The Iranian File

The document details the corruption in the Syrian government's army as well as Tehran's frustration with Bashar al Assad.

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia last night made a symbolic gesture to address Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by asking the Iranian president to sit beside him in welcoming the leaders of member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) .

Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, who proposed a plan to end the crisis in, acknowledges that he has "failed"

Some 100 members of the Iranian parliament signed a bill to prohibit the passage of oil tankers traveling in the Strait of Hormuz to European countries that have imposed an embargo against Iranian oil

Russia and China said they were opposed to any foreign military intervention in Syria and Iran.

Iran is using its airliners to send weapons and explosives to the regime of Bashar al-Assad and Hizbullah in Lebanon, said the German television channel, ZDF.

During discussions on the Iranian nuclear issue in Baghdad, the six powers (USA, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany) have introduced Iran with "new proposals"

Iran has stopped its oil exports to Germany and declared a ban on imports from 100 European Union companies, in response to its banking and oil sanctions, the Iranian media reported on Wednesday.

Iran will not abandon its nuclear achievements in the upcoming negotiations with the powers of the 5 +1 group, said Sunday, a senior Iranian official, according to IRNA news agency.

The European Union (EU) decided on Thursday to prohibit access to the international payments system by Iranian institutions as part of financial sanctions due to Tehran's nuclear program.

Catherine Ashton, the European Union diplomacy chief on Tuesday proposed a resumption of negotiations between the major powers and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program. She hoped to hold a "constructive dialogue".

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud said that "unnamed hands" targeting Islam and the Arabs are behind recent events in the region.

The Islamic Republic has denied international inspectors access to suspected nuclear sites.

After halting oil sales to Britain and France, Iran on Monday threatened to stop oil sales to other European Union member states if the bloc continues its "hostile policies."

Iran stopped selling oil to the French and British oil companies, said Sunday the spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum, Alireza Nikzad.