Iran

November 28, 2012

Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
09:44 GMT

According to diagrams obtained by the Associated Press, Iran is drawing up diagrams for a nuclear weapon with three-times the force of those used in World War 2.

Iran has rejected claim that it was to offer free oil to Jordan
02:00 GMT

Iran's embassy in Jordan categorically denied media reports alleging that Tehran has offered to supply free oil to Jordan following media reports.

November 26, 2012

Iran is set to increase gas production in South Pars gas field
11:37 GMT

Iran has announced that it will increase gas production in the giant South Pars gas field. The Islamic Republic has also announced that it will build more storage for oil facilities as Western sanctions are begin to bite.

November 20, 2012

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad telephoned Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari  ahead of the 'D8' summit
11:53 GMT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad telephoned Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday and discussed bilateral relations as well as matters related to the forthcoming summit of the countries of the D-8 group in Islamabad.

November 18, 2012

Iran has granted Lebanon money for the construction of a water dam
07:34 GMT

Iran granted Lebanon a $40 million cash donation Friday to finance the construction of a water dam in Batroun.

November 15, 2012

Lebanon and Iran set to discuss trade ties
14:44 GMT

nian Energy Minister Majid Namjoo arrived Thursday in Beirut to discuss previously signed cooperation agreements between Lebanon and Iran.

November 14, 2012

The Islamic Development Bank is to fund new projects in Iran
12:15 GMT

The Islamic Development Bank has allocated €1.27 billion in loans to Iran for implementing a number of wastewater projects, Iranian National Water and Wastewater Company Deputy Director Hossein Bonakdari said on Tuesday

Exhibition 'Right-to-Left' in Berlin.
10:55 GMT

The Berlin exhibition showcases street art and graffiti by up-and-coming artists from the Arab world and Iran.

November 13, 2012

The Iranian economy has seen only a minor contraction due to Western oil sanctions, according the the IMF
09:12 GMT

The International Monetary Fund has said that Iran's economy has suffered only a minor contraction because of the ban on oil exports from Western nations.

November 12, 2012

My House is Burning down (2012), Shirin Neshat. (Photo: Courtesy of AUC Press Release)
12:57 GMT

Shirin Neshat and Shoja Azari are in the Egyptian capital to speak to the city's students and start on their latest movie.

Iranian gas condensate exports have topped $1 billion
07:01 GMT

Iran’s exports of gas condensates amounted to more than $1 billion in the last month, a customs official was quoted as saying, easing the impact of Western sanctions that are gripping the country.

November 11, 2012

Sattar Beheshti
11:37 GMT

Iran's parliament will investigate the death in custody of an Iranian blogger arrested in October and will report to the public, said Sunday the vice president of the Majlis Speaker Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi.

Can Tehran control inflation?
04:00 GMT

Iran's rate of inflation rose by 1.4 percent in the Iranian calendar month of Shahrivar (from August 22 to September 21) and reached 24.9 percent as Tehran struggles with Western sanctions and a currency crisis.

November 7, 2012

Obama takes the victor's spoils in 2012's historic election
08:35 GMT

President Barack Obama has got his work cut out for him. Syria and Iran will be pressing foreign agenda concerns to top off the fiscal cliff first stumbling block.

November 4, 2012

Promise: to reverse or withdraw the 'invasion' of Iraq - check. New to office Obama vowed to draw out US presence in Iraq: In August, 2010, he announced that the US combat mission in Iraq was over. He withdrew troops December 2011- leaving the country in a sectarian mess. A promise kept, but a mission that left a lot to be desired nonetheless.
07:03 GMT

Just hours ahead of the polls, we take a look at Obama's Middle East tab of debts - promises undelivered or broken. Did he manage to undo Bush's unpopular Middle East legacy, and will an empowered region post Arab Spring expect more from the next president who they will hold to account?