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

Iranian diplomat in Austria held over Paris bomb plot

Tuesday, July 3rd 2018, 17:31
related countries: Austria, France
related places: Paris

Austria is set to lift the diplomat's immunity after he is linked to the foiled attack.
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Trump urges Saudis to raise oil output 'by two million barrels'

Saturday, June 30th 2018, 22:40
related countries: Saudi Arabia, United States

The US president says he asked Saudi Arabia to increase oil production due to "turmoil in Iran".
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When the US shot down an Iranian airliner

Friday, June 29th 2018, 0:07
related countries: United States

Some 290 people died when a US warship brought down an Iranian airliner over the Persian Gulf.
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Insults made 'Iranian Messi's' mum ill

Thursday, June 28th 2018, 12:12

Iran striker Sardar Azmoun retires from international football at 23, claiming his mother has become seriously ill because of insults he has received.
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Travel ban: Trump hails 'tremendous' Supreme Court ruling

Tuesday, June 26th 2018, 19:03
related countries: Libya, Somalia, United States, Yemen
related places: Trump

The president says his policy is best for the US, arguing European countries have been "over-run".
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Iran fans try to disturb Portugal team before key match

Monday, June 25th 2018, 16:38
related countries: Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo asked the Iran fans for quiet as they camped outside the his team's hotel.
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Tehran sees biggest protests since 2012

Monday, June 25th 2018, 13:41
related places: Tehran

Traders took part in a big protest against price rises and the plummeting value of Iran's currency,
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World Cup 2018: Footballer's hair 'too wild' for Iranian TV

Sunday, June 24th 2018, 10:04

Ex-Barcelona star Carles Puyol was due to be a World Cup pundit in Iran but was barred from the studio.
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Chess player quits Iran competition over headscarf rule

Thursday, June 21st 2018, 23:09
related countries: India

An Indian chess champion has pulled out of a tournament in Iran over the country's compulsory headscarf rule.
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Iranian women at World Cup stadium to watch men's football

Thursday, June 21st 2018, 7:11

Hundreds of Iranian women watched their first men's football match in a stadium last night.
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World Cup 2018: Iran 0-1 Spain - the throw-in everyone is talking about

Wednesday, June 20th 2018, 21:12
related countries: Spain

Iran defender Milad Mohammadi's failed throw-in against Spain has commentators and social media in hysterics.
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Does Iran hold key to Dutch murder mystery?

Monday, June 18th 2018, 23:48
related countries: Netherlands
related places: Amsterdam

Neither the Iranian nor Dutch authorities are commenting on claims that Iran could have been behind the 2015 killing near Amsterdam.
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Israel charges ex-minister Gonen Segev with spying for Iran

Monday, June 18th 2018, 15:35
related countries: Israel, Nigeria

Gonen Segev was allegedly recruited as an agent by Israel's arch-enemy Iran while he lived in Nigeria.
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World Cup 2018: Iran beat Morocco to win first World Cup finals tie in 20 years

Friday, June 15th 2018, 18:32
related countries: Morocco

Iran win their first match at a World Cup finals in 20 years as Morocco substitute Aziz Bouhaddouz scores an own goal in injury time.
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India chess player quits Iran tournament over headscarf rule

Wednesday, June 13th 2018, 10:56

Soumya Swaminathan said the compulsory headscarf rule violated her personal rights.
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World Cup: Nike boots barred for Iran footballers amid US sanctions

Tuesday, June 12th 2018, 18:26
related countries: United States

Nike's withdrawal of its boots to Iranian footballers has polarised opinion on social media.
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Israel blames Iran for Gaza border violence

Thursday, June 7th 2018, 15:00
related countries: Israel

Iran is trying to inflame tensions, Israel says, amid plans for fresh Palestinian protests on Friday.
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Iran to boost uranium enrichment if nuclear deal fails

Tuesday, June 5th 2018, 16:56
related places: Tehran

Work on increasing Tehran's uranium enrichment capacity starts in case the 2015 nuclear deal fails.
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The Iranian librarian who escaped war through cosplay

Thursday, May 31st 2018, 23:07

Growing up during the Iran-Iraq war, Azadeh Brown would escape into fantasy worlds.
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Iran sanctions: Zarif condemns Pompeo announcement

Monday, May 21st 2018, 22:19
related places: Tehran

Tehran dismisses Washington's promise to impose the "strongest sanctions in history".
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US vows 'strongest sanctions in history' on Iran

Monday, May 21st 2018, 20:16
related countries: United States

The top US diplomat sets out new demands to Iran, which says the US is reverting to old "delusions".
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Iran mushroom poisoning: More than 800 sick from deadly fungi

Monday, May 21st 2018, 13:21

At least 11 die and 800 fall ill after eating the deadly fungi in the west of the country.
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Iranian women threw off the hijab - what happened next?

Friday, May 18th 2018, 23:39

The BBC takes a look at how far a growing women's movement against Iran's mandatory hijab has come.
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Iran nuclear deal: EU moves to avoid impact of US sanctions

Friday, May 18th 2018, 11:06
related countries: United States

The bloc is resurrecting an old statute in order to protect billions of dollars of investment in Iran.
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Trump helped Europe lose its illusions, says Tusk

Wednesday, May 16th 2018, 14:54
related countries: United States
related places: Tusk

European Council President Donald Tusk slams the US for abandoning the Iran nuclear deal.
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UK 'must raise jailed Iran mum case'

Tuesday, May 15th 2018, 7:17
related countries: United Kingdom

The husband of jailed mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says she is facing possible new charges.
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Trumplomacy over Iran leaves Europe scrambling

Tuesday, May 15th 2018, 3:26
related countries: United States

The US abandonment of the Iran nuclear deal left US allies spinning, writes Barbara Plett Usher.
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Trump-Kim summit: Iran deal pull-out casts shadow

Saturday, May 12th 2018, 0:24
related countries: North Korea

Strategic patience will be required by Donald Trump for a solution in North Korea, PJ Crowley writes.
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Is Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei trolling Trump?

Friday, May 11th 2018, 19:56
related places: Tehran

Ayatollah Khamenei is pictured at a Tehran book fair reading Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury.
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Iran condemns wave of Israeli air strikes in Syria

Friday, May 11th 2018, 13:16
related countries: Israel, Syria

In its first comments since Thursday's strikes, Iran backs Syria's "right to defend itself".
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US pressures Iran with new sanctions over 'malign activity'

Friday, May 11th 2018, 4:09
related countries: United States
related places: Six

Six people and three companies are sanctioned over alleged ties to Iran's elite military force.
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Iraq elections: Could Iran be the real winner?

Thursday, May 10th 2018, 23:06

Iraqis vote in the first polls since the defeat of IS, but Iran's influence looms large, writes Jeremy Bowen.
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Israel strikes Iranian targets in Syria in response to rocket fire

Thursday, May 10th 2018, 14:32
related countries: Israel

Israel launches a massive wave of strikes on Iranian forces in Syria, after coming under rocket fire.
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The impact of Iran sanctions - in charts

Wednesday, May 9th 2018, 23:51

What could the reintroduction of sanctions mean for Iran and foreign companies?
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An Iraqi road trip of sectarianism and Iranian influence

Wednesday, May 9th 2018, 23:24
related countries: Iraq

Iraq is facing a pivotal election which could define how close its relationship with Iran is.
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Fake 'Islamic State' mall prank outrages Iranians

Wednesday, May 9th 2018, 15:58
related places: Tehran

Actors dressed as militants caused both panic and bemusement at a Tehran shopping centre.
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Syria blames Israel for missile strike near Damascus

Wednesday, May 9th 2018, 13:18
related countries: Syria

State media say missiles were intercepted near Damascus, but activists say an Iranian facility was hit.
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Iranian politicians set fire to US flag in parliament

Wednesday, May 9th 2018, 11:03
related countries: United States

The public show of anger came after President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal.
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Iran nuclear deal: What's next after US pulls out

Wednesday, May 9th 2018, 4:24
related countries: United States

With the US out, and Europe scrambling to keep Iran in, what's next for the nuclear pact?
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Iran nuclear deal: Trump pulls US out in break with Europe allies

Wednesday, May 9th 2018, 3:23
related countries: United States
related places: Trump

Calling it "decaying and rotten", he says the deal is "an embarrassment" to him "as a citizen".
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Iran nuclear deal: Johnson courts Trump on Fox & Friends

Monday, May 7th 2018, 19:05

In Washington, the UK foreign secretary says Mr Trump could be worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Is the Iran nuclear deal about to be killed off?

Sunday, May 6th 2018, 8:09

BBC's Paul Adams explains what the Iran nuclear deal is and whether its future will last.
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UK's Johnson in bid to save Iran nuclear deal

Sunday, May 6th 2018, 7:50
related countries: United Kingdom

The foreign secretary will try to convince the US to stick with the landmark weapons agreement.
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Nuclear deal: Is Iran's economy better off now?

Thursday, May 3rd 2018, 23:51

Iran's economy has grown because of the deal, but not as much as was anticipated.
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UN leader tells US not to end Iran nuclear deal

Thursday, May 3rd 2018, 4:36
related countries: United States

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls on US not to withdraw from nuclear deal with Iran.
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Do not quit Iran deal, UN urges US

Thursday, May 3rd 2018, 4:05
related countries: United States

UN chief Antonio Guterres warns of the risk of war if the nuclear accord is not preserved.
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Iran nuclear row: Tehran says Israel's Netanyahu lied

Tuesday, May 1st 2018, 16:45
related countries: Israel

Israel's prime minister produced what he said was proof Iran had lied about its nuclear plans.
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Disguised women sneak into Iranian football match

Tuesday, May 1st 2018, 15:15
related places: Tehran

These Iranian women posed as men so they could watch a football match in Tehran.
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Iran bans Telegram as sanctions deadline looms

Tuesday, May 1st 2018, 13:06

The messaging app is now no longer available in Iran as authorities demand Telegram be banned
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Iran nuclear: What's changed after Netanyahu's presentation?

Tuesday, May 1st 2018, 12:17
related countries: Israel

The Israeli prime minister revealed a cache of alleged Iranian nuclear documents. What does it mean?
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Israel's Iran documents show nuclear deal 'was built on lies'

Tuesday, May 1st 2018, 9:20
related countries: Israel, United States

The US secretary of state says documents presented by Israel show Iran "hid a vast atomic archive".
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Iran nuclear deal: UK backs deal despite US and Israel accusations

Tuesday, May 1st 2018, 1:00
related countries: Israel, United Kingdom, United States

An international accord was signed with Iran in 2015 to lift sanctions if it abandoned nuclear weapons.
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Israel says Iran hid nuclear arms programme

Tuesday, May 1st 2018, 0:08

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reveals what he says are "Iran's secret nuclear files".
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Syria war: Missile strikes on military sites 'kill pro-Assad fighters'

Monday, April 30th 2018, 14:33

Unconfirmed reports say the attacks in Hama and Aleppo provinces killed a number of Iranians.
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Iran nuclear deal: France's Emmanuel Macron pushes for talks

Sunday, April 29th 2018, 21:07
related countries: Germany, United Kingdom

President Macron speaks to his Iranian counterpart, who says an existing deal is non-negotiable.
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Abbas Edalat: Iran confirms arrest of British professor

Sunday, April 29th 2018, 15:15
related countries: United Kingdom

Abbas Edalat - a British-Iranian academic at Imperial College London - was arrested on security charges.
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Merkel visits Trump - so will she envy Macron's bromance?

Thursday, April 26th 2018, 23:54

Tensions over trade, Iran and Nato cloud Chancellor Merkel's Washington talks with President Trump.
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Macron sees Trump dropping Iran nuclear deal

Thursday, April 26th 2018, 14:17
related countries: France, United States
related places: Trump

France's leader admits he may have failed to persuade his US counterpart to stick to the 2015 accord.
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Foreign Office 'urgently' reviewing jailed British-Iranian reports

Wednesday, April 25th 2018, 21:53
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Tehran

The Foreign Office is "urgently" looking into reports Prof Abbas Edalat was detained in Tehran.
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Iran's Reza Shah: Mummified remains 'likely' belong to ex-leader

Wednesday, April 25th 2018, 15:21
related places: Tehran

The family of Reza Shah Pahlavi believe his remains have been found at a shrine south of Tehran.
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Iran pushes app with 'Death to America' emoji

Wednesday, April 25th 2018, 7:19
related places: Tehran

Tehran wants 50m users of the Telegram messaging service to switch to its own version.
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Trump and Macron hint at new Iran nuclear deal

Wednesday, April 25th 2018, 4:18
related countries: France, United States

The US and French presidents discuss how to overcome divisions over a key accord reached in 2015.
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Is the Iran nuclear deal about to collapse?

Tuesday, April 24th 2018, 21:16
related countries: United States
related places: May

US President Donald Trump says it is the "worst deal ever" and threatened to abandon it in May.
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Trump threatens 'big problems' for Iran

Tuesday, April 24th 2018, 19:33

Tehran warns that it will probably abandon the nuclear accord if the US pulls out.
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