World news about “Iran” published by euronews.
Obama wants more diplomacy as concerns grow over Iran As speculation grows that Israel is preparing a military strike, Iranian state television has been broadcasting pictures of Iranian troops on exercise. In… 06/02/2012
Iran holds military exercises Iran has staged further military exercises in its latest show of force in retaliation against tougher Western sanctions over its controversial nuclear… 06/02/2012
Iran plans oil export ban to ‘hostile’ European countries Iran will cut oil exports to what it calles hostile European states to preempt an EU embargo due to come into force on July the first. Oil Minister Rostam… 04/02/2012
Former Obama advisor talks of possible military action in Iran Iran’s nuclear saga has taken another turn, as the Deputy Director General of the IAEA declared on his return from Iran on Wednesday, that “Iran is fully… 03/02/2012
Iran warns of retaliation as nuclear tension rises Iran has sent a satellite into orbit and a message to the world to mark 33 years since its Islamic Revolution. Officially, the satellite will provide data… 03/02/2012
Controversial NATO missile shield will be in Germany A NATO missile shield that has been criticised by Russia will be based at a US military facility in Germany. Ramstein Air Base is the headquarters of… 02/02/2012
Iran says it has laser-guided artillery shells Iran says it has manufactured laser-guided artillery shells able to locate and hit moving targets with a high degree of precision. The claim comes as… 30/01/2012
Protesters greet UN nuclear inspectors in Iran UN nuclear inspectors have been kept away from a student protest as they landed in Tehran hoping to shed light on Iran’s nuclear programme. Demonstrators… 29/01/2012
Azerbaijan arrests suspect plotters with Iranian link Azerbaijan has arrested two men suspected of plotting to attack prominent foreigners in the former Soviet republic. It is alleged they were aided by a third… 26/01/2012
Britain’s regulator turns off Iran’s Press TV Britain’s independent media regulator has pulled the plug on Iran’s state-funded Press TV, claiming its editorial policies are controlled by Tehran. The… 20/01/2012
Winner of the Arab Spring: IslamismThe man who predicted the revolution in Egypt two years before it happened says it was Islamists that profited from the Arab Spring, stressing that the cause… 20/01/2012
Denmark pushes plan for Iranian oil ban Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has told euronews she wants to see a full ban on Iranian oil into Europe by July. The EU has, in principle… 19/01/2012
Back in the Day: the Shah flees IranJanuary 16, 1979 Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, is forced to flee his country by violent protests against him. His removal paved the way for Shia… 13/01/2012
Day after scientist’s killing, Iran says it’s ready to talk Iran has given an official funeral to its nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, murdered in Tehran on Wednesday when a bomb was attached to his… 13/01/2012
Ahmadinejad completes Latin America visitIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been rounding off his tour of allies in Latin America. It comes as Iran faces increasing pressure from the… 13/01/2012
Iran scientist death adds to growing stack of nuclear stresses The tension between Iran and the West has cost the life of another nuclear scientist in Tehran. A limpet bomb on his car killed 32-year-old Mostafa Ahmadi… 12/01/2012
Iran sanctions, who suffers most? For more on the Iran sanctions situation, euronews was joined by Mehrdad Emadi, External Economic Consultant with the European Union. “Mr Emadi, with Europe… 12/01/2012
Japan joins US, EU in Iranian oil embargo As the EU finalises sanctions against Iran, Japan has become the latest country to impose measures against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear programme… 12/01/2012
Ahmadinejad goes west as sanctions hit home Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has met Cuba’s President Raul Castro as the Iranian leader continued his drive to rally support amid growing tensions over his… 12/01/2012
Iranian scientist dies in Tehran car bombing An Iranian nuclear scientist has been killed after a bomb attack on his car in northern Tehran. State news agency Fars named the victim as 32-year-old… 11/01/2012
Deadly car bomb explodes in Tehran A car bomb exploded in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Wednesday, killing at least one person and wounding several others. State media quoted eyewitnesses… 11/01/2012
How hard are sanctions hitting Iran? The new year started with the United States tightening its economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme. Additional financial curbs signed… 10/01/2012
Atomic humour as Ahmadinejad meets Chavez Mutual adulation and anti-American snipes marked the meeting of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with his Venezuelan host Hugo Chavez. Welcoming the visiting Iranian… 10/01/2012
Going underground: Western music in Iran Western music faces tight restrictions in Iran but that has not stopped bands like Bomrani and The Muckers from making it. They are part of the underground… 09/01/2012
US-Iranian man to be executed for being a spy A court in Tehran has given a death sentence to an American man of Iranian descent. After a trial which started last month, Amir Mirzai Hekmati has been found… 09/01/2012
American ‘spy’ sentenced to death in Iran A US-man of Iranian descent has been sentenced to death in Iran for spying for America. Twenty-eight year old Amir Mirza Hekmati is guilty of espionage for… 09/01/2012
Ahmadinejad rallies support in Venezuela Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Venezuela at the start of a tour of Latin American countries. The visit is being seen as a bid to rally… 09/01/2012
Iran tensions boost oil prices Mounting tensions between Iran and the West are sparking concern over possible supply disruptions pushing the price of Brent crude oil above $113 a barrel on… 06/01/2012
Iran sanction poker While Washington is patting backs over Europe’s agreement on Iranian oil sanctions, Tehran’s reaction has been to brush it off. European governments said on… 05/01/2012
France calls for more sanctions on Iran France is calling on the EU to follow the US and harden its stance on Iran after the country tested a long-range missile on Monday. Iran also warned the … 03/01/2012
Mourning ceremony for Imam Hussain in Tehran – nocomment A mourning ceremony was held in the presence of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in Tehran to commemorate the martyrdom of… 06/12/2011
How the IAEA report on Iran triggered a new wave of sanctionsEuropean Union foreign ministers are discussing imposing sanctions on Iranian oil exports bound for Europe as they meet in Brussels on December 1. However… 30/11/2011
Soltanieh: ‘Do not threaten or try to use force against Iranians’ The nuclear programme in Iran has proven to be an internationally divisive issue. Do the countries who themselves have nuclear power and perhaps also nuclear… 22/11/2011
Iran military parade – nocomment Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei gave a speech during a military ceremony, warning the United States and Israel not to take any action… 12/11/2011
Magic realism pervades Satrati’s latest Iranian offering After the world wide success of Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi returns to the screen with her second graphic novel adaptation, Chicken with Plums. The tale… 24/10/2011
US ‘spy suspects’ freed by IranJosh Fattal and Shane Bauer, American hikers who were held in Iran on charges of espionage, are greeted by their families upon arrival in Muscat after their… 22/09/2011
Iranian Superstar Mohammad-Reza Shajarian tour To most people in Iran, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian is a superstar – but the authorities loathe him and his music and have made it difficult for him to perform in… 22/09/2011
‘Europeans paying for their leaders mistakes’ – Ahmadinejad Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is facing political isolation amid a brutal struggle for power in Iran. The country is also being crippled by… 05/08/2011
Iranian leaders ‘fear they will follow Mubarak’ Euronews’ exclusive interview with Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came on the day that the former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, went on… 04/08/2011
Ahmadinejad – the full exclusive interview Jon Davies, euronews: Mr. President can I start with some compelling images which we saw today on Iranian TV, on TV throughout the Middle East and… 04/08/2011
Ahmadinejad defends ‘free’ Iran Faced with a growing power-struggle and political isolation in Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck an unusually moderate tone in an exclusive interview… 04/08/2011
Syria, Iran and Belarus hit with EU sanctions The European Union has hit Syria’s leadership with sanctions in a bid to end the on-going brutal crackdown against anti-government protests. Hundreds of… 23/05/2011
Iran stops refueling EU planes Iran has stopped providing fuel for European aircraft because of international sanctions against the Islamic Republic; some Western countries refuse to supply… 13/04/2011
Sweden hosts challenging new Iranian art show Iranian art is at the heart of a new event in the Swedish town of Goteborg. Iran today holds one of the most thriving, controversial art scenes… 22/03/2011
Iran’s foreign minister on protests and nukes The Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, has been speaking to euronews about the uprisings in some Arabic countries and said that anti-government… 03/03/2011
IranIranian opposition groups returned to the streets on February 14 after more than a year of staying quiet. Their last protest before that came in the wake of… 22/02/2011
Iran’s ex-President Banisadr talks to euronews Dr Abolhassan Banisadr was one of the leading lights of the Islamic revolution in Iran and was close to the Ayatollah Khomeini. In 1980, a year after the… 14/02/2011
Sundance gives more room to foreign movies Still largely known for showing American features and documentaries, the Sundance film festival is steadily giving more room to foreign films. Among them… 28/01/2011
Shirin Ebadi on human rights in Iran Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and Nobel peace prize winner. She recently accepted, on behalf of Abdulreza Tajik, an Iranian… 17/12/2010
Iran nuclear negotiator links scientist murder with UN After a 14-month rupture of negotiations between the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany – known as the 5+1 – and Iran, followed… 08/12/2010
Berlin haven for Iranian victims of torture Is Iran a ‘torture state’? How does Tehran treat political opponents? After the controversial presidential election last year, many opposition members fled… 16/10/2010
Larijani speaks on Iran’s nuclear programme “Being a nuclear power does not mean that we are going to make a bomb” Iran’s nuclear programme has worried the international community for some time and… 23/07/2010
Ahmadinejad injured by hot dogIranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been injured by a flying hotdog in central Tehran. People laughed, some cried. No-one is yet sure what motivated… 03/02/2012
Iran seeks support against Western sanctionsIran’s President has embarked on a trip to Latin America to seek support against tough new Western sanctions on the Islamic state.. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will… 08/01/2012
US navy rescues Iranian sailorsThe US Navy says they’ve rescued an Iranian fishing boat which had been captured by suspected Somali pirates. American forces on the guided-missile… 07/01/2012
Iran dismisses threat of EU oil sanctionsIran is not worried by EU moves to ban its oil imports and insists it will survive them as it has other Western sanctions. Those comments were made by… 05/01/2012
West ups sanction stakes against IranWashington has welcomed the move by European governments to agree in principle to ban imports of Iranian oil. The prospective embargo, along with tough … 05/01/2012
EU ready to ban Iranian oil importsThe 27 members of the European Union may be on the brink of announcing an embargo on Iranian oil. The deal could be reached as early as the end of this… 04/01/2012
‘Don’t come back’ Iran warns US carrierIran has ended a 10-day naval exercise in the Straits of Hormuz and has issued a warning to the US that it should no longer deploy an aircraft carrier in the… 03/01/2012
Iran raises the stakes in the GulfTension is rising in the Persian Gulf after Iran once again tested long-range missiles and a senior army officer warned the US to keep its aircraft carriers… 03/01/2012
Iran flexes maritime muscles over sanctionsIran’s testing of long range missiles and a veiled threat to close access to the Persian Gulf have ratcheted up tensions with the West. The Islamic Republic… 02/01/2012
Iran raises tension testing long-range missilesIran says it has test-fired two long-range missiles in the Persian Gulf. On Sunday state TV showed the navy test- firing medium-ranged missiles which it says… 02/01/2012
Iran claims nuclear fuel successIran says it has successfully produced and tested fuel rods for use in its nuclear power plants in defiance of international demands that it halt sensitive… 01/01/2012
Iran military tests raise tension in Persian GulfIran’s senior navy commander is denying media reports that the country test-fired long-range missiles during a drill in Saturday in the Persian Gulf… 31/12/2011
US warns Iran over threat to close vital oil routeThe US Navy has said it will not allow one of the world’s most important oil trade routes to be disrupted, following a threat by Iran to stop ships passing… 28/12/2011
More Iran sanctions could mean less oilA crucial passage for one sixth of the oil traded worldwide could be closed if Iran is hit with any more sanctions. The country’s official news agency has… 27/12/2011
Ahmadinejad: “his people are good at pressure”There was a last minute change of destination during my summer holiday in 2011. I went to Tehran to sit down with one of the most distrusted and vilified… 25/12/2011
US calls for Iran to free alleged CIA spyThe United States has called for Iran to immediately release an American of Iranian descent accused of being a CIA spy. Amir Mirzai Hekmati has been shown… 20/12/2011
Russia seizes Iran-bound radioactive materialCustoms officers at a Moscow airport say they have seized radioactive material from the luggage of an Iranian national bound for Tehran. Sodium-22 is used in… 16/12/2011
Iran rejects US request to return spy planeIran says it is getting close to cracking the technological secrets of a US drone that came down in its territory. Since early this month, the unmanned spy… 13/12/2011
Ahmadinejad gets the shoe-throwing treatmentIran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was touring the northern province of Mazandaran, was attacked with a pair of shoes by a sacked labourer of a… 12/12/2011
Iran displays captured US droneIt is a precious prize for the Islamic Republic. State television has been showing pictures of a US drone Iran says it forced down near the Afghan… 08/12/2011
US opens “virtual embassy” for IranThe US has officially opened a “Virtual Embassy” for Tehran. It is an interactive website aimed at helping Iranians wishing to travel to the United States… 07/12/2011
Iran claims to shoot down US droneAccording to state in television in Iran, a US drone has been shot down over the eastern part of the country. The Iranian military claims to now have… 04/12/2011
Iranian diplomats expelled from UK arrive homeA group of 25 Iranian diplomats expelled from Britain have arrived home. They were sent back to Tehran following an attack on the British embassy. “Death to… 03/12/2011
Iranian embassy staff leave LondonIranian embassy staff have packed their bags and left the UK. The move came in the wake of an attack on the British Embassy in Tehran on Monday… 02/12/2011
Iranian diplomats expelled from LondonDiplomats working at the Iranian embassy in London have left the UK after British Foreign Secretary William Hague gave them a two-day deadline on Wednesday… 02/12/2011
EU considers oil sanction against IranThe EU is considering a possible oil embargo against Iran over its nuclear programme. It was one of a raft of sanctions discussed by the bloc’s foreign… 01/12/2011
Diplomatic row grows between Tehran and LondonThe diplomatic row between Britain and Iran is hotting up. Tehran has called the closing of its embassy and expulsion of its staff from London as hasty and… 01/12/2011
All Iranian diplomatic staff ordered to leave UKYou have 48 hours to pack up and leave Britain. That is what the UK has told the Iranian government today after the British embassy and a separate… 30/11/2011
Britain to pull all diplomatic staff out of IranBritain will pull all of its diplomatic staff out of Iran, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Protesters stormed and ransacked the country’s embassy in central… 30/11/2011
UK warns Iran over embassy raidBritain’s government has threatened serious consequences for Iran after protesters stormed the British embassy in Tehran and other diplomatic… 30/11/2011
British diplomatic buildings stormed in TehranProtesters broke into two British diplomatic buildings in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Tuesday, sparking an international outcry. A group of… 29/11/2011
Protesters storm British embassy in TehranIranian protesters have stormed the British embassy in Tehran. Windows have been smashed and the British flag burnt, replaced with the Iranian flag. Some… 29/11/2011
Explosion rocks Iranian city of Isfahan: reportAn Iranian news agency report says there has been an explosion in the city of Isfahan. A noise said to sound like a blast was heard but Iranian security… 29/11/2011
Iran nuclear standoff galvanisedA frightening confirmation came recently that Iran has been working on a nuclear weapon, according to a report published by the International Atomic Energy… 22/11/2011
Analysis: Iran ‘divided’ over Western pressureThere was a chain of events that led up to the publication of the IAEA report on Iran. From the allegations about an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi… 22/11/2011
UK severs financial ties with IranBritain has announced that it is stepping up its pressure on Iran. New sanctions are being imposed, severing more economic ties with the country. The move… 21/11/2011
Pressure grows on Iran over its nuclear programmeA new resolution has been passed at the UN nuclear watchdog, voicing “increasing concern” about Iran’s nuclear programme. The US has seized on the… 19/11/2011
IAEA voices “increasing concern” about IranA new resolution has been passed at the UN nuclear watchdog, voicing “increasing concern” about Iran’s nuclear programme. The US has seized on the… 18/11/2011
Iran says blast at military base was ‘caused by Israel’Iran’s Supreme Leader has attended the joint funerals of 17 soldiers killed in an explosion at a Revolutionary Guards arms depot. Among the dead was the man… 14/11/2011
Iran buries missile chief killed in depot blastIran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has attended the joint funerals of 17 soldiers killed in an explosion at a Revolutionary Guards arms depot… 14/11/2011
APEC summit highlights Sino-US riftThe growing rivalry between the United States and China has been evident at the APEC summit. Presidents Barack Obama and Hu Jintao presented duelling… 13/11/2011
Deadly blast at Iranian military baseA massive explosion at an Iranian military base has left 27 people dead and at least 16 others wounded, some critically. It is believed the victims are all… 12/11/2011
Blast rocks Iranian arms depotThere has been a major explosion at a munitions depot in a military base 20 kilometres west of the Iranian capital Tehran. It is understood the arsenal… 12/11/2011
Russia opposes new sanctions on IranIran has dismissed a new report by the UN’s atomic watchdog which claims its developing nuclear weapons. The International Atomic Energy Agency says Tehran… 09/11/2011
IAEA report raises Iran nuclear arms fearsThe United States says it will push for more sanctions against Iran after a report from the UN’s nuclear watchdog said Tehran had worked on developing nuclear… 09/11/2011
Iran worked on nuclear weapons – IAEAThe United Nation’s nuclear watchdog says Iran has worked on developing a nuclear weapon and on research and testing for such arms. And, in its most… 08/11/2011
IAEA report points to Iranian nuclear warheadsA much publicised United Nations nuclear energy report to be published this week is expected to support suspicions Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons… 08/11/2011
