U.S. lawmakers have proposed tighter economic sanctions on Iran, as senior intelligence officials say measures already in place are having an effect. Lawmakers in Washington unveiled proposals Tuesday for sanctions that would target Iran’s national oil and shipping companies, and restrict its ability to tap into electronic banking services. Tensions have risen in recent weeks […]
US Lawmakers Propose Tougher Sanctions on Iran
Posted February 1st, 2012 at 3:50 am (UTC-5)
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UN Team Ends Talks in Iran Amid Tensions Over Nuclear Work
Posted January 31st, 2012 at 7:40 pm (UTC-5)
Inspectors from the United Nations nuclear watchdog have completed a three-day visit to Iran with no apparent breakthrough on Tehran’s controversial atomic energy program after Western powers imposed tough, new economic sanctions. The semi-official Fars news agency Tuesday called the talks between Iranian officials and the visiting team “constructive,” saying the two sides had agreed […]
US Navy Rescues Iranian Dhow In Persian Gulf
Posted January 31st, 2012 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. naval forces aided a stranded Iranian fishing crew in the Persian Gulf Tuesday after the dhow’s engine overheated. The U.S. Navy says the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group responded at mid-day Tuesday to a distress call from a fishing boat carrying nine Iranian mariners. U.S. naval engineers boarded the Iranian dhow to find […]
UN Team Ends Talks in Iran Amid Tensions Over Nuclear Work
Posted January 31st, 2012 at 2:30 pm (UTC-5)
Inspectors from the United Nations nuclear watchdog have completed a three-day visit to Iran with no apparent breakthrough on Tehran’s controversial atomic energy program after Western powers imposed tough, new economic sanctions. The semi-official Fars news agency Tuesday called the talks between Iranian officials and the visiting team “constructive,” saying the two sides had agreed […]
IAEA Team in Iran to Ask About Nuclear Weapon Allegations
Posted January 29th, 2012 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
U.N. nuclear inspectors have begun a mission to Iran to investigate allegations of secret military dimensions to the Iranian nuclear program. The International Atomic Energy Agency team led by Herman Nackaerts arrived in Tehran on Sunday for a three-day visit. Before Nackaerts left the agency’s headquarters in Vienna, he said he wants Iran to “engage” […]
UN Chief Says Iran Must Prove Nuclear Program is Peaceful
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is urging Iran to resume talks with Western nations that suspect it is working on a nuclear weapons program. Tehran insists that its atomic program is for peaceful purposes. During a press briefing at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Mr.Ban said Iran has the responsibility to prove its […]
UN Chief Says Iran Must Prove Nuclear Program is Peaceful
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is urging Iran to resume talks with Western nations that suspect it is working on a nuclear weapons program. Teheran insists that its atomic program is for peaceful purposes. During a press briefing at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Mr.Ban said Iran has the responsibility to prove its […]
Iranian President Says Iran Not Opposed to Nuclear Talks With West
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 7:00 pm (UTC-5)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his government does not oppose negotiating with Western powers about its nuclear program but also wants them to change what he calls their “foul” behavior toward Iran. Speaking Thursday on a visit to the southern province of Kerman, Mr. Ahmadinejad accused the West of creating obstacles to negotiations. Iran and […]
Iranian President Says Iran Not Opposed to Nuclear Talks With West
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his government does not oppose negotiating with Western powers about its nuclear program but also wants them to change what he calls their “foul” behavior toward Iran. Speaking Thursday on a visit to the southern province of Kerman, Mr. Ahmadinejad accused the West of creating obstacles to negotiations. Iran and […]
China Criticizes New European Sanctions on Iran
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 5:40 am (UTC-5)
China said Thursday the European Union’s ban on oil imports from Iran is not a “constructive” response to Tehran’s suspected nuclear weapons program. The EU announced the oil import ban on Monday, weeks after the United States announced a new set of economic sanctions aimed at pushing Iran to abandon its weapons program. Beijing is […]
