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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has halted oil shipments to Britain and France, the Oil Ministry said Sunday, in an apparent pre-emptive blow against the European Union after the bloc imposed sanctions on Iran’s crucial fuel exports.
Herman Nackaerts (R), head of a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), walks through the departure area at the international airport on his way to Iran in Vienna February 19, 2012. View Photo »
Applying the scenario of sanctions on Iran's oil exports to EU members would be economic suicide for the member countries
Asian stocks rose, extending the longest run of weekly gains since 2005, and the dollar weakened after China’s central bank cut reserve requirements for banks. Oil advanced as Iran halted crude exports to French and British companies. The MSCI Asia Pacif
From hearing about President Obama's demands that the Catholic Church and all those who don't believe that abortion should be legal pay for others contraceptive products, I have drawn one conclusion: Obama is a bully. More blame to go around Re "No nest
Officials say the recent US hearing on the troubled province is to keep an eye on Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. Officials say the recent US hearing and subsequent bill on the troubled province are part of ambitions to keep an eye on Tehran’s nuclear
Herman Nackaerts, head of a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), talks to journalists on his way to Iran at the international airport in Vienna February 19, 2012. View Photo »
We continue to buy oil from Iran. A large number of European Union countries also buy oil from Iran
Oil rose to the highest price in nine months in New York on speculation supplies may be disrupted after Iran’s oil ministry said it halted crude exports to French and British companies. Futures climbed as much as 1.9 percent for a fourth day of gains, th
Iran, (Persian: ايران , Īrān), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: جمهوری اسلامی ايران , transliteration: Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Īrān), and formerly known as Persia in the West, is a large Western Asian country located in the Middle East and Central Asia. Its area equals the size of the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Germany... Full Article
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shake hands for photographers before their meeting at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012. Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought Pakistan's support on Thursday for advancing...
View Photo »Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he walks towards his car after his arrival at a military base in Rawalpindi February 16, 2012.
View Photo »Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) is escorted by Minister of Textile Industries Makhdoom Shahabuddin after arriving in Rawalpindi February 16, 2012.
View Photo »Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad walks down from his plane at a military base in Rawalpindi February 16, 2012.
View Photo »Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) meets with Pakistani children after receiving flowers upon his arrival at Chaklala military airbase in Rawalpindi on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at a key juncture...
View Photo »Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is surrounding by guards as he leaves the Chaklala military airbase after disembarking from his aircraft in Rawalpindi on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at a key...
View Photo »Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leaves the Chaklala military airbase in Rawalpindi on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at a key juncture in peace efforts with the Taliban and amid rising tensions between...
View Photo »Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad walks down from his aircraft at the Chaklala military airbase in Rawalpindi on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at a key juncture in peace efforts with the Taliban and amid...
View Photo »Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, Yury Fedotov and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, from left, share a word at...
View Photo »Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh and Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, from left, stand together at the third Ministerial Conference of the Paris Pact Partners in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012.
View Photo »Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at the prime minister's house in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb 16, 2012. The Presidents of Afghanistan and Iran convened in Pakistan for a three-way summit that is expected...
View Photo »Iran's Ambassador to Russia Seyed Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi adjusts glasses during a news conference in Moscow February 16, 2012. Sajjadi said plans to cut off supplies of Iranian crude to Europe would only benefit the Islamic republic, which in the past has been heavily dependent on...
View Photo »Thai police officers escort Iranian suspect Mohammad Khazaei (C), 42, at the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok February 16, 2012. Iran has denied any role in bomb blasts in Thailand attributed to a man with an Iranian passport and accused Israel of being behind the explosions, state TV...
View Photo »Iran's Ambassador to Russia Seyed Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi speaks during a news conference in Moscow February 16, 2012. Sajjadi said on Thursday that Tehran would accept "no preliminary conditions" for the potential start of new talks with six global powers over the country's nuclear...
View Photo »Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb 16, 2012. The Presidents of Afghanistan and Iran convened in Pakistan for a three-way summit that is expected to focus on specific steps Islamabad can take to facilitate peace...
View Photo »Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends an unveiling ceremony of new nuclear projects in Tehran February 15, 2012.
View Photo »A September 8, 2011 file photo shows US documentary maker Sean Stone sitting next to an Iranian flag as he holds a press conference in Tehran. US filmmaker Sean Stone, son of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, converted to Islam on February 14, 2012 in Iran, where he is making a...
View Photo »A September 8, 2011 file photo shows US documentary maker Sean Stone following a press conference in Tehran. US filmmaker Sean Stone, son of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, converted to Islam on February 14, 2012 in Iran, where he is making a documentary, he told.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama (L), French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) speak during the Group of Eight (G8) summit in L'Aquila, central Italy, on July 8, 2009. Group of Eight leaders kick off talks today on issues ranging from the global financial...
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View Photo »A Delhi police barricade blocks the site of an explosion near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi on February 14, 2012. An Israeli embassy car blew up February 13 in the Indian capital, injuring an Israeli diplomat and one other person, but it was not immediately known whether the...
View Photo »Investigators at Tughlaq Road police station inspect a vehicle that exploded near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi on February 14, 2012. An Israeli embassy car blew up February 13 in the Indian capital, injuring an Israeli diplomat and one other person, but it was not immediately known...
View Photo »Vehicles drive past the sight of an explosion near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi on February 14, 2012. An Israeli embassy car blew up February 13 in the Indian capital, injuring an Israeli diplomat and one other person, but it was not immediately known whether the explosion was...
View Photo »Indian bystanders tend to an Israeli diplomat (partially obscured, on ground) following a car explosion near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi on February 13, 2012. Israeli embassy staff were targeted by car bomb attacks in Delhi and Tbilisi on February 13, with Prime Minister Benjamin...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (L) respond to a question during a press conference at the U.S. State Department February 13, 2012 in Washington, DC. Clinton and Davutoglu have been meeting in...
View Photo »Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shake hands for photographers before their meeting at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012. Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought Pakistan's support on Thursday for advancing...
View Photo »The US ambassador to the UN Susan Rice had handed a letter to Iran's ambassador to the UN Mohammad Khazayee
Washington--The Obama administration is relying on a secret channel of communication to warn Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that closing the Strait of Hormuz is a ‘red line’ that would provoke an American response, according to United States government officials.
After I left the United States Senate, I wrote and lectured around the country about Iran
The U.S., U.K. and Mossad will see the results of their actions and Iran will deliver a firm response
Israel gave serious thought this spring to launching a military strike on Iran’s nuclear sites but was told by President George W Bush that he would not support it and did not expect to revise that view for the rest of his presidency, senior European diplomatic sources have told the Guardian.
Obama said he wouldn’t tolerate a nuclear Iran, yet after three years, they are closer.
uniting the efforts of Arab states and the Arab League and Islamic states that have an influence in the region, at the forefront of which are Iran and Turkey, to help end the Syrian crisis, and not exacerbate the situation.
The IAEA is unable to conclude that there are no undeclared nuclear materials or activities in Iran.
It would be good if the Iran/Iraq War ended in a tie, but it would be better if it continued
The U.S., Britain, and the Mossad will see the result of their actions, and the Islamic Republic of Iran will give them a firm response
It was given to our UN representative, the Swiss ambassador conveyed it to the Foreign Ministry, and also Iraqi President Jalal Talabani gave the message to Iran
This is without reason, and against the content and spirit of resolutions by the United Nations Security Council on the Iran nuclear issue.
Imposing sanctions on a Chinese company based on a domestic (U.S.) law is totally unreasonable, and does not conform to the spirit or content of U.N. Security Council resolutions about the Iran nuclear issue
President Obama has consistently stated that he will prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, and he means every word.
The US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice had handed a letter to Iran's Ambassador to the UN Mohammad Khazaei; the Swiss Ambassador to Tehran [Livia Leu Agosti] also conveyed the same thing; and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani delivered the same message to Iranian officials
Such an intervention will result in a war which will spread all over the region and involve all the leading forces, such as Turkey, Israel, Iran and Hezbollah
The US ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, sent a letter to Mohammad Khazaie, Iran's UN representative, which was conveyed by the Swiss ambassador, and finally Iraqi President Jalal Talabani delivered its contents to officials
We welcome today’s announcement by the European Union of new economic sanctions and other measures against both Iran and Syria. The United States recently increased our own sanctions on Iran, and today announced additional actions against Syrian officials and entities
The EU demonstrated clear unity and solidarity with the UK on the outrageous attacks on our embassy. I strongly welcome the EU's decision to intensify pressure on Iran following the report by the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency].
Support from Iran and (Iranian-funded) Hezbollah was critical to al Qaeda's execution of the 1998 embassy bombings.
Prior to its meetings with Iranian officials and agents, al Qaeda did not possess the technical expertise required to carry out the embassy bombings ... In the 1990s, al Qaeda received training in Iran and Lebanon on how to destroy large buildings with sophisticated and powerful explosives.
The European Union announced tightened sanctions against Iran on Thursday in the aftermath of the storming of Britain’s Tehran embassy, adding 180 Iranian officials and companies to a blacklist that freezes their assets and bans travel to member states. But the measures fell well short of demands by Bri...
NATO's missile-defence installations will be attacked by Iran
We look forward to continued coordination with both the European Union and other concerned governments to increase the pressure on both Syria and Iran to ensure that their flagrant violations of international norms comes to an end
It is also a result of pressure through the International Labour Organization (ILO) which has been critical of Iran for not living up to the international obligations they have signed onto
