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Iran says it has started enriching uranium up to 20%

It comes amid escalating tensions with the US and marks the Middle Eastern country's largest breach of the 2015 nuclear deal it struck with several other countries.

04/01/2021

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Iran-US tensions high a year after killing of military chief Soleimani

There are fears of a renewed US-Iran clash a year after the US drone killing of the Revolutionary Guard chief, in the dying days of Donald Trump's presidency.

03/01/2021

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Iran tells UN inspectors it plans to enrich uranium to 20%

This would push the country's programme a technical step away from weapons-grade levels as it increases pressure on the West over its tattered atomic deal.

02/01/2021

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Iran executes journalist who encouraged 2017 protests

Iran executed a once-exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017.

12/12/2020

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France, Germany and UK brand Iran’s nuclear plans ‘deeply worrying’

Iranian plans to build three advanced centrifuges, in contravention of the Iran Nuclear Deal, are “deeply worrying” according to the governments of France, Germany and the UK.

07/12/2020

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Iran's president opposes bill that would boost uranium enrichment

The bill would suspend U.N. inspections and require the government to resume enriching uranium to 20% if European nations fail to provide relief from crippling U.S. sanctions on the country's oil and banking sectors.

03/12/2020

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Iran lays to rest nuclear scientist and vows to carry his forward work

Ali Shamkhani, a top Iranian security official, used the funeral to accuse Israel of using “electronic devices” to kill the nuclear scientist.

30/11/2020

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Iran vows to retaliate over top nuclear scientist's killing

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says there are 'serious indications of [an] Israeli role' in the death of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was shot dead on Friday

27/11/2020

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British-Australian academic released after years jailed in Iran

Kylie Moore-Gilbert was sentenced to 10 years in prison on disputed espionage charges, but was released early in exchange for three Iranians held abroad.

26/11/2020

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Iran: UN arms embargo ends after ten years amid U.S. anger

Iran welcomed the expiration of the deal, but said it was not planning to go on a 'shopping spree'.

19/10/2020

Iran

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's trial postponed in Iran

The British-Iranian national, who has served four a half years of her a five-year sentence, faces new charges.

13/09/2020

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Iran executes young wrestler Navid Afkari despite global appeals

"The execution of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari is very sad news," the International Olympic Committee said.

12/09/2020

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Iran announces new charge against detained Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Zaghari-Ratcliffe appeared Tuesday morning before a branch of the country’s Revolutionary Court in Tehran, where she was first sentenced to prison on murky espionage charges in 2017.

09/09/2020

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Mourning and masks: Shiites in Iran mark Ashoura amid COVID-19

Ashoura Day falls on the 10th of the Islamic month of Muharram and is preceded by days of commemoration and remembrance.

30/08/2020

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Black boxes show pilots alive after missile hit Ukraine jet in Iran

The Ukraine International Airlines passenger jet, crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran's main airport on January 8, killing all 176 people on board.

23/08/2020

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UN atomic watchdog chief to head to Iran as global tensions simmer

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi's visit to Iran comes as tensions mount between the United States and Europe over nuclear-related economic sanctions.

22/08/2020

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US revises UN resolution on Iran to extend arms embargo indefinitely

The draft revision could be put to a vote as early as Friday.

12/08/2020

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Iranian passenger plane 'harassed' over Syria by US fighter jet

One F-15 fighter plane did briefly surveil the Iranian passenger jet from a safe distance but disengaged after it established it was a civilian aircraft, the US confirmed.

24/07/2020

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Iran executes man convicted of spying on US-slain general Soleimani

Iranian state television has reported that Iran has executed Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, an alleged spy who passed information about Qassem Soleimani to the US and Israel.

20/07/2020

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Euroviews. Hossein Dehghani: The collapse of the Iran Nuclear Deal 5 years on would be a failure of EU values

The Iranian ambassador to the EU and Belgium reflects on the state of play for Europe's foreign policy aspirations on the fifth anniversary of the Iran Nuclear Deal.

14/07/2020

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Iran hopeful of avoiding conflict with US over Venezuela-bound oil

“We are hopeful that nothing would happen there,” said Tehran’s ambassador to the EU, addressing the possibility the US could try to block the oil tankers.

20/05/2020

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Euroviews. Hossein Dehghani: The lost balance of the Iran Nuclear Deal and Iran’s “strategic patience” ǀ View

The nuclear deal is a major EU foreign policy achievement, and I am inclined to believe that the EU – the EU triumvirate in particular - is in a good place to maintain the existing frail balance on the multi and bilateral front by standing against the latest US offensive on the JCPOA.

12/05/2020

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Iran holds funeral for 19 sailors killed in accidental missile strike

In a rare admission, Tehran confirmed the accident in the Gulf of Oman.

11/05/2020

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Drive-in prayer ceremonies held in Iran as pandemic closes mosques

We've had drive-in weddings, church services and cinemas amid the COVID-19 lockdowns. Now it's the turn of mosques.

06/05/2020

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Iran launches military satellite into space amid US tensions

The 'Noor' satellite - meaning 'light' - is in orbit 425km above the Earth's surface.

22/04/2020

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Euroviews. Hossein Dehghani: Should Iran make a direct plea for sanctions relief? ǀ View

Against the backdrop of overwhelming international calls for the easing of sanctions that have obstructed Iran’s humanitarian trade, some US officials have claimed that Iran never asked for sanctions relief. By this, they probably mean a direct plea to the US government to obtain the relief.

09/04/2020