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/ 10 February 2012
United States sanctions on Iranian oil exports set to impact local refiners.
The Iranian Parliament has summoned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to answer a series of questions over the government’s handling of the economy.
Barack Obama says the US has a good idea of the progress of Iran’s nuclear programme and has a military response ready should it be necessary.
Iran says it will attack any country launching airstrikes against its nuclear bases as apprehension over the increasing list confrontation is loomin
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/ 5 February 2012
China has become Iran’s top trading partner as the sanctions against the Islamic republic have become progressively tougher.
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/ 4 February 2012
Iran has pledged to aid any nation that challenges Israel, staking out a hard line to suggestions that military strikes are an increasing possibility.
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/ 3 February 2012
MTN shares have tumbled amid claims it secured an Iranian contract through bribery and promises to drum up SA support for Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
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/ 26 January 2012
Israel’s defence minister Ehud Barak warns tougher sanctions are needed against Iran despite the unprecedented oil embargo agreed by the EU this week.
Should sanctions halt or cut the export of oil from Iran to South Africa, the department of energy says the country would struggle to fill the gap.
The EU has formally adopted an oil embargo and central bank asset freeze against Iran to pressure it into resuming talks on its nuclear programme.
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/ 21 January 2012
Deaths of five Iranian nuclear scientists since 2010 a cause for concern.
The government must prepare immediately for disruptions in crude oil supply from Iran.
Pretoria has yet to decide how it will respond to a call by the US to decrease oil imports from Iran — the source of 25% of SA’s overall supply.
Businesses across Iran are closing shop as a consequence of international sanctions imposed by the United States and economic mismanagement.
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/ 11 January 2012
An Iranian official says Israel was behind the magnetic car bomb that killed a nuclear scientist in Tehran, citing similar attacks on scientists.
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/ 10 January 2012
Marjane Satrapi, creator of hit animation <i>Persepolis</i>, talks politics, revolution and about why her new film reimagines Tehran from a distance.
Iran has begun enriching uranium inside a mountain and sentenced an American to death for spying, undermining hopes diplomacy could avert sanctions.
Iran has begun its underground uranium refining at the Fordow site, signalling its decision not to back down despite sanctions from the West.
Oil prices fell to near $101 a barrel on Monday in Asia amid investor concern over the outcome of a meeting between the leaders of Germany and France.
An already frail economy will come under more pressure when the EU ban comes into effect.
A former senior UN nuclear official says Iran seems to be testing atomic fuel intended for a planned reactor which could yield nuclear bomb material.
Iran has shrugged off the impact of new Western sanctions after European diplomats said they had all but agreed on an EU ban on oil from the country.
The daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been jailed and banned from political activities for ‘anti-state propaganda’.
Iran has warned one of the US navy’s biggest warships to keep away from the Gulf, in an escalating showdown that may pitch into armed confrontation.
Iran is testing missiles near the Strait of Hormuz, underlining threats to close the vital oil-transit waterway as the West prepares more sanctions.
Iran has test-fired a new long-range missile during naval exercises, after threatening to halt oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
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/ 21 December 2011
The UN nuclear watchdog said it may Iran for talks, a day after an Iranian official said Tehran was prepared to discuss international concerns.
Iran may move its nuclear facilities to safer locations if it becomes necessary, reflecting Iran’s worries of a possible strike against the sites.
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has escaped the Middle East’s strongest show of contempt — a shoe-throwing attack.
Argentina is quietly reaching out to Iran, worrying key Western powers and Israel as they try to tighten Tehran’s isolation over its nuclear program.
The United States has urged Turkey to pass new sanctions against Iran, increasing pressure on Tehran to stop work on its nuclear activities.
Britain has begun evacuating diplomatic staff from Iran, warning of serious consequences for the Iranian government.