EU formally adopts Iran oil embargo
BRUSSELS – The European Union formally adopted an oil embargo against Iran on Monday and froze the assets of Iran’s central bank, part of sanctions to pressure Tehran into resuming talks on its controversial...
BRUSSELS – The European Union formally adopted an oil embargo against Iran on Monday and froze the assets of Iran’s central bank, part of sanctions to pressure Tehran into resuming talks on its controversial...
(Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister warned Arab neighbors on Thursday not to put themselves in a “dangerous position” by aligning themselves too closely with the United States in the escalating dispute over Tehran’s nuclear...
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s powerful ally Russia said Wednesday it would block any attempt by the West to secure U.N. support for the use of force against the regime in Damascus, which is under...
(AP) MOSCOW – Russia’s foreign minister on Wednesday warned the West against imposing economic sanctions against Iran, saying they would “stifle” the Iranian economy and hurt the population. Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that the...
The United States government has reportedly conveyed a direct message to the supreme leader of Iran, warning him that any move by the Islamic Republic’s elite Revolutionary Guard to cut off shipping traffic through...
(CBS/AP) TEHRAN, Iran – A hard-line Iranian newspaper called Thursday for retaliation against Israel, a day after the mysterious killing of a nuclear scientist in Tehran with a magnetic bomb attached to his car....
A Tehran university professor is the latest victim in the covert war against Iran’s nuclear programme. Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, 32, was killed when two men on a motorbike attached at least one magnetic bomb...
(Reuters) – Europe and Japan moved ahead on Tuesday in planning for punitive cuts in oil imports from Iran, where a senior official dismissed Western anger at news Tehran is enriching uranium deep underground...
(CNN) — President Barack Obama unveiled Thursday a new military strategy. It calls for “pivoting” from the Middle East to the Far East, focusing partly on the military buildup of China. Without a major...
US, Russian French and British air and naval forces streamed to the Syrian and Iranian coasts over the weekend on guard for fresh developments at the two Middle East flashpoints. The Russian carrier Admiral...