Vendors of Apple products in Iran scoffed at media reports that the consumer technology giant was banning US sales to customers of Iranian background.
Iran never misses a chance to parade internationally and has been buoyed by suggestions that it may join global powers reviving Syrian peace efforts.
The Hawks have opened an investigation into allegations of corruption at MTN relating to its purchase of a mobile licence in Iran.
Female booth attendants at a global trade fair and shops selling men’s ties have become targets in a strict crackdown by Tehran police.
Israel’s vice prime minister says using cyber-weapons when faced with the threat of a nuclear Iran, would be a "reasonable step".
A UN report has found that the total production, for the last five years, of low-enriched uranium would be enough for at least five nuclear weapons.
The UN’s nuclear agency chief says Iran has agreed to restart the IAEA’s probe into suspicions it has secretly worked on developing nuclear arms.
The US Senate has approved new sanctions against Iran aimed at convincing the Islamic Republic to suspend its uranium enrichment.
It would be a mistake to depict the widespread Arab concerns over Iran as an act of support for an Israeli or American war against it.
US President Barack Obama has given the nod to tighten sanctions against Syria and Iran by going after foreign firms violating existing measures.
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.
Cellphone giant MTN has sought advice in the wake of sanctions by the United States against companies that aid human rights abuses.
Israel says an EU embargo on Iranian oil and additional sanctions — due to take effect from July — should begin now.
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.
Iran has urged "honesty" at crucial talks with world powers in order to defuse a tense international showdown over its disputed nuclear activities.
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.
Sources reveal a terrifying situation at the mobile operator company’s headquarters in Tehran.
With MTN refusing to pull out of Iran, Sasol has stopped buying Iranian crude oil in a move to exit the Islamic republic.
Former MTN boss Phuthuma Nhleko has distanced himself from a dodgy mobile operating license in Iran that included bribes, weapons and influence.
Indonesia’s parliament voted on Saturday to give the government authority to raise subsidised fuel prices under certain conditions.
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.
The department of international relations and cooperations says government can’t be bought but recent reports have contradicted this statement.
A lawsuit filed by Turkcell over a licence in Iran has implicated MTN executives and state officials in an explosive bribery and weapons scandal.
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.
For leaders who seek military intervention in Syria, Baghdad provides a cautionary tale, with violence and sectarian hate persisting a decade later.
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 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.
South Africa is walking a fine line, balancing conflicting East-West attitudes to Iran while protecting oil imports and warding off fuel price hikes.
Mobile giant MTN faces calls to disinvest from Iran amid pressure on South Africa from the West as well as amid corruption allegations.
The National Conventional Arms Control Committee is looking into claims that SA has been exporting attack helicopters to Iran through front companies.
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.
A cache of emails to and from Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad reveals that he took advice from Iran on how to handle the uprising against his rule.