US lawmakers propose sanctions against Iran
24 March 2017 4:09 PM ISTA group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill in the senate that would impose tighter sanctions against Iran over its...
Iran media hails president-elect Rouhani as ‘beacon of hope’
17 Jun 2013 5:50 AM ISTThe election of moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani as Iran president signals a return of hope and reforms and that the people desire a policy of...
Economy, nukes top agenda as Iran elects president
10 Jun 2013 6:32 AM ISTIran elects on Friday a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose eight years in office have been marked by stiff Western sanctions over...
Cyber war on Iran has only begun
17 July 2012 11:06 AM ISTA US cyber war against Iran's nuclear program may have only just begun and could escalate with explosions triggered by digital sabotage, experts...
Iran tests Israel-centric missile
4 July 2012 7:35 AM ISTIran has test-fired in its central desert a ballistic missile capable of striking Israel as part of war games designed to show its ability to...
Iran lashes out at West for ‘bullying’ ways
22 Jun 2012 7:55 AM ISTIran's leaders have lashed out at the West, accusing it of ‘enmity’ and ‘bullying’ policies toward their nation after recent nuclear talks with world...
Iran won’t give up right to enrich uranium
19 Jun 2012 8:39 AM ISTWorld powers on Monday sought to wring concessions out of Iran to defuse the decade-long crisis over its nuclear drive at talks in Moscow billed as a...
World powers to resume nuke talks with Iran
18 Jun 2012 7:14 AM ISTWorld powers resume crisis talks with Iran on Monday in hopes that a crippling oil embargo will finally force the Islamic Republic to scale back its...
Putin to meet Ahmadinejad in China
4 Jun 2012 7:58 AM ISTRussian President Vladimir Putin will meet his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the sidelines of a summit in Beijing next week as tensions...
'India declined to sell nuclear technology'
31 May 2012 7:02 AM ISTIndia declined to sell nuclear technology to Iran, Iraq and Libya in the 1980s in spite of being offered 'huge' sums of money, said a leading defence...
Iran to get new nuke plant by 2014
28 May 2012 1:44 PM ISTIran is to build a new nuclear power plant, alongside its sole existing one in the southern city of Bushehr, by early 2014, state television reported...
US senate approves fresh Iran sanctions
23 May 2012 1:22 PM ISTThe US senate Monday approved new sanctions against Iran's energy sector in an effort to further pressure Tehran on its disputed nuclear programme.The...
