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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• December 23rd 2009 – December 7th 2009
• December 6th 2009 – November 16th 2009
• November 16th 2009 – October 25th 2009
• October 25th 2009 – September 28th 2009
• September 27th 2009 – September 4th 2009
• September 3rd 2009 – August 9th 2009
• August 8th 2009 – July 20th 2009
• July 20th 2009 – July 1st 2009
• July 1st 2009 – June 5th 2009
• June 5th 2009 – April 26th 2009
• April 25th 2009 – March 20th 2009
• March 20th 2009 – January 26th 2009
• January 26th 2009 – November 3rd 2008
• October 28th 2008 – September 1st 2008
• August 29th 2008 – July 15th 2008
• July 14th 2008 – June 10th 2008
• June 9th 2008 – April 16th 2008
• April 16th 2008 – February 16th 2008
• February 16th 2008 – December 31st 2007
• December 17th 2007 – November 15th 2007
• November 15th 2007 – October 2nd 2007
• September 30th 2007 – August 28th 2007
• August 27th 2007 – July 6th 2007
• July 2nd 2007 – May 27th 2007
• May 26th 2007 – April 20th 2007
• April 19th 2007 – March 30th 2007
• March 30th 2007 – March 8th 2007
• March 8th 2007 – February 13th 2007
• February 13th 2007 – January 10th 2007
• January 10th 2007 – November 21st 2006
• November 21st 2006 – October 10th 2006
• October 8th 2006 – September 1st 2006
• September 1st 2006 – July 7th 2006
• July 6th 2006 – June 2nd 2006
• June 1st 2006 – April 29th 2006
• April 28th 2006 – April 3rd 2006
• April 2nd 2006 – February 28th 2006
• February 27th 2006 – January 31st 2006
• January 31st 2006 – January 13th 2006
• January 13th 2006 – November 20th 2005
• November 18th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Iran: news

Iran backs first woman minister

Thursday, September 3rd 2009, 11:47

MPs approve Iran's first woman minister in 30 years, as they back 18 out of 21 of President Ahmadinejad's cabinet nominees.
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Rough ride

Thursday, September 3rd 2009, 11:31

The controversial figures in Iran's new cabinet
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'Iran arms dealer' arrested in US

Wednesday, September 2nd 2009, 21:29
related countries: Belgium, United States

US officials arrest a Belgian man on charges he sought to smuggle F-5 fighter jet engines and other parts to Iran.
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Iran 'has new nuclear proposal'

Tuesday, September 1st 2009, 17:27

Iran says it is ready to resume talks with world powers after drawing up a new nuclear plan, media reports say.
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Iran MPs back 1994 bomb suspect

Tuesday, September 1st 2009, 11:52
related countries: Argentina

Iranian MPs strongly back Ahmad Vahidi for defence minister, despite a warrant for his arrest over a 1994 bomb in Argentina.
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Iran MPs back Vahidi as minister

Tuesday, September 1st 2009, 10:21

Iran MPs strongly back defence minister-designate Ahmad Vahidi, in defiance of an arrest warrant over a 1994 bombing.
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Iran protester 'killed in prison'

Tuesday, September 1st 2009, 9:28

A man jailed during post-election protests in Iran died from abuse not natural causes as claimed by police, a news agency reports.
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Fight resumes over Iran cabinet

Monday, August 31st 2009, 11:46

Iranian MPs resume a heated debate on the nominees for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's new cabinet.
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Ahmadinejad defiant on ministers

Sunday, August 30th 2009, 15:47

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defends his cabinet choices as parliament debates his nominations.
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UAE 'seizes N Korea arms cargo'

Friday, August 28th 2009, 21:28
related countries: North Korea, United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates seizes a ship illegally carrying North Korean weapons bound for Iran, UN diplomatic sources say.
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Iran uranium enrichment 'slowed'

Friday, August 28th 2009, 21:19

Iran has not expanded the number of centrifuges enriching uranium at its nuclear facilities since May, diplomats tell the BBC.
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Action urged on Iran opposition

Friday, August 28th 2009, 10:48

Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for leaders of the protests that followed his re-election to be dealt with decisively.
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Shia leader's body flown to Iraq

Friday, August 28th 2009, 8:20
related countries: Iraq
related places: Hakim

The body of the powerful Shia political leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, who died in Iran, arrives in Iraq for burial.
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Iraq Shia leader mourned in Iran

Thursday, August 27th 2009, 9:16
related countries: Iraq
related places: Hakim, Najaf, Tehran

The body of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a powerful Iraqi Shia Muslim leader, begins its journey from Tehran to Najaf in Iraq for burial.
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Iranian protesters 'not agents'

Thursday, August 27th 2009, 5:42

There is no proof opposition leaders blamed for post-election unrest acted for foreign powers, Iran's supreme leader says.
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Grim spectacle

Thursday, August 27th 2009, 0:37
related places: Tehran

Leading reformists humbled in fresh Tehran show trials
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Iran nuclear expansion 'stalled'

Tuesday, August 25th 2009, 16:21

Iran has not expanded the number of centrifuges enriching uranium at its nuclear facilities since May, diplomats tell the BBC.
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Top Iran reform figures on trial

Tuesday, August 25th 2009, 14:11

The trial begins in Iran of a number of senior opposition figures following June's disputed presidential election.
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Terror suspect 'to get' Iran job

Sunday, August 23rd 2009, 21:57

A man linked to an Argentinian terrorist attack is likely to be approved as Iran's next defence minister, an influential politician says.
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Rafsanjani in 'conciliatory' move

Saturday, August 22nd 2009, 21:52

Former Iranian President Rafsanjani urges political factions to follow the supreme leader, in an apparent conciliatory move.
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Row over Iran's women ministers

Saturday, August 22nd 2009, 13:50

Conservative clerics in Iran criticise President Ahmadinejad's decision to include women in his proposed cabinet.
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Iran 'minister' on Interpol list

Friday, August 21st 2009, 21:51
related countries: Argentina

Iran's defence minister-designate is on Interpol's "wanted" list over a 1994 bombing in Argentina, the agency confirms.
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Campaign for US trio held in Iran

Thursday, August 20th 2009, 23:48
related countries: United States

The families of three US hikers arrested in Iran after crossing the border launch a website to campaign for their release.
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Nuclear experts visit Iran site

Thursday, August 20th 2009, 19:59

Nuclear inspectors are given access to an Iranian site for the first time in over a year, diplomats say.
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Cabinet choices

Thursday, August 20th 2009, 17:16

Iran's president goes for loyalty not experience
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Iran's president unveils cabinet

Thursday, August 20th 2009, 9:04

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveils a new cabinet, with women for the first time since the 1979 revolution.
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Webb's America

Wednesday, August 19th 2009, 8:57

With sadness, it is time to say goodbye to the US
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Iran welcomes open nuclear talks

Tuesday, August 18th 2009, 11:24
related places: Tehran

A senior official in Tehran says Iran is ready for talks with the West on its nuclear programme without preconditions.
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Iran frees French teacher on bail

Sunday, August 16th 2009, 20:45
related countries: France

Iran frees on bail a French teaching assistant who is charged with spying, President Sarkozy's office says.
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Women 'to join Iranian cabinet'

Sunday, August 16th 2009, 13:01

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he will appoint women to his cabinet - the first since the 1970s.
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Iran appoints new judiciary head

Saturday, August 15th 2009, 19:11

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appoints the cleric Sadeq Larijani to be the new head of the judiciary.
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Iran Bahais face espionage trial

Saturday, August 15th 2009, 10:28
related countries: Israel

Seven members of the Bahai faith in Iran are to go on trial on Tuesday on charges of spying for Israel, prosecutors say.
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Iranian ex-MPs challenge Khamenei

Friday, August 14th 2009, 16:54

A group of former Iranian MPs appeals to a powerful clerical panel to investigate if the supreme leader is fit to rule.
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Iran inmates 'tortured to death'

Friday, August 14th 2009, 8:42

One of Iran's defeated opposition presidential candidates says some protesters held after June's poll were tortured to death in jail.
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Iran jail rape claims 'baseless'

Wednesday, August 12th 2009, 17:13

The speaker of Iran's parliament dismisses claims that opposition protesters have been raped in detention.
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UK denies Iran revolution plans

Tuesday, August 11th 2009, 18:09
related countries: United Kingdom

Britain does not intend to incite a revolution in Iran or undermine that country in any way, the Foreign Office says.
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Iran admits 4,000 June detentions

Tuesday, August 11th 2009, 16:51

Iran admits 4,000 people were detained in protests after June's disputed presidential poll - many more than previously stated.
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Probe urged into Iran jail 'rape'

Monday, August 10th 2009, 6:28

A defeated election candidate in Iran calls for an investigation into allegations some poll protesters were raped in prison.
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Iran confirms US trio being held

Sunday, August 9th 2009, 14:25
related countries: United States

Iran has confirmed that it has detained three Americans thought to have strayed into its territory, a top US official says.
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