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09 Jan 02 : 04 | U.S., Iran share interests in Afghanistan: Petraeus
(Reuters) Reuters - The United States and its allies share some interests with Iran when it comes to stabilizing Afghanistan, Army Gen. David Petraeus, head of the U.S. military's Central Command, said on Thursday. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran 5 hours ago |
08 Jan 20 : 48 | Obama to face Iran nuclear crisis in first year, ex US official warns
... AFP - Incoming US President Barack Obama will likely face a "serious crisis" over Iran's nuclear ambitions in his first year in office, former US defense secretary William Perry predicted here Thursday. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran 11 hours ago |
08 Jan 18 : 53 | Iran bans volunteers from fighting Israel
(AP) AP - Iran's top leader banned hardline Iranian volunteers on Thursday from leaving the country to carry out suicide bombings against Israel, but warned that Iran would assist the militant group Hamas in other ways. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran 13 hours ago |
08 Jan 18 : 46 | Iran likely taking US nuclear threat seriously: US ex-defense chief
... AFP - Iran may regard the threat of a US nuclear attack as "much more likely" in light of Hillary Clinton's warning during the US presidential campaign that Washington can obliterate Tehran, a former US defense secretary said Thursday. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran 13 hours ago |
08 Jan 09 : 33 | Gaza must not become 'Iran satellite': Peres
(AFP) AFP - Israeli President Shimon Peres said Gaza must not become a "satellite of Iran," in an interview published Thursday by an Italian daily. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran 22 hours ago |
08 Jan 19 : 13 | Iranian speaker meets radical Palestinian leader in Syria
(AFP) AFP - Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani held talks Thursday in Syria with Palestinian militant leader Ahmed Jibril, a statement by the radical group said. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran 12 hours ago |
08 Jan 02 : 17 | Iran's Larijani meets Hamas in Damascus
(Reuters) Reuters - A senior Iranian politician met Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Damascus on Wednesday as the Palestinian Islamist group considered an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran 29 hours ago |
07 Jan 20 : 01 | Iran biggest Mideast challenge for Obama: White House
(Reuters) Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama should seek tougher sanctions against Iran, which will be his biggest Middle East challenge, outgoing White House national security adviser Stephen Hadley said on Wednesday. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran 35 hours ago |
07 Jan 15 : 52 | Iran biggest Mideast challenge for Obama: White House
(Reuters) Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama should seek tougher sanctions against Iran, which will be his biggest Middle East challenge, outgoing White House national security adviser Stephen Hadley said on Wednesday. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran 40 hours ago |
07 Jan 06 : 17 | Analysis: In Gaza fight, Iran lurks in background
(AP) AP - Israel's fight with Hamas in Gaza, like the war with Hezbollah in Lebanon two years ago, is not just a struggle over the Palestinian issue but a broader proxy battle between Western allies and Iran for the very future of the Middle East. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
07 Jan 02 : 14 | Bush adviser: Iran, Pakistan key Obama challenges
(AP) AP - President George W. Bush's national security adviser said Tuesday that Iran is the biggest challenge President-elect Barack Obama will face in the Middle East and that more sanctions will be needed to force Tehran to forgo its nuclear ambitions and support for extremists. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
07 Jan 00 : 19 | Palestinian working for Iran media held in Israel
(AP) AP - A Palestinian working for an Iranian television station was held for questioning by Israeli police Tuesday on suspicion of violating censorship rules. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
06 Jan 20 : 41 | Analysis: In Gaza fight, Iran lurks in background
(AP) AP - Israel's fight with Hamas in Gaza, like the war with Hezbollah in Lebanon two years ago, is not just a struggle over the Palestinian issue but a broader proxy battle between Western allies and Iran for the very future of the Middle East. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
07 Jan 11 : 37 | Ahmadinejad sends envoys to demand end to Gaza offensive
(AFP) AFP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sent 22 envoys to Europe and Asia to push for an immediate halt to Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip, the Mehr news agency reported Wednesday. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran 44 hours ago |
05 Jan 20 : 04 | Iran says 70,000 volunteer for Israel fight
(AP) AP - More than 70,000 Iranian students have volunteered to carry out suicide bombings against Israel, Iran's state news agency reported Monday, but President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has not responded to their request for permission. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
05 Jan 12 : 26 | Closure of Nobel winner's office legal issue: Iran
(Reuters) Reuters - Iran said on Monday the closing of the office of Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi was a legal matter and the authorities would provide security for her if she needed it. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
05 Jan 13 : 46 | Iran and Bahrain officials call for oil as weapon
(AP) AP - An Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander is calling on Islamic countries to use oil as a weapon to end the fighting in Gaza, echoing a similar call days earlier by lawmakers in Bahrain. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
06 Jan 17 : 32 | Turkey holds suspicious Iran-Venezuela shipment
(AP) AP - Turkey was holding a suspicious shipment bound for Venezuela from Iran because it contained lab equipment capable of producing explosives, a customs official said Tuesday. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
04 Jan 14 : 58 | Maliki seeks Iran help to rebuild Iraq
(AFP) AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Sunday that he hoped Iran would help rebuild his conflict-torn country by boosting economic ties. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
03 Jan 20 : 50 | Iran security chief meets Syria's Assad over Gaza
(AFP) AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday met Iran's Supreme National Security Council chief Saeed Jalili to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip, the official SANA news agency reported. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
03 Jan 12 : 04 | Iraqi premier visits Iran to discuss US-Iraq pact
(AP) AP - Iraq's prime minister is visiting Iran where the newly implemented security deal between the United States and Baghdad is expected to top his agenda. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
03 Jan 11 : 09 | Iran hangs two drug traffickers
(AFP) AFP - Iran on Saturday hanged two men in prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan after they were convicted of drug trafficking, the state broadcaster reported. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
03 Jan 14 : 58 | Iraqi PM Maliki begins Iran visit
(AFP) AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived in Tehran on Saturday for a two-day visit during which he will meet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
03 Jan 11 : 37 | Iraqi PM Maliki begins Iran visit
(AFP) AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived in Tehran on Saturday for a two-day visit during which he will meet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
02 Jan 15 : 44 | Iran FM slams world inaction on Gaza
(AFP) AFP - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki hit out at the international community for not doing more in the face of Israel's deadly blitz on Gaza on Friday and demanded an immediate halt to the assault. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
01 Jan 23 : 11 | Protesters target home of Iran Nobel laureate
(AFP) AFP - Dozens of protesters demonstrated outside the home of Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Thursday, chanting slogans accusing her of supporting US and Israeli "crimes," she told AFP. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
01 Jan 20 : 26 | Iran Nobel laureate accused of Israeli bias: activist
(Reuters) Reuters - Some 150 protesters stood outside the home and office of Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi on Thursday accusing her of sympathy for Israel, the Islamic state's foe, a member of her human rights group said. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
01 Jan 13 : 04 | Iran students say ready to fight Israel
(AFP) AFP - Hundreds of Islamist students marched in the streets of the Iranian capital on Thursday vowing their readiness to travel to Gaza to fight Israel over its onslaught against the Palestinian territory. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
31 Dec 15 : 55 | Iran shuts down leading reformist newspaper
(AFP) AFP - The Iranian press watchdog shut down leading reformist newspaper Kargozaran on Wednesday over publication of a piece criticising Palestinian militants, the official IRNA news agency reported. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
31 Dec 00 : 28 | Iran confirms jailing Iranian-Canadian blogger
(AP) AP - Iran on Tuesday confirmed reports that it has detained a well-known Iranian-Canadian blogger who had made trips to Israel. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
30 Dec 22 : 07 | US concerned by detention of academic in Iran
(AP) AP - The Bush administration on Tuesday expressed grave concern about the detention and interrogation in Iran of a prominent American academic, an incident that has led the National Academies of Science to suspend educational exchanges with Iranian institutions. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
30 Dec 19 : 37 | US condemns Iran raid on Nobel laureate's office
(AFP) AFP - The United States on Tuesday condemned Iran's crackdown on a rights group headed by Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, including a raid on her private office. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
31 Dec 00 : 12 | Canada condemns Iran raid on Nobel laureate's office
(AFP) AFP - Canada Tuesday urged Tehran to end the "apparent targeting" of human rights advocates, including Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, whose private office was raided Monday by Iranian police. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
03 Jan 12 : 02 | Iraq won't be used to threaten neighbors: Maliki
(Reuters) Reuters - Iraq's prime minister, who started a visit to Iran on Saturday, told Iranian state television his government would not allow Iraq to be used as a base to threaten its neighbors. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
30 Dec 18 : 29 | Iran confirms detaining Iranian-Canadian blogger
(AFP) AFP - The Iranian judiciary confirmed on Tuesday that a prominent Iranian-Canadian blogger is under arrest over remarks he allegedly made about key figures in the Shiite faith, local media reported. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
30 Dec 15 : 26 | Iran confirms detaining Iranian-Canadian blogger
(AFP) AFP - The Iranian judiciary confirmed on Tuesday that a prominent Iranian-Canadian blogger is under arrest over remarks he allegedly made about key figures in the Shiite faith, local media reported. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
02 Jan 21 : 36 | U.S. condemns harassment of Iranian Nobel laureate
(Reuters) Reuters - The United States on Friday criticized the harassment in Iran of Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi and said such actions were part of an "increasingly hostile campaign" that targeted activists. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
29 Dec 17 : 59 | Iran exiles say won safety for Iraq camp inmates
(Reuters) Reuters - Iranian opposition leaders on Monday claimed victory in their campaign to ensure continued U.S. protection for 3,500 fellow exiles in a camp north of Baghdad that the Iraqi government says it wants to close. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
29 Dec 10 : 53 | Iran hardliners register volunteers to fight Israel
(Reuters) Reuters - A group of Iranian hard-line clerics is signing up volunteers to fight in the Gaza Strip in response to Israel's air strikes that have killed at least 300 Palestinians, a news agency reported on Monday. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
28 Dec 13 : 52 | 'Eight killed' in Iran armaments plant blast
(AFP) AFP - Eight people have been killed in an explosion in an armaments plant in Isfahan province in central Iran, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
26 Dec 19 : 11 | Peres hopes Obama doesn't talk to Iran right away
(AFP) AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama should put aside plans to hold high-level talks with Iran until the Islamic republic's elections, Israeli President Shimon Peres said in remarks published Friday. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
26 Dec 15 : 10 | Iran to send aid ship to Gaza
(AFP) AFP - Iran's Red Crescent is sending a shipment of aid to the Gaza Strip in the face of a blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory by Islamic republic's archfoe Israel, the state broadcaster reported on Friday. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
01 Jan 21 : 09 | Rockets are again at the heart of a Mideast war
(AP) AP - Most of the Hamas rockets targeted at Israel are rudimentary, cobbled together in small metal shops in densely populated Gaza. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
26 Dec 09 : 46 | Iran Nobel winner's group to protest office closure
(AFP) AFP - The rights group headed by Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi is to lodge a complaint against the "illegal" closure of its office, according to a founding member of the centre. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
31 Dec 09 : 21 | Volunteer Iranian bombers ask to go to Israel
(AP) AP - Hard-line Iranian student groups are asking the government to authorize volunteer suicide bombers to leave Iran and fight against Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
31 Dec 04 : 42 | Canada seeks access to detained Iranian-Canadian blogger
(AFP) AFP - Canada has not been granted consular access to detained prominent Iranian-Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan in Iran, a foreign affairs spokesman said in Ottawa. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
24 Dec 20 : 01 | Iran leader's Christmas message decries bullies
(AP) AP - Iran's president is offering season's greetings to Christians in a British TV address and suggests that if Jesus were alive, he would oppose "bullying, ill-tempered and expansionist powers" an apparent reference to the U.S. and its allies. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
24 Dec 12 : 38 | Iran's Ahmadinejad to make UK Christmas broadcast
(AP) AP - Britain's Channel 4 says Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will deliver the TV channel's annual Christmas broadcast. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
24 Dec 08 : 56 | Iran hangs nine murderers in mass execution
(AFP) AFP - Iran hanged eight men and a woman, all convicted of murder, in a mass execution in Tehran's Evin prison on Tuesday, the Fars news agency reported. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
31 Dec 16 : 46 | EU worried about 'threats' against Nobel laureate
(AP) AP - France has summoned the Iranian ambassador for talks to protest pressure on Nobel Peace Prize winner Shahin Ebadi. Source : Yahoo! News: World - Iran |
