The Iranian File

April 17, 2011

Intelligence Minister
21:05 GMT

Iran's Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi, who quit from his post, was reinstated by the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

April 16, 2011

Iran protest
13:51 GMT

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces on Friday fired on demonstrators in the city of Ahwaz, the Arab region in Iran (Khūzestān Province).

April 5, 2011

Saudi king
15:46 GMT

Following the announcement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Monday night, welcoming the resumption of diplomatic relations with Iran, Saudi concerns have intensified.

April 4, 2011

Iranian leader and UN Secretary General
12:25 GMT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a telephone conversation has urged the UN chief to stop Western "intervention" in the region.

March 31, 2011

Saudi king and Iranian president
14:24 GMT

The National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) on Thursday warned against Saudi Arabia's invasion of Bahrain.

March 30, 2011

Sheikh Ali Salman
16:15 GMT

Bahrain's Shiite opposition leader on Wednesday called on Tehran to keep out of the country's internal affairs.

March 29, 2011

Kuwait
22:11 GMT

Two Iranians and a Kuwaiti citizen, all serving in Kuwait's army, were condemned to death on Tuesday for being part of an Iranian spy cell.

March 27, 2011

Qatar
17:59 GMT

Qatar has seized two Iranian boats in the Gulf carrying weapons, a Kuwaiti electronic newspaper reported on Sunday.

March 23, 2011

Bahrain
15:54 GMT

The situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain is at a ''very dangerous stage'', the country's Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmad Al-Khalifa.

March 16, 2011

Iranian plane
13:12 GMT

Turkish experts on Wednesday searched an Iranian cargo plane allegedly carrying military equipment from Tehran to Aleppo.

March 9, 2011

 Saud al-Faisal
19:25 GMT

Saudi foreign minister stated Wednesday that dialogue — not protests — is the way to bring reform.

March 8, 2011

Rafsanjani
11:33 GMT

Iran's former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani lost his position on Tuesday as the head of a clerical body responsible for choosing or dismissing Iran's supreme leader

March 2, 2011

Iran
14:34 GMT

Iranian sending message to Israel. Syria and Lebanon are not alone.

March 1, 2011

Iran protest
15:43 GMT

The Iranian opposition website, Kaleme, reported Tuesday that tear gas was fired at the anti-government demonstrators in Tehran to disperse them.

February 23, 2011

Ahmadinejad
13:48 GMT

Amid the ongoing violent crackdown on the popular revolt in Libya, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi to meet public demand.