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.
Outraged by the attacks on its embassy in Iran, the UK has evacuated all its diplomatic staff members, warning of ‘serious consequences’.
The EU has agreed in principle to sanction some Iranian companies, adding to measures on suspicions that Iran is developing nuclear weapons.
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/ 22 November 2011
New sanctions unveiled by Western states against Iran over its nuclear drive are unacceptable and illegal, says Russia.
China says sanctions will not "fundamentally solve" the Iranian nuclear issue and urged further dialogue to resolve an ongoing impasse.
Russia has rejected EU calls for further sanctions against Iran in the wake of a UN reports that Tehran had experimented with nuclear weapon designs.
In a report derided by Iran and likely to stir tension in the Middle East, the IAEA says Tehran has been trying to design an atomic bomb.
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/ 8 November 2011
Israel’s Defence Minister Ehud Barak has played down speculation that Israel intends to strike Iranian nuclear facilities.
The UN’s nuclear watchdog is set to reveal alleged Iranian work on an advanced nuclear warhead — though this is not regarded as a "smoking gun".
Iran has demanded an official apology from the Obama administration over US claims that Tehran plotted to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington.
Tehran says the suspect in a plot to assassinate a Saudi envoy in the US belongs to an Iranian dissident group the state regards as its "sworn enemy".
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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.