IAEA report repeatedly complains about failure of Iran to respond to inspectors’ requests for information
The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog today accused Iran of hampering inspections of the country’s nuclear programme, banning some inspectors and b…
Nationwide celebrations as Russian engineers oversee the arrival of an initial fuel shipment at Iran’s first nuclear power plant
The operation to load fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power station has begun amid nationwide celebration.
Russian engineers…
War hawks are banging the drum for strikes against Iran, but the Obama administration must cleave to its policy of containment
Iran policy circles are alight with reactions to an article by Jeffrey Goldberg in this month’s Atlantic that reaches a worry…
Oppressive actions in Iran show how sanctions are increasing the misery of ordinary people and leaving the regime unscathed
Sanctions against Iran are having an effect. They are crippling Iran’s economy, but instead of this being felt at the level of I…
Exclusive: Former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi tells Guardian US and British policy is a gift to Ahmadinejad regime
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Punitive international sanctions imposed on Iran have strengthened Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government and…
Surprise U-turn follows EU approval of stricter sanctions on Iran that include a block on gas and oil investment
Iran said today it was ready to return to talks on a nuclear fuel swap, a surprise that came shortly after the EU agreed tougher sanctions,…
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promises ’strong response’ after more stringent measures are imposed to halt uranium enrichment
Iran has told the EU it will “regret” imposing its toughest economic sanctions yet to force Tehran to halt uranium enrichment and return…
The second Lebanon war failed to neuter Hezbollah and is a model of how not to deal with violent factions in the Middle East
The second Lebanon war, which broke out four years ago today, was infamously lauded by Condoleezza Rice as the birth pangs of a…
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad puts negotiations on hold until late August, saying move is ‘to teach west a lesson’
Iran is to postpone nuclear talks with the west as a “punishment” for the imposition of new UN sanctions that are designed to it stop enr…
United Nations scientists barred from nuclear compounds as Tehran reacts to latest round of sanctions
Iran has banned two UN inspectors from visiting its nuclear facilities because it claims they filed false information on the country’s controversial …
President tells crowd that Tehran would consider discussions only after west was punished for voting for UN sanctions
Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, hinted today that he may be ready to resume nuclear talks – but only after the west had been …
There are more people forcibly displaced from their homes than ever before. Find out where refugees come from – and where they go
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The UN’s High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) releases its annual global report, Global Trends, today – w…
Public anger did not overthrow the regime but the Republic has been damaged, and infighting threatens its continued stability
The 10th Iranian presidential elections, which took place on 12 June 2009, changed the face of the Islamic Republic forever. T…
Renewed sanctions give Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the opportunity of defying the world, and winning
In pushing ahead with a new round of UN security council sanctions, the US has rendered redundant an Iranian offer to send 1.2 tonnes of low-enriched uranium (…
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad remains defiant in face of measures aiming to force compliance over nuclear programme
The UN today imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran in an attempt to force it to comply with international demands over its nuclear programme
