Female booth attendants at a global trade fair and shops selling men’s ties have become targets in a strict crackdown by Tehran police.
US President Barack Obama has given the nod to tighten sanctions against Syria and Iran by going after foreign firms violating existing measures.
Cellphone giant MTN has sought advice in the wake of sanctions by the United States against companies that aid human rights abuses.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The United States has delegated Russia to talk some sense into Iran in order to avoid military strikes from Israel.
Energy Minister Dipuo Peters says SA hopes to have a plan by the end of May for replacing Iranian crude that makes up a quarter of crude imports.
Hamas will not do Iran’s bidding in any war with Israel, according to senior figures within the militant Islamic group.
International sanctions have a patchy history, and Iran’s oil elite have been dodging them for decades, writes <b>Peg Mackey</b>.
An uncompromising speech in the US by Israel’s prime minister has persuaded the public back home that war with Iran is possible, perhaps even likely.
Iran has sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer, Abdolfattah Soltani, to 18 years in jail for allegedly spreading anti-regime propaganda.
Iranians wrapped up a parliamentary election likely to reinforce Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s power over rival hardliners.
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.
Oil price soars as Iran, Opec’s second-highest producer, halts exports to British and French companies.