- 30 May 2012 11:58 - Sapa-AFP
- Female booth attendants at a global trade fair and shops selling men's ties have become targets in a strict crackdown by Tehran police.
- 01 May 2012 19:35 - Staff Reporter
- US President Barack Obama has given the nod to tighten sanctions against Syria and Iran by going after foreign firms violating existing measures.
- 26 Apr 2012 00:00 - Sharda Naidoo
- The person who leaked the MTN and Turkcell memos has to face the possibility of being implicated in the bribery of Iran government officials' claims.
- 26 Apr 2012 00:00 - Sharda Naidoo
- Cellphone giant MTN has sought advice in the wake of sanctions by the United States against companies that aid human rights abuses.
- 19 Apr 2012 08:53 - Harriet Sherwood
- Israel says an EU embargo on Iranian oil and additional sanctions -- due to take effect from July -- should begin now.
- 11 Apr 2012 20:41 - Marcus George
- Iran says it has new proposals for talks on its nuclear activity, but it's still unclear if those include information on its uranium enrichment drive.
- 09 Apr 2012 13:39 - Staff Reporter
- Iran has urged "honesty" at crucial talks with world powers in order to defuse a tense international showdown over its disputed nuclear activities.
- 05 Apr 2012 00:34 - Lisa Steyn
- Sanctions on Iran have pushed up the oil price, but government's levies and tariffs are not easing the pain as massive fuel price hikes hit consumers.
- 05 Apr 2012 00:12 - Sharda Naidoo
- With MTN refusing to pull out of Iran, Sasol has stopped buying Iranian crude oil in a move to exit the Islamic republic.
- 05 Apr 2012 00:00 - Staff Reporter
- Sources reveal a terrifying situation at the mobile operator company's headquarters in Tehran.
- 01 Apr 2012 20:59 - Staff Reporters
- Former MTN boss Phuthuma Nhleko has distanced himself from a dodgy mobile operating license in Iran that included bribes, weapons and influence.
- 31 Mar 2012 06:47 - Olivia Rondonuwu
- Indonesia's parliament voted on Saturday to give the government authority to raise subsidised fuel prices under certain conditions.
- 30 Mar 2012 15:10 - David Dolan
- Shares in MTN Group have slid after rival Turkcell filed a lawsuit against the mobile operator, alleging it bribed officials to win an Iranian bid.
- 30 Mar 2012 00:00 - The Editorial
- The department of international relations and cooperations says government can't be bought but recent reports have contradicted this statement.
- 29 Mar 2012 09:29 - Sharda Naidoo
- A lawsuit filed by Turkcell over a licence in Iran has implicated MTN executives and state officials in an explosive bribery and weapons scandal.
- 28 Mar 2012 13:03 - Mark Burleigh
- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says stalled talks between Iran and world powers will be revived on April 13 at a place yet to be agreed.
- 28 Mar 2012 11:42 - Hamza Hendawi
- For leaders who seek military intervention in Syria, Baghdad provides a cautionary tale, with violence and sectarian hate persisting a decade later.
- 26 Mar 2012 08:56 - Staff Reporter
- Shell is struggling to pay off $1-billion that it owes Iran for crude oil because EU and US sanctions make it almost impossible to process payments.
- 22 Mar 2012 14:51 - Staff Reporter
- South Africa has suspended almost all of its oil imports from Iran and intends to abide by a US request to significantly drop supplies from the state.
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- 18 Mar 2012 16:36 - Nickolaus Bauer
- South Africa is walking a fine line, balancing conflicting East-West attitudes to Iran while protecting oil imports and warding off fuel price hikes.
