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/ 12 October 2011
Sasol says it is reviewing its investment in Iran, which is facing sanction over its nuclear programme, and has no growth plans for the country.
Iran has complained to the UN about an "evil plot" by the US, which claims Tehran is behind a plan to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington.
Iran has rejected the Palestinians’ UN statehood bid, saying any deal that accepted the existence of Israel would leave a "cancerous tumour" forever.
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/ 29 September 2011
The lawyer of an Iranian pastor sentenced to death for apostasy says there is a "95% chance" that an appeals court will acquit his client.
The US and other countries walked out of a speech by Iran’s President Ahmadinejad to the UN after he attacked the "arrogant powers" of the West.
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/ 14 September 2011
In a country where Western music is banned, there are musicians who are part of Iran’s booming underground scene — making rock, Iranian style.
Russia has put forward "proposals" to build new nuclear power plants in Iran after the completion of the Bushehr project, local media has reported.
An Iranian man convicted of throwing acid in the face of a female student, who was to have been blinded himself in retribution, has been pardoned.
Recently, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation, Fereydoun Abbasi Davani, announced plans to triple Iran’s capacity to produce 20% uranium.
Bahrain has sentenced one of its citizens and two foreigners to 10 years in prison for spying for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
Iranian security officials used batons and teargas to disperse thousands of protesters at a silent rally held in central Tehran.
The UN nuclear watchdog says it has received new information on possible military dimensions to Iran’s controversial nuclear programme.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused Western countries of devising plans to "cause drought" in the Islamic republic.
Iran wants a new round of talks with six world powers to focus on a host of issues including its rights as a nation.
MTN added more than 5,7-million users in the first quarter boosted by strong growth in key markets of Nigeria and Iran.
Iran has been targeted by a second computer virus in a "cyber war" waged by its enemies, its commander of civil defence said on Monday.
Ally of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who favours openness and opposes greater clerical involvement in politics, is being groomed as a possible successor.
An Iranian commander has accused German engineering company Siemens of helping the US and Israel launch a cyber attack on its nuclear facilities.
Iran rises as a science power, Ghana rises as a scamming power and renewables get mixed results.
Website claims Khamenei’s key adviser led raid on the home of one of the Green movement’s two main leaders.
The United States warned Zimbabwe on Monday that it could face penalties if it cooperates with Iran’s nuclear program in violation of UN resolutions.
Protests and crackdowns follow successful uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.
The Middle East boiled with anger as protestors trying to topple more of the region’s rulers staged fresh mass demonstrations after Friday prayers
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/ 15 February 2011
A warmly applauded Iranian drama emerged on Tuesday as a front-runner at the Berlin film festival, throwing the spotlight on the country’s film-makers
Hundreds of angry protesters burned tyres and blocked roads across Lebanon on Tuesday after Najib Mikati was named Lebanon’s prime minister.
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/ 24 January 2011
Iran has hanged almost 50 people during the past three weeks, according to human rights groups.
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/ 16 January 2011
Israel has tested a computer worm believed to have sabotaged Iran’s nuclear centrifuges and slowed its ability to develop an atomic weapon.
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/ 13 January 2011
China said it will be "difficult" for its ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency to tour Iran’s nuclear facilities.
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/ 11 January 2011
An Iranian human rights lawyer who has worked with Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, has been jailed for 11 years.
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/ 10 January 2011
At least 70 people were killed and 35 injured when an Iranian Boeing 727 passenger plane crashed in bad weather in north-western Iran on Sunday.
Iran has invited several ambassadors accredited to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna to tour its nuclear facilities.
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/ 29 December 2010
The United States and its allies have up to three years to curb Iran’s nuclear programme, a senior Israeli official said on Wednesday.