Iran
January 13, 2013
Iran, Iraq, and Syria have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand cooperation through boosting transit of goods through joint borders, an Iranian official has been quoted by Iranian backed Fars News Agency as saying.
Facing allegations that he spent around US $3 billion on an attack on Iran that never took place.
January 11, 2013
The former interior minister who criticized the Egyptian president for his meeting with Iran's controversial Revolutionary Guards is booted out during the cabinet reshuffle.
January 10, 2013
A German company faces a fine from US regulatory bodies over breaking sanctions against Iran.
Iran will construct its first natural gas refinery which is costed at 1.6 billion U.S. dollars, Tehran Times daily reported Wednesday.
January 9, 2013
Fresh Western sanctions targeting industries in Iran have led to concern over an impending humanitarian crisis in the country.
January 8, 2013
Iran's oil revenues have dropped by 45 percent in the last nine months in the wake sanctions imposed by the West, a top official in the country has said.
January 6, 2013
Iran's police chief has said that the Islamic Republic is creating software to restrict people form accessing social media, despite the fact that Ayatollah Khamenei has started using the popular social-networking site, Facebook.
January 3, 2013
The value of trade between Iran and Turkey surpassed $20.8 billion in the first 11 months of 2012, showing around 40 percent rise compared to the same period in 2011, IRNA reported citing data by Turkey's statistics center.
January 2, 2013
The U.S. faces criticism from Iran over its 'overt intervention in Latin American affairs'.
December 31, 2012
China’s crude oil imports from Iran fell 31 per cent in November from a year earlier and were down 6.3 per cent on the month, data showed, with traders citing delivery delays by Iranian tankers because of tough Western sanctions.
South Korea’s imports of crude oil from Iran dropped 39 per cent from a year ago in the first eleven months of the year after sanctions squeezed shipments, data from state-run Korea National Oil Corp showed.
Iranian forces have carried out what they called cyber warfare tactics for the first time as the Islamic republic’s naval units staged maneuvers in the key Strait of Hormuz, media reports said on Monday.
December 30, 2012
Iran started on Friday six days of naval drills in the Strait of Hormuz, the official IRNA news agency reported, maneuvers aimed at showcasing its military capabilities in what is a vital oil and gas shipping route.
A U.S. commercial plane has been stuck on the Iraq/Iran border for three weeks after suffering technical problems, it emerged on Sunday.