Cinema owner backs out of showing two-hour movie of Brazilian president’s life over Lula’s links with Iranian president
The story seemed tailor-made for Hollywood: a hardworking country-boy’s epic journey from impoverished rural Brazil to the big city …
• UK ambassador advising Sheikh Khalid of Ras al-Khaimeh
• Tiny UAE state ‘aids trafficking of nuclear parts’ to Iran
Israel is aiding an exiled Arab sheikh who is vying to seize control of a strategically important Gulf emirate only 40 miles from …
Iran is ready for “effective cooperation” to resolve the dispute over its nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an interview with state media.
Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says media sensation and front-cover star Paul the octopus – as if he needs an introduction – spreads “western propaganda and superstition”, according to the Daily Mail. He said that Paul represents decadence and …
For days, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was like ‘a ghost wandering in shock’ after receiving death penalty
A former cellmate of a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran, who spent two years in prison with her and accompanied her to the court when …
Prime minister also uses visit to Ankara to urge Turkey to use relationship with Iran to persuade Tehran to rethink nuclear approach
Exiled brothers urge Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to ‘leave those kids alone’ in YouTube hit
It is unlikely that Iran’s supreme leader has ever muttered the words “absolute rubbish, laddie” while checking a schoolboy’s homework, but a figure resembling Ayato…
Iran was defiant Tuesday after the European Union approved new sanctions against the country, saying the measures are “ineffective and unconstructive.”
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Prime minister uses Ankara speech to call on Turkey to tell Tehran of international community’s ’serious intent’
Turkey should use its links with Iran to persuade Tehran to change course on its nuclear programme, David Cameron said today.
As Ankara ple…
Iranian authorities have arrested the wife and a brother-in-law of a lawyer who is defending a woman facing imprisonment and possible execution by stoning, a human rights activist said Monday.
Prime minister intervenes in Middle East dispute and hopes Turkey can stop Iran’s nuclear weapons programme
David Cameron used a visit to Turkey to make his strongest intervention yet in the intractable Middle East conflict today when he likened the ex…
British PM makes speech in Ankara attacking EU partners for expecting Turkey to guard Europe’s borders as a Nato member while closing the door to EU membership
David Cameron today challenged France and Germany over their opposition to Turkish membersh…
Iran submitted a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday, proposing to restart limited talks on an exchange of nuclear fuel.
