The Iranian File

August 17, 2010

Iranian air force jet fighter
14:52 GMT

An Iranian air force jet fighter crashed Tuesday in the southern province of Bushehr which houses a nuclear power plant

August 16, 2010

Ali Akbar Salehi
13:36 GMT

Iran said Monday it will start building a new site to enrich uranium by March.

Turkish prime minister
09:04 GMT

U.S. President Barack Obama has personally warned the Turkish prime minister regarding relations with Israel.

August 13, 2010

Bushehr plant
14:24 GMT

Iran will launch its first nuclear power plant next week, its atomic chief stated on Friday after years of delays to the project built by Russia in the southern city of Bushehr.

August 12, 2010

Manouchehr Mottaki
14:56 GMT

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki stated the West will "regret" its decision to impose "illegal" sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.

August 10, 2010

Iranian president
14:40 GMT

Iran on Tuesday said regional countries will give Israel a crushing response, if its launches any military action against any country in the region.

August 9, 2010

Kuwait city
13:49 GMT

anian authorities have denied charges of espionage made by a Kuwaiti court last week against three of its citizens.

August 5, 2010

Revolutionary Guard
14:26 GMT

According to opposition sources, the Iranian "Revolutionary Guard" is preparing to deploy about 400 elite fighters in various Middle Eastern countries, particularly in the Gulf.

August 4, 2010

Ahmadinejad
10:08 GMT

An Iranian website on Wednesday reported that a handmade grenade has exploded near President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's convoy in western Iran.

August 2, 2010

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
12:48 GMT

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday said his country does not want a military confrontation with the West.

Hamad bin Jassem bin
11:44 GMT

Qatar's Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al-Thani on Monday said his country is against any military action in the region

July 29, 2010

Iran nuclear works
11:51 GMT

Iran vowed to halt enriching uranium if Western powers agree to a nuclear fuel swap deal it inked with Turkey and Brazil, a Turkish newspaper on Thursday quoted Turkey's foreign minister as saying.

July 25, 2010

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
10:37 GMT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday slammed Western approach towards Iran, urging all European countries to rectify their policies and observe rights of nations.

July 22, 2010

Shahram Amiri
16:01 GMT

Tehran said on Thursday that the nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri who has returned from the United States after he disappeared in mysterious circumstances was a double agent.

July 21, 2010

Ali Khamenei
14:57 GMT

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday said the intelligence services of the US, Israel and Britain were the main supporters of the recent terrorist attacks in Iran.