US fines Total $398 mn over bribes in Iran French oil giant Total agreed Wednesday to pay US authorities $398.2 million to settle charges that it bribed officials in Iran to secure oil and gas concessions.
30 May 2013
Iran expanding nuclear activities: IAEA Iran is making significant progress in expanding its nuclear programme, including in opening up a potential second route to developing the bomb.
23 May 2013
US slams Iran's disqualification of candidates The United States on Tuesday condemned Iran's disqualification of hundreds of would-be presidential candidates, accusing the "unaccountable" clerical leadership of seeking to tighten its grip on power.
22 May 2013
IAEA, Iran talks fail again as US hikes pressure Nuclear talks between Iran and the UN atomic agency failed yet again Wednesday, as the top US diplomat in separate six-party negotiations warned Washington's patience was wearing thin.
16 May 2013
Iran in parallel nuclear talks in Vienna, Istanbul Two sets of talks on Wednesday aimed at easing tensions over Iran's nuclear programme are not expected to produce any major breakthrough ahead of next month's elections in the Islamic republic.
Tenth time lucky for Iran and the IAEA? The UN atomic agency will on Wednesday press Iran, in their 10th meeting since late 2011, to grant access to sites, documents and scientists involved in Tehran's alleged efforts to develop nuclear weapons.
13 May 2013
Strong Iran quake causes damage, injuries A strong earthquake of 6.2 magnitude hit southern Iran early on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, with local media reporting of damaged villages and several injuries.
Fresh round of Iran nuclear talks in Istanbul May 15 The EU's top diplomat Catherine Ashton will meet chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in Istanbul on May 15 in a fresh effort to defuse international concern over Tehran's disputed nuclear drive.
03 May 2013
IAEA top official in Iran talks stands down IAEA deputy director Rafael Grossi, one of the top officials in negotiations over Iran's nuclear drive, has announced his resignation.
22 April 2013
US offers aid as Iran quake kills 40 in Pakistan Pakistani troops scrambled Wednesday to aid the remote victims of an earthquake centred in nearby Iran, as the United States offered assistance and a strong aftershock jolted the region.
Iran opens new uranium production facility: TV Iran, under global sanctions for its nuclear enrichment programme, on Tuesday launched a new uranium production facility and began operations in two extraction mines.
World powers, Iran seek to break nuclear talks deadlock Iran and world powers met Saturday for the second and final day of new talks aimed at breaking a decade-old deadlock over Tehran's nuclear drive, with the clock again ticking down again on efforts to find a solution.
World powers and Iran seek solution at Kazakhstan talks Iran and world powers sit down for two days of talks Friday in the hopes of putting an end to a decade-old nuclear dispute that has left the Islamic republic enduring UN sanctions and risking military action from its arch foe Israel.
05 April 2013
World powers seek rare progress in Iran nuclear talksWorld powers meet negotiators from Iran in Kazakhstan on Friday in the hope of seizing a possible window of opportunity presented by rare signs of progress in February talks over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme.
