News about Iran
Death toll at 37 as Iran wraps up quake rescue
Rescuers Wednesday wound up operations after pulling 20 people from the rubble of an earthquake that struck near the port city of Bushehr.
10 April 2013
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.
09 April 2013
Kazakhstan welcomes intention to continue talks on Iran's nuclear program
Kazakhstan welcomes the intention of the parties to continue the talks on Iranian nuclear program and expresses hope that the parties find mutually acceptable solutions.
09 April 2013
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.
06 April 2013
Iran yet to give 'concrete response' to nuclear offer: officials
Iran has yet to give a clear response to a proposal from world powers for ending the decade-long dispute over its nuclear program.
05 April 2013
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 talks
World 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.
04 April 2013
UN adopts global treaty on weapons trade
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday passed the first treaty regulating the conventional arms trade in an attempt to bring transparency and protection of human rights to the often murky industry.
03 April 2013
Syria, elections cloud next Iran nuclear talks: experts
Experts Monday downplayed hopes of any breakthrough in upcoming nuclear talks with Iran, cautioning that progress is unlikely before Iranian elections or while the Syrian conflict rages.
02 April 2013
UN General Assembly set to adopt arms treaty
The UN General Assembly is expected to adopt the first global treaty on the conventional arms trade Tuesday after the 193 member states failed to reach consensus on it last week.
02 April 2013
Iran, N. Korea, Syria block arms trade treaty
Iran, North Korea and Syria on Thursday held up agreement on the first global treaty on the $80 billion a year conventional arms trade.
29 March 2013
Muslim states agree to 'historic' UN statement on women
Muslim and western nations on Friday overcame deep divisions to agree a historic United Nations declaration setting out a code of conduct for combatting violence against women.
16 March 2013
Ten years on, Iraq haunts US response to Syria, Iran
Ten years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the searing memory of what became a deeply unpopular war has made Washington policy makers reluctant to use even limited force in Syria or Iran.
14 March 2013
Iran's Ahmadinejad mourns 'martyr' Chavez
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid tribute to late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez on Wednesday saying he had fallen "martyr" to a "suspect illness".
07 March 2013
Vatican, Iran resist UN effort fighting violence on women
The Vatican, Iran and other religious states are resisting efforts by a UN conference, which started Monday, to demand tougher global standards to prevent violence against women and children.
06 March 2013
Kerry on Gulf tour pledges backing for Syria rebels
US Secretary of State John Kerry has promised to "empower" Syria's opposition, while warning arch-foe Iran that time for talks on Tehran's nuclear ambitions could run out.
05 March 2013
Iran confirms plans for 3,000 modern centrifuges
Iran's atomic chief said on Sunday that Tehran planned to install 3,000 new generation centrifuges at one of its nuclear plants.
05 March 2013
'We mean it,' Israel's Barak tells Iran on nuclear arms
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned Iran on Sunday that Israel would never allow Iranian leaders to develop a nuclear weapon, as he addressed a powerful US-Israel lobby.
04 March 2013
Participants of Iranian nuclear program talks to come back to Almaty
The 5+1 international negotiators and Iran are planning to hold negotiations on the expert level in Istanbul and then continue discussion of the Islamic nuclear program in Almaty.
04 March 2013
Movement in nuclear talks, but onus on Iran: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that the ball remained in Iran's court over its contested nuclear programme, though he was encouraged by new feelers being put out by Tehran and the West.
03 March 2013