's leading club

Monday, January 26th 2009, 11:28

A leading Iranian football club apologises for allowing a male versus female game, contrary to Islamic law.
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Mass execution for Iran murderers

Thursday, January 22nd 2009, 9:51

Ten convicted murderers are put to death in a single day in Iran, state-owned media reports.
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Iran doctors jailed over 'plot'

Wednesday, January 21st 2009, 19:23

Two pioneering Iranian HIV doctors are jailed for their part in an alleged CIA-backed coup plot.
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Nuclear intent

Thursday, January 15th 2009, 2:19

Stakes high for Obama in dealings with Iran
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Persian vision

Wednesday, January 14th 2009, 2:00

BBC - and Iran - await reaction to new TV channel
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Obama promises new tack on Iran

Sunday, January 11th 2009, 15:44
related countries: United States
related places: President

President-elect Obama says the US will take a different approach to Iran under his leadership, in a wide-ranging US TV interview.
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Tehran offers to 'protect' Ebadi

Monday, January 5th 2009, 14:59

Iran says it will provide security for Nobel Peace Prize-winning lawyer Shirin Ebadi, amid global concern for her safety.
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Iranian raid on Ebadi condemned

Wednesday, December 31st 2008, 13:42

A new raid by the Iranian authorities on an office of Nobel Peace Prize winner and lawyer Shirin Ebadi is widely condemned.
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Iranians join Bush shoe protest

Friday, December 26th 2008, 16:39
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Bush

Protesters in Iran's capital throw footwear at pictures of the US leader in support of the Iraqi shoe-attack journalist.
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Ahmadinejad UK TV speech condemned

Thursday, December 25th 2008, 21:43
related countries: United Kingdom

The decision by UK TV's Channel 4 to broadcast an alternative Christmas speech by Iran's president is criticised.
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Iran's President Ahmadinejad to give alternative Queen's speech

Wednesday, December 24th 2008, 14:03
related countries: United Kingdom

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will deliver Channel 4's alternative to the Queen's Christmas Day speech this year.
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Iraq says Iran exiles must leave

Sunday, December 21st 2008, 23:44
related countries: Iraq

Iraq says that several thousand opposition Iranians must leave the country, after two decades living in exile.
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Iran closes human rights centre

Sunday, December 21st 2008, 20:41

Iranian police raid and close the office of a human rights group led by the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi.
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Iran sends ship against pirates

Saturday, December 20th 2008, 15:16

An Iranian warship has entered the Gulf of Aden to protect merchant shipping against pirate attacks, says state media.
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Cyber wars

Monday, December 15th 2008, 4:45

Iran's bloggers fight for internet free speech
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Iran cuts support for Iraq groups

Friday, December 12th 2008, 11:43
related countries: Iraq, United States

US and Iraqi officials say there are signs that Iran has reduced its support for militant Shia groups in Iraq.
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Sarkozy comments spark Iran row

Thursday, December 11th 2008, 11:52
related countries: France

Iran summons the French ambassador over comments made by Nicolas Sarkozy about the Iranian president.
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Iran shuns US 'carrot-and-stick'

Monday, December 8th 2008, 17:18
related countries: United States
related places: Tehran

Iran tells Barack Obama to abandon the "failed" US carrot-and-stick approach to solving the atomic row with Tehran.
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Iranian police killed by rebels

Thursday, December 4th 2008, 22:13

Sunni militants killed 16 police officers captured in south-eastern Iran in June, the authorities confirm.
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US kills 'pro-Iranian militant'

Wednesday, December 3rd 2008, 14:47
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Baghdad

US forces kill a suspected member of an Iranian-backed militant group and arrest two others in Baghdad.
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Iran to set up marriage bureaux to help young find suitable spouses

Monday, December 1st 2008, 15:23

The Iranian government is to set up a network of marriage bureaux to help young Iranians find a husband or wife.
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Iraq-Iran war dead are exchanged

Monday, December 1st 2008, 2:33
related countries: Iraq

Dead Iraqi and Iranian soldiers from the 1980-88 war are exchanged, in the first such move since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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Court orders Iranian man blinded

Friday, November 28th 2008, 14:17

An Iranian court rules that a man who blinded a woman with acid after she spurned his marriage proposals will also be blinded.
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Iran 'fires second space rocket'

Wednesday, November 26th 2008, 15:50

Iran says it has launched its second space rocket this year, part of plans to put an Iranian-made satellite in orbit.
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Green revolution?

Tuesday, November 25th 2008, 10:31
related places: Tehran

Tehran taxi service puts women in the driver's seat
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Iran 'unhurt' by oil price fall

Monday, November 24th 2008, 12:48

Iran's President Ahmadinejad says his country will not be damaged by sharply falling oil prices.
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Lebanon president visits Tehran

Monday, November 24th 2008, 11:24
related countries: Lebanon
related places: Tehran

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman is in Tehran for talks with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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'Israel spy' put to death in Iran

Saturday, November 22nd 2008, 13:05
related countries: Israel
related places: Tehran

A 45-year-old Iranian man convicted of spying for Iran's arch foe Israel is hanged, reports from Tehran say.
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Iran pushes for further oil cut

Saturday, November 15th 2008, 16:08

Iran is to urge Opec to agree another cut in production to boost the price of oil, a top Iranian oil official says.
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Iran envoy in Pakistan abduction

Thursday, November 13th 2008, 13:21
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Peshawar

Gunmen kidnap a diplomat from Iran and kill his guard in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say.
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Iran tests new long-range missile

Thursday, November 13th 2008, 2:38

Iran says it has successfully tested a new surface-to-surface missile capable of reaching targets in Europe.
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Hoping for change

Thursday, November 6th 2008, 22:25

Obama's victory offers intriguing possibilities to Iran
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Iranian leader welcomes Obama win

Thursday, November 6th 2008, 18:04
related countries: United States

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad offers his congratulations to Barack Obama on his US presidential win.
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Khamenei enters fake degree row

Thursday, November 6th 2008, 12:40

Iran's supreme leader warns against undermining the government after a minister is sacked for faking a degree.
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Iran warns about US air incursion

Wednesday, November 5th 2008, 16:12
related countries: United States

Iran has accused US helicopters of flying close to its airspace and warned it would "take down" overflying aircraft.
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