Last Updated: Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 19:17
The European Union is set to put 40 Iranian shipping firms back on a list of sanctioned groups in a blow to the Islamic Republic`s transport sector which has sought an easing of trade restrictions, letters sent from the EU showed.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 18:15
Iran on Thursday dismissed as "unrealistic and unconstructive" comments by US President Barack Obama that international sanctions linked to its nuclear programme had forced Tehran to the negotiating table.
Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 23:50
The US and its allies on Monday relaxed a range of economic sanctions against Iran.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 00:20
India and other major Iranian oil importing countries have got six months relief from reducing their import after the Islamic Republic agreed to curb parts of its disputed nuclear programme.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 07:25
To Iran, the United States was the "Great Satan," while Washington slammed Tehran as a "rogue state" that was part of an "axis of evil."
Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 19:27
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has invited EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton to visit the Islamic republic, Mehr news agency cited his deputy as saying on Saturday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 23:57
Iran`s state television broadcaster is reporting that some 100 lawmakers have introduced a bill that would force the government to increase uranium enrichment to 60 percent if new sanctions are imposed on the Islamic Republic.
Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 00:28
The economic benefits of an interim nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers are already being felt in the Islamic republic.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 18:12
Iran`s president says the Islamic Republic has successfully sent a monkey into space for the second time, part of a program aimed at manned space flight.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 00:47
Hundreds of Iranians including university students and members of the country`s Jewish community on Tuesday rallied in support of the Islamic Republic`s disputed nuclear program on the eve of the resumption of talks with world powers.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 22:47
Iran expects to sign an accord with the chief of the UN nuclear watchdog on Monday on its controversial atomic ambitions, Tehran`s ambassador to the agency said on Saturday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 20:38
Iran`s new President Hassan Rowhani said that Tehran will not give up "one iota" of its nuclear rights, echoing his hardline predecessor, after the UN nuclear watchdog urged improved cooperation.
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