Iran

29 كانون الثاني/يناير 2013

One unconfirmed report said as many as 200 people were feared trapped inside the facility. (Photo use for illustrative purposes only.)
05:00 بتوقيت جرينتش

An explosion has rocked Iran’s Fordo Nuclear plant, according to Israeli and Western media reports, but Tehran’s Fars news agency quoted the deputy chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces denying the reports as propaganda.

28 كانون الثاني/يناير 2013

Iran is to halt oil and gas export to Europe, a spokesman for the Iranian Oil Ministry said.
13:34 بتوقيت جرينتش

Iran is cutting off oil and natural gas exports to European countries until further notice, a spokesman for the Iranian Oil Ministry said.

Iran denies there was an explosion at the Fordow nuclear facility
09:00 بتوقيت جرينتش

A former Iranian official has said there was an explosion at an nuclear facility in the country, a claim that the Islamic Republic strongly denies.

An Iranian policeman looking up as he stands guard, as shadows of arrested people, who are accused of being thugs, and other policemen guarding them are seen standing on a trailer. (AFP PHOTO/MOJTABA HEYDARI/MEHR NEWS)
07:07 بتوقيت جرينتش

Authorities in the Persian state arrest local members of the press accused of cooperating with Persian-language foreign media agencies.

27 كانون الثاني/يناير 2013

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's aide issued the strongest warning to date about a possible strike on President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
08:03 بتوقيت جرينتش

Islamic republic warns the West against striking Damascus.

23 كانون الثاني/يناير 2013

Iranian oil exports to Iran increased by 43 per cent in the last month of 2012, Bloomberg reported
13:10 بتوقيت جرينتش

China's crude oil imports from Iran reached 2.5 million tons in December 2012, up 43 percent from November, official data showed, in spite of Western sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

22 كانون الثاني/يناير 2013

A pro-government supporter kisses a poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
10:54 بتوقيت جرينتش

New paramilitary force evolved from local defense committees.

The D8 group of nations, including Egypt and Iran, is  meeting in Tehran and is due to set up a joint investment fund
06:42 بتوقيت جرينتش

The Developing Eight Organization, which includes Egypt and Iran, is to set up a joint investment fund.

20 كانون الثاني/يناير 2013

Turkey has released a plane bound for Tehran after fining it for a breach of regulations
12:52 بتوقيت جرينتش

Turkey has reportedly lifted ban on a Turkish cargo plane carrying Ghana’s commitments to Iran in gold, which had been locked up for lacking proper documents.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes a victory sign ahead of his meeting with Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi in Tehran. (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)
10:43 بتوقيت جرينتش

Two men are hanged after posting the footage of themselves robbing and assaulting a man with a machete.

The US has warned that cyber attackas are making Iran into "a force to be reckoned with"
08:04 بتوقيت جرينتش

An American army general has warned against Iranian cyber attacks, saying they were turning the Islamic Republic into a 'force to be reckoned with'.

15 كانون الثاني/يناير 2013

Iranian men who had been held hostage by Syrian rebels since early August hug each other as they arrive at a hotel in Damascus after being freed in a prisoner swap. (AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARA)
06:52 بتوقيت جرينتش

The prime minister of Syria is planning to head to Tehran to shore up the regime's friendship with its last regional ally.

14 كانون الثاني/يناير 2013

Ben Affleck picks up his Globe with pride.
06:30 بتوقيت جرينتش

The U.S. star came away with the best director award for his Middle Eastern hostage movie.

13 كانون الثاني/يناير 2013

Iran, Iraq and Syria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to ease trade across shared borders between the three nations
12:39 بتوقيت جرينتش

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.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visits the electronic accelerator lab in the Ariel University Center. (AFP Photo/ Dan Balilty)
09:18 بتوقيت جرينتش

Facing allegations that he spent around US $3 billion on an attack on Iran that never took place.