Iran

Iran

Iranian cyclist killed in Paralympics road race

18/09/2016

Iran

'Iran's last chance to seize the opportunities of Obama's administration'

16/09/2016

Iran

Siamand Rahman, the strongest Paralympian ever

His name is Siamand Rahman, and he is the strongest Paralympian ever, breaking 300kg and winning gold in the men’s powerlifting heavyweight category.

15/09/2016

Cult

Sima Bina: a life devoted to Iranian folk music

Mett Iranian folk music master Sima Bina, who has devoted her life to keeping alive melodies from every corner of Iran and beyond.

15/09/2016

Iran

Work to begin on second nuclear reactor in Iran

The first stone was laid on Saturday marking the start of the launch of the Iran-Russia Bushehr 2 project.

10/09/2016

Iran

Iranians protest against Saudi rulers as Hajj gets underway

Thousands of Iranians have protested in Tehran against Saudi Arabia’s ruling family, shouting “death to Al Saud the traitors” as the annual Hajj pilgrimage to the Saudi city of Mecca gets…

09/09/2016

Iran

Iran deploys air defence missiles at Fordo nuclear site

State media in Iran says the army has begun deploying a Russian supplied S-300 air missile defence system around the Fordo nuclear facility.

29/08/2016

Iran

Russia stops using Iranian airbase to launch Syria air strikes

Russia has suddenly stopped using an Iranian airbase to launch airstrikes in Syria.

22/08/2016

Economy

Oil dips below $50 a barrel as production limit hopes fade

Crude oil prices have slipped back after hitting an eight-week high following their longest run of gains in four years in the belief that a limit on output will not be agreed by producers.

22/08/2016

No Comment

Russian jets leave Iran for Syria sorties

The Russian Defence Ministry released a video showing jets taking off from an airbase in Iran.

19/08/2016

Iran

Iran hangs nuclear scientist over US 'treason'

Iran has executed a nuclear scientist accused of providing the US with information about the country's nuclear programme.

07/08/2016

Iran

The state of Iran's economy one year after landmark deal over disputed nuclear programme

It has been one year since Iran, the US and five other world powers reached a landmark deal over Iran’s disputed nuclear programme.

14/07/2016

Iran

One year on, Iran's nuclear deal has still only yielded hopes

14/07/2016

Iran

Iran: thousands mourn film director Abbas Kiarostami

Thousands of people in Iran have attended the funeral of acclaimed director Abbas Kiarostami.

10/07/2016

Cinema

Iranian film legend Abbas Kiarostami dies

Abbas Kiarostami was the international giant of Iranian cinema who managed to express himself as a director without falling foul of Iran’s notorious censors.

05/07/2016

Iran

Lauded Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has died at the age of 76

Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has died at the age of 76 in the French capital, Paris.

04/07/2016

Iran

Iran: Mixed reactions to Brexit

25/06/2016

Iran

Tehran says it has foiled a huge ISIL bombing campaign

Iranian authorities say ISIL has been hatching "plots and conspiracies" against it from its de facto capital of Raqqa in Syria.

20/06/2016

Iran

Iran to buy Boeing airliners

Iran has agreed a deal to buy 100 planes from US planemaker Boeing, according to the head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation.

19/06/2016

Iran

Iran mulls moving its weekends closer to Saturday and Sunday

Iran is considering moving its weekend closer to the Western one.

07/06/2016

Business Series

Iranair could buy Boeing planes but any deal faces hurdles

Iran's state airline is talking with US plane maker Boeing about buying a large number of aircraft, but there are still many obstacles to a deal, as with Iranair's order for Airbus jets.

07/06/2016

Iran

Iran swears in its tenth parliament

Independent counting suggests this will be the first parliament in more than 20 years with neither a conservative nor reformist majority.

28/05/2016

Iran

Iran appoints hardliner Ahmad Jannati to lead powerful assembly

Ahmad Jannati has been chosen to lead Iran’s new assembly of experts, the body which oversees the work of the country’s supreme leader and will elect his…

24/05/2016

Iran

Iran arrests female models for posing without hijabs

Iran has arrested fashion models active on social media sites after Tehran’s top leader declared war on un-Islamic thoughts on the internet. Eight

17/05/2016

Iran

Blame game: Iranians to miss out on hajj

Iranians will not be able to travel to Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage to Islam's holiest site this year as the two countries fail to agree to organisation and accuse each other of being at fault.

13/05/2016

Business Series

Iran's rose growers scent post sanction export opportunities

Iran's rose growers are hoping that after years of sanctions the world's perfume makers will be back to buy rose water as purchases were previously blocked by banking restrictions.

11/05/2016