Israeli embassy car attack: India to press Iran to help in probe (Lead)
August 25th, 2012 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Tehran, India Saturday said it will press Iran to cooperate in the investigation into the Feb ... Read more...
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India to press Iran to cooperate in Israel diplomat attack
August 25th, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) India will press Iran to cooperate in the investigation into the attack on an Israeli diplomat in February when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh holds ... Read more...
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IAEA to meet Iran over access to n-site
June 4th, 2012 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and Iran have scheduled a meeting for June 8 to get access to the Parchin ... Read more...
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Iran releases detained Russians
April 16th, 2012 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran has released two Russians detained in the country. No specific charges were filed by Tehran and the reasons behind their detention were not explained.The ... Read more...
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April talks last chance for Iran to avoid US attack
March 14th, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned that the six-nation negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme to be held in April would be the last ... Read more...
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US condemns death sentence of Iran pastor
February 24th, 2012 - 7:59 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) The White House Thursday condemned the Iranian authorities' reaffirmation of the death sentence for an Iranian pastor."The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms reports ... Read more...
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Iranian lawyer sentenced to six years’ jail
February 21st, 2012 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Feb 21 (IANS/AKI) The Iranian lawyer of a woman who was sentenced to death in 2006 for adultery has himself been sentenced to six years in prison by a ... 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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IAEA team in Tehran for talks
February 20th, 2012 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A high-level delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in Tehran Monday for talks on nuclear issues.The five-member delegation is led by IAEA ... Read more...
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Strait of Hormuz should remain open : NATO
January 19th, 2012 - 8:50 am ICT by IANS
Brussels, Jan 19 (IANS) NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said that the strategic Strait of Hormuz, where most oil exports from the Gulf to the West pass, must ... Read more...
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Iran starts enriching uranium to 20 percent
January 10th, 2012 - 7:44 am ICT by IANS
Moscow/Washington, Jan 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed that Iran has started enriching uranium to the 20-percent level, which can easily be turned into fissile ... Read more...
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Britain to call for stronger Iran sanctions
December 1st, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 1 (IANS) Britain, whose embassy in Tehran was stormed, will call for stronger economic sanctions against Iran at a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, ... Read more...
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Iran releases students held in British embassy attack
December 1st, 2011 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Dec 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran's law enforcement agencies Thursday released 11 students detained for attacking the British embassy in Tehran, Iranian media reported.Dozens of Iranian protestors stormed the British ... Read more...
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Britain expels all Iranian diplomats
December 1st, 2011 - 5:39 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Britain has expelled all Iranian diplomats from its territory after the British embassy in Tehran was stormed by a crowd, said the British Foreign Secretary ... Read more...
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All British embassy staff leave Iran: Report
November 30th, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Nov 30 (IANS) All staff at the British embassy in Tehran have left the country, a day after hundreds of angry Iranians protested in front of the embassy as ... Read more...
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UNSC condemns attack on British embassy
November 30th, 2011 - 3:23 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Nov 30 (IANS) The UN Security Council Tuesday condemned the attack on the British embassy in Tehran and called on the Iranian authorities to protect the diplomatic staff ... Read more...
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Iranian leader says alleged assassination plot ‘absurd’
October 16th, 2011 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
Tehrtan, Oct 15 (IANS) Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Saturday that the alleged Iranian involvement in a plot of assassinating the Saudi ... Read more...
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US condemns death sentence for Iran pastor
September 30th, 2011 - 4:15 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) The US Thursday asked Iran to free an Iranian pastor sentenced to death in that country for allegedly refusing to renounce Christianity for Islam.The decision demonstrate ... Read more...
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American Hikers released in Iran
September 21st, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Sept 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The jailed American hikers have been released to Swiss diplomats, VOA News has reported. A judge in Tehran approved the bail of the two men on ... Read more...
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US hikers release in Iran delayed again
September 19th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Tehran, Sept 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The American delegation who were in Tehran last week to negotiate for the release of the two American hikers have returned to Washington after having the words ... Read more...
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Muhammad Ali wants Iran to release the hikers
May 25th, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, May 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Boxing legend Muhammad Ali has joined in the call to have the two hikers being held by the Iranian administration to be released. Tehran is holding ... Read more...
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U.S.-Iranian group slams Iran’s ‘Halal’ Internet plan
April 27th, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Apr 27 (ANI): The National Iranian American Council has slammed a plan by Iranian authorities to launch an Islamic internet to counter the influence of the Western-dominated World Wide Web.Reza Marashi, ... Read more...
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Iran claims being hit by second cyber attack
April 26th, 2011 - 5:45 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran's civil defence chief has said the country has been hit by a second cyber attack in the past eight months, the Mehr news agency ... Read more...
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Iran building ‘anti-terror’ fence on Pakistan border
April 15th, 2011 - 9:57 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran is building a fence on its border with Pakistan to keep out terrorists, Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said.The barrier is being built on ... Read more...
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Iranian state backed hackers accused of attacking online security systems to pry on opposition
March 25th, 2011 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Mar 25 (ANI): Iranian hackers have been accused of trying to corrupt one of the net's key security systems, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).The BBC quoted an analysis of the attack as ... Read more...
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Iran cracks down on web dissident technology
March 20th, 2011 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Mar 20 (ANI): Iranian security authorities have blocked US government-backed technology to impose a new crackdown on dissidents online and stop them speaking out safely.The Telegraph quoted Internet freedom ... Read more...
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‘Iran using child soldiers to fight protesters’
March 13th, 2011 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 13 (IANS) Human rights activists have accused Iran of using "child soldiers" as young as 14 to fight anti-government protesters in the country.The teenager combatants, armed with batons, ... Read more...
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Rabid Iranian MPs want opposition leaders fuelling anti-government protests ‘hanged’
February 16th, 2011 - 4:02 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Feb 16(ANI): Conservative Iranian parliamentarians have demanded that prominent opposition leaders -Mir Hussein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi- should be prosecuted over the deadly protests in Tehran.According to the New York ... Read more...
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Spain demands apology from Iran for diplomat’s arrest
February 16th, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Feb 16 (IANS/EFE) Spain will call home its ambassador in Iran for consultations if the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad does not give an explanation or apologise for the arrest of ... Read more...
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EU urges Iran against using force (Second Lead)
February 15th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Feb 15 (IANS) The European Union (EU) Tuesday urged the Iranian authorities to refrain from using force against peaceful demonstrators after Iranian security forces fired teargas shells to disperse protesters ... Read more...
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Iran’s opposition leader under house arrest
February 15th, 2011 - 6:21 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Feb 15 (IANS/AKI) Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi was placed under house arrest, according to his official website.The move is seen as an effort to keep him from taking part ... Read more...
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Mubarak’s exit will see emergence of new Middle East: Iran’s Ahmadinejad
February 12th, 2011 - 8:21 am ICT by ANI
Tehran (Iran), Feb.12 (ANI): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that the exit of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will see the emergence of a "new Middle East".Addressing his people in Tehran's Azadi ... Read more...
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Iran blocks BBC over Egypt coverage
February 11th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 11 (IANS) British broadcaster BBC said Iranian authorities were blocking its Persian language television for showing news related to the mass protests in Egypt.The interference began Thursday evening after the ... Read more...
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Iran presses opposition not to go ahead with rally
February 11th, 2011 - 11:45 am ICT by ANI
Tehran/New York, Feb.11 (ANI): Iranian authorities are putting pressure on the country's political opposition not to go ahead with a rally in support of the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.Security ... Read more...
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European Parliament calls for sanctions against Iran’s human rights abuses
February 2nd, 2011 - 3:24 am ICT by BNO News
BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) -- The European Parliament on Tuesday called for new sanctions to combat Iran's human rights abuses following the execution of a woman.On January 29, Iran executed Dutch-Iranian citizen Sarah ... Read more...
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