Iran
July 29, 2012
Iran is expanding its insurance on its fleet of 47 oil tankers through a multi-billion-dollar line of credit as it seeks to get around European Union (EU) sanctions crimping its crude exports, reports said yesterday.
July 25, 2012
The Speaker of the Majlis (Iranian parliament), Ali Larijani said Wednesday that the United States and its allies would not dare to attack Iran in any way
July 23, 2012
As Iran threats escalate, the UAE quietly loaded its first cargo from its long-awaited new oil export terminal on the Gulf of Oman
July 19, 2012
The United States and Britain will not tolerate Iranian attempts to block the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, defence chiefs from the two Western powers said yesterday.
July 18, 2012
At least six dead and 32 wounded - this is the result of a bombing attack, which that targeted the Airport of Bourgas on the Black Sea, Bulgaria. The blast hit a bus full of Israeli tourists.
Iran has already started excavation in largest joint oil filed with Qatar in the Persian Gulf, General Manager of the Pars Oil and Gas Company Musa Souri said.
Iran has discovered a new oil layer with two million barrels of oil reserves in its territorial waters in the Caspian Sea, Managing-Director of Khazar Exploration and Production Company Ali Osouli announced.
July 17, 2012
Iran plans natural gas deliveries to Iraq by the end of next year.
July 16, 2012
The United Arab Emirates yesterday inaugurated a pipeline to pump oil from east coast terminals, bypassing the strategic Strait of Hormuz which Iran has threatened to shut down, state-run WAM news agency reported.
July 15, 2012
Iran could prevent even a single drop of oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz if its security is threatened.
The Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Sunday that Tehran was ready to meet with Syrian opposition groups in order to promote dialogue between them and the Syrian government.
Some European states have voiced interest in investment in Iran's energy sector after a gas deal was signed between Iran and Switzerland four years ago regardless of the US sanctions.
Cypriot police arrested a Lebanese suspected of plotting an attack against Israeli interests in the Mediterranean island, the Cypriot media reported on Saturday.
July 12, 2012
We may not have noticed that we are actually in the heart of an international battle whose political, security and military implications cannot be predicted.
The Syrian actress wants to become a judge on the TV contest show but Iranian producers say she must wear hijab.