Standard Chartered helped Iran hide $250 bn: US
August 7th, 2012 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS) The US has accused Britain's Standard Chartered bank of hiding 160 billion pounds (nearly $250 billion) of transfers that helped finance Iran's nuclear weapons programme.New York ... Read more...
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US Congress passes new sanctions against Iran
August 2nd, 2012 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) The US Congress has passed additional sanctions seeking to further stifle Iran's oil exports, just a day after President Barack Obama announced new measures to ... Read more...
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US targets banks that help Iran
August 1st, 2012 - 3:30 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 1 (IANS) US President Barack Obama Tuesday announced new sanctions against foreign banks that help Iran sell its oil.Obama said the latest round of sanctions is to ... Read more...
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Four Iranians get death for $2.3 bn bank fraud
July 31st, 2012 - 9:39 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Four Iranian citizens charged with defrauding Iranian banks of $2.3 billion have been sentenced to death, the Mehr news agency reported."The convicts will be informed ... Read more...
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US targets Iran’s third largest bank
January 24th, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 24 (IANS) The US Monday added Bank Tejarat, Iran's third largest bank, on its blacklist for sanctions, citing its links to the Islamic republic's nuclear bomb efforts.The Department ... Read more...
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New US sanctions against Iran
January 1st, 2012 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Jan 1 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has signed into law a wide-ranging defence funding bill that also calls for sanctions against financial institutions doing business with ... 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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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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Six British embassy staff taken hostage in Iran
November 29th, 2011 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Nov 29 (IANS) Six British embassy personnel in Iran were taken hostage Tuesday when student protesters broke into the British Council and the British embassy here.
A large number of ... Read more...
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50 indicted in Iran’s biggest ever banking scam
November 28th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by BNO News
TEHRAN (BNO NEWS) -- Iranian prosecutors have indicted 50 people in connection with the largest bank fraud in the country's history, officials said on Monday. Dozens more are still being investigated and ... Read more...
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Iran passes bill to reduce ties with Britain
November 27th, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Nov 27 (IANS) The Iranian Majlis passed a bill Sunday to downgrade the country's diplomatic ties with Britain, a media report said.The bill requires the foreign ministry to reduce ... Read more...
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Britain cuts off financial ties with Iranian banks
November 22nd, 2011 - 10:14 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 22 (IANS) Britain has severed all links with Iranian banks as part of the country's new financial sanctions against Tehran.Starting Monday, all of Britain's credit and financial institutions ... Read more...
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Iran central bank deputy head held for embezzlement
October 30th, 2011 - 3:00 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Oct 30 (IANS) Hamid Pourmohammadi, the deputy head of Iran's central bank, has been arrested for his involvement in a $2.6-billion embezzlement case, Xinhua reported Saturday.Pourmohammadi was arrested along ... Read more...
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Iranian lawmakers to impeach economy minister
October 11th, 2011 - 3:29 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Oct 11 (IANS) Iranian lawmakers have signed a motion to impeach the country's Economy Minister Shamseddin Hosseini for swindling banks of nearly $2.6 billion, the official media reported.Hosseini has ... 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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Russia raps EU sanctions against Iran
July 27th, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia Tuesday slammed the latest unilateral US and EU sanctions on Iran, saying that the move not only disregarded the UN Security Council but also undermined joint ... Read more...
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European Union approves new sanctions against Iran
July 26th, 2010 - 10:06 pm ICT by BNO News
BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) – The European Union (EU) on Monday approved sanctions against Iranian foreign trade, financial services, oil and gas industry due to the increasing concern about its nuclear program.The EU ... Read more...
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Iran to send man into space by 2019
July 24th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 24 (IANS) Iran has plans to launch its first manned mission into the space by 2019, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said.
The president said the project was originally planned to take ... Read more...
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EU for ‘toughest ever’ sanctions against Iran
July 24th, 2010 - 5:01 am ICT by IANS
Brussels, July 24 (IANS) The European Union (EU) is all set to impose its "toughest ever" package of economic sanctions on Iran, a media report said Friday.
Legally binding measures to ... Read more...
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Obama to sign new sanctions bill against Iran
July 1st, 2010 - 11:05 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 1 (IANS) US President Barack Obama will sign into law Thursday a new sanctions bill against Iran, the White House said.
The bill, passed last week by the House ... 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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Iranian trade team to visit Britain despite restrictions
January 26th, 2009 - 8:19 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 26, (IANS) An Iranian trade delegation will visit here next month to boost economic cooperation with their counterparts in Britain, IRNA reported.Martin Johnston, director general of the London-based British-Iranian Chamber ... Read more...
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US tightens Iran’s access to international finance
November 7th, 2008 - 8:36 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 7 (DPA) The US has moved to cut off all Iranian transactions routed through US banks to further tighten sanctions over the Islamic state's nuclear and other illicit activities, the ... Read more...
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Australia imposes fresh sanctions on Iran
October 15th, 2008 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 15 (IANS) Australia Wednesday imposed new financial and travel sanctions on Iran and expressed serious concerns about Iran's nuclear programme and its failure to abide by binding United Nations Security ... Read more...
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Bush’s era is over: Ahmadinejad
June 11th, 2008 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Tehran, June 11 (DPA) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wednesday said in a speech that US President George W. Bush's era was over and he could no longer harm Iran. "Your era is ... Read more...
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EU, US target Iranian banks, warn Russia on Georgia (Lead)
June 10th, 2008 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Brdo (Slovenia), June 10 (DPA) The European Union (EU) and the US agreed Tuesday to consider new sanctions against Iran's financial network and cautioned Russia against meddling in Georgia's breakaway regions. At ... Read more...
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EU, US to seek financial squeeze on Iran
June 10th, 2008 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Brdo (Slovenia), June 10 (DPA) The European Union and the United States agreed to tighten the squeeze on Iran's financial links to disrupt its alleged support of terrorism and nuclear proliferation, according ... Read more...
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EU-US summit opens in Slovenia with packed agenda
June 10th, 2008 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Brdo (Slovenia), June 10 (DPA) Top European Union (EU) officials were holding talks with US President George W Bush Tuesday at the start of his final European tour, designed to affirm trans-Atlantic ... Read more...
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India complies with UNSC resolution on Iran
May 27th, 2008 - 8:39 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) In line with a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution imposing sanctions again Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment, India's foreign ministry has asked authorities here ... Read more...
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New resolution on Iran in UN Security Council
February 22nd, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
New York, Feb 22 (RIA Novosti) A new UN Security Council resolution calling for sanctions against Iran over its refusal to halt its nuclear programme was officially introduced Thursday by Britain ... Read more...
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Iranian CB Governor says US sanctions are just psychological warfare
November 24th, 2007 - 5:33 pm ICT by admin
Nicosia, Nov 24 (Ani) - - Tahmasb Mazaheri, the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran, is playing down the effect of United States sanctions on Iranian banks, saying they are just ... Read more...
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