Updated: Monday, February 15, 2010
Washington, 15 February (WashingtonTV)—Iran’s atomic energy chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, said on Monday that Tehran was studying a “new proposal” from the United States, Russia and France on a nuclear fuel swap, the Iran Labor News Agency [ILNA] reported.
Updated: Monday, February 15, 2010
Washington, 15 February (WashingtonTV)—A senior Russian official said on Sunday that Moscow plans to honor a deal to deliver its advanced S-300 anti-aircraft systems to Iran.
Updated: Monday, February 15, 2010
Washington, 15 February (WashingtonTV)—Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon on Sunday deplored the reported arrests of seven more members of the Baha’i community in Iran.
Updated: Friday, February 12, 2010
Washington, 12 February (WashingtonTV)—A group calling itself the “Iranian Cyber Army” on Friday hacked two websites belonging to the Iranian pro-reform movement.
Updated: Friday, February 12, 2010
Washington, 12 February (WashingtonTV)—Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi called on the international community to stop the Iranian government’s continued crackdown on protesters, one day after fresh clashes and arrests were reported across the country.
Updated: Friday, February 12, 2010
Washington, 12 February (WashingtonTV)—Austria said on Friday that Iran has “exhausted” the international community’s patience in efforts to resolve the standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program, warning that it could face further United Nations sanctions.
Updated: Friday, February 12, 2010
Washington, 12 February (WashingtonTV)—Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday praised the mass turnout at the state-backed rallies across the country marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution and warned Western powers to stop efforts to defeat Iran.
Updated: Friday, February 12, 2010
Washington, 12 February (WashingtonTV)—The US military said on Friday that five suspected members of an “Iranian-backed terrorist organization” were killed in a shootout during an Iraqi-led anti-smuggling operation southeast of Baghdad.
Updated: Friday, February 12, 2010
Washington, 12 February (WashingtonTV)—Two US Senators on Thursday unveiled a bill aimed at increasing US support for anti-government protesters in Iran, saying America had a duty to support their pursuit for freedom.
Updated: Friday, February 12, 2010
Washington, 12 February (WashingtonTV)—Russian and Iranian diplomats on Thursday discussed Tehran’s move to enrich its uranium to 20 percent purity, which it says is for a medical research reactor, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
Updated: Friday, February 12, 2010
Washington, 12 February (WashingtonTV)—Three major international broadcasters on Friday condemned Iran for blocking broadcasts from abroad, as Tehran sought to suppress protests on yesterday’s anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Updated: Friday, February 12, 2010
Washington, 12 February (WashingtonTV)—An image of women shouting from a Tehran rooftop at dusk in protest at Iran’s disputed presidential election last June won the top World Press Photo Award for news photography on Friday.
Updated: Friday, February 12, 2010
Washington, 12 February (WashingtonTV)—Iran’s parliament speaker Ali Larijani on Thursday criticized US President Barack Obama’s warning that the world was moving “quickly” towards new sanctions against Tehran, and asserted that Iran would speed up its nuclear work.
Updated: Thursday, February 11, 2010
Washington, 11 February (WashingtonTV)—Finland’s Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb said on Thursday that the international community was “fed up” with Iran and the threat posed by its nuclear program, warning that the European Union was prepared to impose new sanctions against Tehran in the near future.
Updated: Thursday, February 11, 2010
Washington, 11 February (WashingtonTV)—The White House said on Thursday that Iranian protesters must have the right to free expression, amid reports of clashes between security forces and demonstrators across Iran.