Iran’s opposition struggles without detained leaders
It has been a year since the leaders of Iran’s opposition Green Movement were placed under house arrest. BBC’s Persian’s Mehrzad Kohanrouz looks at how
It has been a year since the leaders of Iran’s opposition Green Movement were placed under house arrest. BBC’s Persian’s Mehrzad Kohanrouz looks at how
Iranian opposition supporters have held protests in several parts of Tehran, on the anniversary of the arrest of two of the movement’s main leaders. Mir
A man thought to be Iranian has had both legs blown off after attempting to throw a bomb at police in the Thai capital, Bangkok,
Azerbaijan has angrily denied an Iranian claim that it has been helping Israeli spies plotting against Iran. Iran says agents of the Israeli secret service
American singer and actress Whitney Houston has died in Los Angeles at the age of 48. Police said she died in her room at the
Iran’s President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, says “great” nuclear achievements will be announced in the next few days. He did not give any details, but insisted that
Iran’s parliament has summoned the president for questioning for the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces a long list of questions
Reports from Iran say several people have been detained for alleged links to the BBC’s Persian Service, which is banned in the country. The Mehr
US President Barack Obama has placed stricter sanctions on Iran’s government, including its central bank. In an executive order, Mr Obama said he was freezing
The US is working closely with Israel to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, President Barack Obama has said. He told NBC he believed
Hacking network Anonymous has released what it says is a tape of a conference call between the FBI and UK police discussing efforts against hacking.
President Obama’s former special envoy to the Middle East has said more pressure should be put on Iran to stop it taking the next steps
Iran has launched an international-facing Spanish language TV channel. Iran’s Fars news agency said that Hispan TV has now officially started broadcasting 24 hours a
A Norwegian court has convicted two men of planning to attack Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten after it printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The convictions were
The dispute between Iran and the Western economies has escalated after Tehran warned it will stop oil sales to “some countries.” Rostam Qasemi, Iran’s oil
Iran is ready to revive talks with the West but tougher sanctions will not force it to give into demands over its nuclear programme, its
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of a 20-30% oil price spike if Iranian exports are disrupted. The IMF warned that if the West
Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, is to host his own TV show, reportedly on a Russian state satellite channel. He plans to
As the European Union decides to ban oil imports and impose other economic restrictions on Iran, the BBC’s James Reynolds speaks to Iranians living in
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European Union foreign ministers are expected to agree to a phased ban on the purchase of oil from Iran, as the West sends warships through
Yemen’s veteran President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has left the country to travel to the US for medical treatment, Yemeni officials say. In a televised “farewell
Iranian news network Press TV has had its licence revoked by the media regulator Ofcom and will no longer be allowed to broadcast in the
As the West increases its pressure on Iran, the latest effort being a concerted campaign to impose an oil embargo on Tehran, China finds itself
A jailed Cuban political dissident has died, 50 days after beginning a hunger strike, a human rights group says. Wilmar Villar was protesting against a