US imposes sanctions over 50 Iranian entities
July 13th, 2012 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 13 (IANS) The US has put over 50 Iranian entities under sanctions in its latest step to stifle the Islamic republic's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.According to the ... Read more...
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China opposes unilateral sanctions against Iran
July 1st, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 1 (IANS) China has reiterated its opposition to unilateral sanctions against Iran.The Chinese foreign ministry expressed the country's opposition again after Washington exempted China and Singapore from ... Read more...
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Russia supports Iran’s peaceful n-programme: Putin
June 7th, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia supports Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy and is in constant contact with Tehran on nuclear issues, Russian President Vladimir Putin said ... Read more...
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Iran questions upcoming n-talks ‘with no agenda’
June 7th, 2012 - 9:22 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran has said the EU's failure to arrange experts' meeting for drafting an agenda about the nuclear talks has created an atmosphere of doubt and ... Read more...
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Iran hangs assassin of nuclear physicist
May 15th, 2012 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, May 15 (IANS) Iran Tuesday hanged a man convicted of assassinating an Iranian nuclear physicist, a media report said.
Majid Jamali Fashi, who was also accused of being an ... Read more...
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Enough global oil to sideline Iran: Obama
March 31st, 2012 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 31 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has approved new sanctions against Iran, saying there was sufficient oil in the world market to allow countries to cut Iranian ... Read more...
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EU accepts Iran talks offer
March 6th, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, March 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has accepted Tehran's offer to resume negotiations with the Iran Six amid growing international concerns over the ... Read more...
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Iran denies Greece 500,000 barrels of oil
February 26th, 2012 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran has refused to supply 500,000 barrels of oil to Greece in response to the European Union's sanctions against the Islamic Republic, the Iranian news ... Read more...
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US agencies see no move by Iran for nuclear bomb
February 26th, 2012 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) While the UN nuclear watchdog has reported that Iran has accelerated its uranium enrichment programme, the US intelligence analysts believe there is no hard evidence of ... Read more...
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IAEA inspectors barred from Iranian military site (Lead)
February 22nd, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The UN's atomic watchdog said Wednesday it could not gain access to a key Iranian military site as the country did not allow it.Iran ... Read more...
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Iran enriches 100 kg of Uranium to 20 percent (Lead)
February 20th, 2012 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Between 90 and 100 kg of uranium has been enriched to 20 percent at a facility in the Iranian city of Natanz, the country's news ... Read more...
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Iran to announce new ‘big’ nuclear achievements
February 11th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Feb 11 (IANS) Iran will soon announce new "big" nuclear achievements, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution.Addressing a crowd ... Read more...
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Obama sees no basis for Iranian attack on US
February 6th, 2012 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) US President Barack Obama has said he saw no basis for rumours that Iran may be planning an attack on the US."We don't see ... Read more...
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New Iran sanctions not to disrupt oil markets: US
February 3rd, 2012 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Obama administration will take steps to ensure that new US sanctions expected to be imposed on Iran in the near future do not hurt ... Read more...
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‘EU sanctions on Iran may push oil prices to $150′
January 30th, 2012 - 3:25 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The European Union (EU) embargo on oil imports from Iran may push world oil prices to $150 per barrel, the head of Iran's state oil ... Read more...
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Iran may ban import of all European goods
January 29th, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Jan 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran may ban imports of all products from Europe as an answer to the European Union (EU) which has voted against oil imports from Tehran.Nasser ... Read more...
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IAEA team arrives in Iran
January 29th, 2012 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Jan 29 (IANS) A delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has arrived in Iran to discuss the country's controversial nuclear programme, Iranian media reported Sunday.Iran's envoy to ... Read more...
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Was India A.Q. Khan’s mysterious fourth customer?
December 22nd, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) A US arms control expert has made the astonishing claim that India may have been the mysterious fourth customer of Pakistan's notorious nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer ... Read more...
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US hegemony should end: Iran official
September 20th, 2011 - 4:10 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The period of global domination of the US should come to an end, the head of Iran's Supreme National Council has said."We should say goodbye ... Read more...
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US, S.Korea plan to discuss N.Korea’s nuke programme
March 2nd, 2011 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul, Mar.2 (ANI): US and South Korean officials will discuss North Korea's recently disclosed uranium enrichment programme.The US adviser for non-proliferation and arms control department, Robert Einhorn, will meet Wi Sung-Lac, South ... Read more...
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Karnataka plans farmer loans at one percent interest (Lead)
February 24th, 2011 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 24 (IANS) In the first of its kind budget in the country for farmers, Karnataka Thursday proposed to give crop loans at one percent interest rate through cooperative credit institutions ... Read more...
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IAEA board agrees to set up nuclear fuel bank
December 4th, 2010 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 4 (IANS) Aiming to curb proliferation of nuclear material, the UN nuclear energy watchdog has decided to set up a $150-million uranium bank which would guarantee unrestricted supply of ... Read more...
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China wants early resumption of Six-Party Talks to tackle N Korea’s nuke enrichment
November 24th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Nov 24 (ANI): Concerned with North Korea's advancement in it's nuclear enrichment programme, China has reportedly urged all parties concerned to re-start the Six-Party Talks at the earliest possible date.Chinese Foreign ... Read more...
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Iran willing to talk about nuclear programme: EU
October 30th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, Oct 30 (IANS/AKI) Iran is willing to participate in negotiations regarding its nuclear programme, European Union's Foreign Affairs chief Catherine Ashton has said.Ashton said the Islamic Republic would return to talks ... Read more...
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Iran digging ‘mass graves’ for US soldiers anticipating possible war over nuke programme
August 11th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Aug 11 (ANI): The Iranian Revolutionary Guard is digging mass graves for American soldiers in anticipation of a war over its nuclear programme.The Telegraph quoted General Hossein Moghadam, the Guard's ... Read more...
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US might attack Iran if required: Mullen
August 2nd, 2010 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 2, (ANI): Unites States' Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, has admitted that the country will not hesitate to attack Iran if required to prevent the latter ... Read more...
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China opposes EU sanctions on Iran
July 31st, 2010 - 6:05 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 31 (IANS) China has opposed the new sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) on Iran over its uranium enrichment programme, a media report said.
"We hope the relevant parties ... Read more...
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Iran condemns new EU sanctions
July 27th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, July 27 (DPA) Iran Tuesday condemned stricter sanctions levelled by the European Union (EU) as neither constructive nor effective, and warned that the move would only complicate the nuclear dispute.
"These sanctions ... Read more...
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EU approves topped-up sanctions on Iran (Lead)
July 26th, 2010 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, July 26 (DPA) European Union (EU) foreign ministers Monday approved a list of sanctions on Iran which go well beyond the measures approved by the UN, officials confirmed.
The sanctions are meant ... Read more...
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Tehran calls on US, EU to settle nuclear dispute
July 26th, 2010 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, July 26 (DPA) Tehran Monday said the European Union (EU) and the US should settle the nuclear dispute with Iran through a fuel-swap deal, rather than sticking to sanctions.
"The Tehran agreement ... Read more...
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Iran could have nuclear weapons in two years: CIA
June 28th, 2010 - 8:11 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 28 (DPA) Leon Panetta, director of the CIA, said Sunday that Iran could have nuclear weapons within two years.
International nuclear experts believe Iran has enough low-enriched uranium for two weapons, ... Read more...
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Nukes are ‘haram’ in Islam: Iran’s envoy to Pak
June 20th, 2010 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, June 20 (ANI): In an apparent bid to convince the world that his country has no dangerous nuclear aspirations, Iran's Ambassador to Pakistan Mashallah Shakiri has described nuclear weapons as 'haram' ... Read more...
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Iran blasts China over new UN sanctions
June 10th, 2010 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, June 10 (IANS) Iran has harshly criticised China over its yes vote on new sanctions against the Islamic republic at the UN Security Council (UNSC), Iranian state-run Press TV reported Thursday. ... Read more...
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UN Security Council meets on Iran’s nuclear issues
June 8th, 2010 - 7:32 am ICT by IANS
New York, June 8 (DPA) The UN Security Council held a closed-door meeting to discuss a revised draft resolution that its author, the US, designed to impose additional sanctions on Iran for ... Read more...
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US announces deal with major powers on Iran sanctions
May 18th, 2010 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 18 (IANS) In a sharp rebuff to Iran's nuclear fuel swap deal with Brazil and Turkey, the US Tuesday announced that it has reached an agreement with other ... Read more...
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