Tehran shrugs off US sanctions

7 February 2012, 2:41 pm

Iran castigated its US adversary yesterday over new financial measures to disrupt Iranian commerce, and a default on payment for rice purchases highlighted the encroachment of sanctions on the staples of everyday life.... Read More »

Iran Sanctions: Tehran Lawmakers Vow To Ban Crude Exports Ahead Of Embargo

7 February 2012, 6:42 am

By Parisa Hafezi TEHRAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Iran castigated its U.S. adversary on Tuesday over new financial measures to disrupt Iranian commerce, and a default on payment for rice purchases highlighted the encroachment of sanctions on the staples of everyday life.... Read More »

Accusations fly between Iran, BBC as several company-related people are arrested in Tehran

7 February 2012, 12:25 am

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s semiofficial Mehr news agency says authorities have arrested several people over alleged links to the British Broadcasting Corporation’s Farsi-language service.... Read More »

U.S. Targets Tehran's Central Bank

6 February 2012, 12:52 pm

With new Iran sanctions, Obama continues good cop-bad cop tack.... Read More »

Iran upholds life sentence for men "linked to UK spy"

6 February 2012, 11:50 am

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for two men convicted of killing three Sunnis with the help of a British spy, a news agency reported on Monday, the latest move in worsening ties between the two countries. "The men, members of Komeleh Kurdish terrorist group,... Read More »

Photos: Skydiving from Tehran's Milad Tower

6 February 2012, 9:12 am

A group of skydivers did jumps from Milad Tower in the capital city Tehran on Monday. The divers were wearing T-shirts with the picture of Iranian scientist Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan who was recently assassinated in Tehran.... Read More »

Tehran expands range of threats

5 February 2012, 3:51 pm

Tehran - Iran will target any country used as a launchpad for attacks against its soil, the deputy Revolutionary Guards commander said, expanding Tehran's range of threats in an increasingly volatile stand-off with world powers over its nuclear ambitions.... Read More »

Iran says oil ban will not halt nuclear work

4 February 2012, 5:44 am

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's oil minister said the Islamic state would not retreat from its nuclear programme even if its crude oil exports grind to a halt, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. But he also called on the European Union, which accounted for a quarter of Iranian crude o... Read More »

U.N. nuclear inspectors returning to Tehran

2 February 2012, 4:04 am

The United Nations nuclear monitors plan to return to Iran at the end of the month after a positive assessment from both sides of the latest visit.... Read More »

IAEA sets date for new nuclear talks in Tehran

1 February 2012, 12:13 pm

The UN atomic watchdog IAEA said Wednesday it would hold new talks in Tehran this month, as its chief inspector returned from Iran warning there was "still a lot of work to do" on its nuclear programme.... Read More »