Tag: Iran
Iran orders Muslims to defend Palestinians in Gaza
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has issued a religious decree to Muslims around the world, ordering them to defend Palestinians against Israel's attacks on Gaza.[MORE]
Anger over Ahmadinejad's Christmas message
Iran's President has delivered a Christmas message on UK TV, saying if Jesus were alive he'd oppose "expansionist powers".[MORE]
Iran's president to deliver Christmas message on British TV
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will deliver an alternative Christmas message on British television to rival Queen Elizabeth II's annual address.[MORE]
Iraq tells Iran exiles to leave
The Shia-led Iraqi Government has insisted that several thousand Iranians who have been living in a camp just north of Baghdad must leave the country. [MORE]
Iranian police crack down on Nobel laureate
Iranian police shut down the office of a human rights centre headed by Nobel peace laureate and lawyer Shirin Ebadi on Sunday, in a sign of a toughening crackdown against rights campaigners.[MORE]
Iran tests medium-range missile in naval war games
Iran said that it has test fired on a surface-to-surface missile during manoeuvres in the Sea of Oman, the Fars news agency reported.[MORE]
Iran home brew kills 12, blinds others
Twelve people in southern Iran have died after drinking homemade liquor and dozens more have been blinded or are in a serious condition, health workers in the Islamic Republic said.[MORE]
Iran sentences mosque bombers to death: report
Iran has sentenced three men to death over a mosque bombing which left 14 people dead in the southern city of Shiraz in April, Kayhan newspaper reported.[MORE]
Calls for death penalty in Iran mosque bombing: reports
A prosecutor in Iran has called for the death penalty to be handed down to three men currently on trial charged with a mosque bombing in April which left 14 people dead, news agencies reported.[MORE]
Iran rejects claims it has enough uranium for bomb
Iran has rejected US reports it has enriched enough uranium to make an atom bomb, saying this would require steps it had ruled out, such as ejecting UN inspectors and leaving the Non-Proliferation Treaty.[MORE]
Iranian commando 'arrested at Baghdad airport'
Iraqi security forces have arrested an alleged "senior" Iranian commando from the elite Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force at Baghdad International Airport, the US military said.[MORE]
UK photo show documents death, revolution in Iran
Whether photographing prostitutes in a Tehran brothel or Saddam Hussein's chemical attack against Kurds, Pulitzer Prize-winner Kaveh Golestan wanted to shock viewers "like a slap in the face".[MORE]
Iran tests new missile, Israel within reach
Iran says it has test-fired a new generation of surface-to-surface missile and is ready to defend itself against any attacker.[MORE]
Solomons accepts controversial Iranian aid
Health officials in the Solomon Islands say they are happy to use money from Iran to help medical students if it increases doctor numbers in the Pacific nation.[MORE]
Iran lashes out at Obama's nuclear stance
Iran has criticised United States President-elect Barack Obama for saying that it is unacceptable for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons. [MORE]
Iran hits back over Obama nuclear comments
Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani slammed US president-elect Barack Obama for saying Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons was "unacceptable," the official IRNA news agency reported.[MORE]
Ahmadinejad congratulates Obama
Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad congratulated US President-elect Barack Obama and called for "fundamental and fair" changes to US policies in the region, Iran's official IRNA news agency said. "I congratulate you for attracting a majority of votes ... I hope you will prefer real public interests and justice to the endless demands of a selfish minority," Mr Ahmadinejad told Mr Obama in a statement published by IRNA.[MORE]
World hails Obama win
The international community welcomes the election of Barack Obama, as he sets about organising his White House team.[MORE]
Iranian minister sacked over fake Oxford degree
Parliament in Iran has voted to sack Interior Minister Ali Kordan after he admitted a degree he said he obtained from Oxford University was a forgery. [MORE]
Solomon Islands Govt criticised over Iran talks
The Solomon Islands Opposition has critised the government in Honiara for agreeing to hold bilateral talks with Iran.[MORE]
Ahmadinejad denies illness rumours
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has dismissed reports that he is ill, but says he is suffering from exhaustion.[MORE]
Female student detained in Iran
Concerns have been raised about the fate of an Iranian-American student detained in Tehran while researching the status of women.[MORE]
OPEC holds oil production crisis talks
Members of the oil producers cartel OPEC are holding an emergency meeting in Vienna to respond to the latest fall in crude oil prices.[MORE]
US ready to talk to Iran: Rice
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States is prepared to negotiate with Iran over its nuclear program. [MORE]
Iran moves to stop sentencing minors to death
Iran's Government has told the country's judges to stop sentencing minors to death.[MORE]
