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Clash reports on Iran anniversary
Sporadic demonstrations in Tehran and other Iranian cities are reported a year after the disputed presidential election. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Russia backs away from Iran deal
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Moscow will freeze the sale of surface-to-air missiles to Iran, according to French officials. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Iran ‘tense’ on poll anniversary
Security is stepped up across Iran, witnesses say, a year after the disputed poll which brought President Ahmadinejad to power. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Iran missile deal ‘not affected’
The latest round of UN sanctions will not affect Russia’s deal to supply controversial missiles to Iran, Russian officials say. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Iran dismisses new UN sanctions
Iran’s President Ahmadinejad dismisses new UN sanctions on Tehran over its refusal to halt a nuclear programme. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
UN approves new sanctions on Iran
The UN Security Council votes in favour of a fourth round of sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear programme. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Iran faces ‘toughest sanctions’
Iran faces its toughest sanctions over its nuclear policy, the US says, as the UN prepares to vote on the issue. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Videos worsen Iran scientist row
The mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian nuclear scientist in the US deepens as two videos emerge with differing accounts. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Iran defiant at UN sanctions move
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warns Iran will not agree to talks on its nuclear programme if new UN sanctions pass this week. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Iran ‘ready for new co-operation’
Iran’s nuclear fuel exchange deal shows it is ready to co-operate with the West, its UN envoy tells the BBC. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Iran looks for swap for ‘hikers’
An Iranian minister urges the US to propose a prisoner swap to secure the release of three US nationals arrested last year. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Obama ‘to pursue Iran sanctions’
US President Barack Obama vows to pursue UN sanctions against Iran despite Tehran’s nuclear deal with Brazil and Turkey. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Delay urged for UN Iran sanctions
Brazil and Turkey urge fellow members of the UN Security Council to heed a nuclear deal they struck with Iran. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
New Iran sanctions being tabled
The major world powers have agreed on a proposal for new sanctions against Iran, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said. A draft resolution will be circulated at the UN Security Council for ratification, she told the US Senate. The announcement came a day after Iran made a deal with Turkey that would see... »
New Iran sanctions plan ‘agreed’
The major world powers have agreed on a proposal for new sanctions against Iran, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said. A draft resolution will be circulated at the UN Security Council for ratification, she told the US Senate. The announcement came a day after Iran made a deal with Turkey that would see... »
Iran agrees Turkey nuclear deal
Turkish officials say they believe a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme is close, as PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan flew to join talks in Tehran. Mr Erdogan will try to persuade Iranian leaders to allow their nuclear material to be sent abroad for processing. Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is also at the talks.... »
‘Spy’ academic flies out of Iran
A French lecturer charged with spying in Iran after last June’s disputed election has left the country, the French president’s office has said. President Nicolas Sarkozy’s office said Clotilde Reiss would arrive in Paris at about 1300 (1100 GMT). She was sentenced to 10 years in jail but this was commuted to a fine of... »
Academic ‘leaves Iran for France’
A French lecturer charged with spying in Iran after last June’s disputed election has left the country, the French president’s office has said. President Nicolas Sarkozy’s office said Clotilde Reiss would arrive in Paris at about 1300 (1100 GMT). She was sentenced to 10 years in jail but this was commuted to a fine of... »
Brazil’s Lula in key Iran talks
Brazil’s president is in Iran to hold talks with its leaders in what is seen as a last ditch attempt to find a compromise over the nuclear issue. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived from Moscow, where he met Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. US officials have warned they are close to securing agreement on a... »
Iran ‘to release’ French lecturer
A French lecturer charged with spying in Iran after last June’s disputed election will be allowed to leave the country on Sunday, says her lawyer. Clotilde Reiss was sentenced to 10 years in jail at a hearing on Saturday, but this was commuted to a fine of $285,000 (£190,000), said her lawyer. The 25-year-old was... »
US guilty plea over Iran exports
A Taiwanese businessman has pleaded guilty in a US court to attempting to ship banned missile parts to Iran. Yi-Lan Chen was arrested in the US Pacific territory of Guam trying to ship thousands of components with dual military and civilian use. Such exports to Iran are banned under a US embargo. The Justice Department... »
Pakistan’s Iran envoy ‘attacked’
Pakistan’s ambassador to Iran has been injured in an attack by an Afghan on his car in Tehran, officials say. A foreign ministry spokesman quoted by al-Alam television said the suspect had already been arrested. The ambassador was taken to hospital after the incident in the Iranian capital and it is not yet known how... »
Iran row looms at UN nuclear talks
Delegates from nearly 200 nations were gathering at the UN to review efforts to check the spread of nuclear weapons. They meet every five years to try to strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. But this time the unresolved Iranian nuclear crisis threatens to overshadow the conference in New York. Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a... »
Iran president requests US visa
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has applied for a visa to visit the United States ahead of next week’s nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference, the US says. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Zimbabwe divided over Iran visit
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to arrive in Zimbabwe, despite protests by the MDC party of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. The MDC has called Mr Ahmadinejad a "war-monger, a trampler of human rights an executioner". It has also expressed concern that the visit could affect an attempt to improve relations with the West.... »
Iran needs ’six years for bomb’
The US military has warned that Iran could produce enough highly-enriched uranium for a nuclear bomb in one year. But it would take another three to five years to actually produce a "deliverable weapon that is usable," a senior general told Congress. The warning came as Iran said it had produced its first significant batch... »
Daimler to sever links with Iran
Daimler is to divest its 30% stake in an engine company in Iran as part of a wider review of links to the country. The German carmaker’s chief executive, Dieter Zetsche, said Tehran’s political policies were behind the move. "In view of the current political situation we have… extensively reassessed this business relationship," Mr Zetsche... »
Iran urges UN inquiry into wars
Iran’s president has urged the UN to launch an investigation into the aims of Western military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. The office of Secretary General Ban ki-Moon said that it was studying the letter from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but had no comment. Mr Ahmadinejad asked the UN to set up a fact-finding team. Tensions are... »
Iran unveils ‘faster’ centrifuges
Iran’s president has unveiled new "third-generation" centrifuges that its nuclear chief says can enrich uranium much faster than current technology. The centrifuges would have separation power "six times that of the first generation", Ali Akbar Salehi said in a speech marking National Nuclear Day. Uranium enrichment is the central concern of Western nations negotiating with... »
Iran sanctions meeting under way
The UN ambassadors of six world powers are due to meet in New York to discuss possible sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear programme. China and Russia have so far refused to back the new measures put forward by the US and some European delegations. At a meeting in the Czech Republic with his... »
US presses China on nuclear Iran
US President Barack Obama discussed the Iranian nuclear issue in an hour-long telephone call with China’s President Hu Jintao, the White House says. He "underscored the importance of working together to ensure that Iran lives up to its international obligations," said a US statement. The need for a "positive bilateral relationship" was also stressed. The... »
Iran takes nuclear case to China
China is ready to hold "serious" talks with Western powers about new sanctions against Iran, senior US officials say. UN ambassador Susan Rice said the US, the UK, France, Germany, Russia and China had agreed to begin drafting a UN resolution on Iran’s nuclear programme. Beijing had made the commitment in a phone call on... »
US-French push for Iran sanctions
The US and France have vowed to work together to push for new UN sanctions over Iran’s nuclear programme. After talks in Washington with French leader Nicolas Sarkozy, US President Barack Obama said he hoped to have the sanctions in place "within weeks". Mr Sarkozy promised "all necessary efforts to make sure Europe as a... »
Allawi accuses Iran over election
Iyad Allawi, the man who won Iraq’s parliamentary elections, accuses Iran of trying to prevent him from becoming prime minister. »
Iran diplomat ‘freed in Pakistan’
An Iranian diplomat abducted in Pakistan in 2008 has been freed in Pakistan, state television reports. »
Miliband issues message to Iran
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said he hopes Iranians will be able to freely express their own aspirations in the next 12 months. His call came in a message to mark the Iranian New Year this weekend. Mr Miliband said it was not a coded message backing Iran’s opposition, but an attempt to speak... »
US renews offer of Iran dialogue
US President Barack Obama has said that Washington’s offer of dialogue with Iran still stands, in his latest New Year message to the Iranian people. He said the Iranian government had "chosen to isolate itself" but that the US still wanted justice and dignity for Iranians, and less internet censorship. UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband... »