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Japan’s Abe warns conflict with Iran impacts entire world

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned that military confrontation with Iran will impact global peace and stability, as he visits the Middle East hoping to ease tensions…

Black and orange are the colours which all the teachers wore to the memorial of the children who died when flames engulfed their home in Alexandra on Sunday. (Renata Larroyd/M&G)

Rouhani says conflict with Iran would be ‘mother of all wars’

The US is seeking to tighten the economic screws on Iran, abandoning a landmark 2015 nuclear deal and reimposing stringent sanctions

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe.

Zim denies deal with Iran, seeks journalists over report

Zimbabwean police are looking for two journalists who wrote the story about a secret uranium export deal between Zimbabwe and Iran.

ANC MP Dipuo Peters did not attend a single meeting before her one month suspension. File photo
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SA stops oil imports from Iran

A Sars report has shown South Africa cut all crude oil imports from Iran in June amid heavy European and US sanctions over Iran’s nuclear programme.

Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei .

Khamenei threatens Israel with ‘lightning’ revenge

Iran’s supreme leader has threatened a "lightning response" to any Israeli attack, defeating hopes of Western officials for a conciliatory tone.

Israel demands immediate effect of Iran sanctions

Israel says an EU embargo on Iranian oil and additional sanctions — due to take effect from July — should begin now.

Engen buys Saudi oil to replace Iran’s shortfall

Trade sources say Engen has decided to buy additional crude from top oil exporter Saudi Aramco after it halted imports from Iran.

Netanyahu defiant in the face of sanctions

Netanyahu defiant in the face of sanctions

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says international sanctions are hurting Iran’s economy but not enough to persuade it to curb its nuclear ambitions.

Shell feels the bite of Iran sanction with R1bn debt

Shell feels the bite of Iran sanction with R1bn debt

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.

South Africa suspends Iran oil imports

South Africa suspends Iran oil imports

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.

SA idles in neutral as Iran oil fuels diplomatic tension

SA idles in neutral as Iran oil fuels diplomatic tension

South Africa is walking a fine line, balancing conflicting East-West attitudes to Iran while protecting oil imports and warding off fuel price hikes.

Iran lashes out at Western motives

Iran has condemned what it calls the use of oil as a political tool against producers, referring to Western sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear programme.

Iran’s catch-me-if-you-can oil sanctions strategy

International sanctions have a patchy history, and Iran’s oil elite have been dodging them for decades, writes <b>Peg Mackey</b>.

Tehran is ‘immune to sanctions’

Tehran is ‘immune to sanctions’

US officials say the embargoes against Iran are doomed to fail and are now just a means to delay an attack by Israel on the country.

MTN in bed with Iran’s military

MTN in bed with Iran’s military

Competing mobile operators MTN and Turkcell are keeping silent on the latter’s claims that MTN bribed its way into Iran six years ago.

Iranian businesses buckle under heavy sanctions

Iranian businesses buckle under heavy sanctions

Businesses across Iran are closing shop as a consequence of international sanctions imposed by the United States and economic mismanagement.