Oil prices fall 1% on Tuesday
Oil prices fell around 1 per cent on Tuesday and headed for sharp monthly losses as investors weighed uncertainty…
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US imposes sweeping sanctions on Iran-linked network
The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on more than 115 Iran-linked individuals, entities, and vessels in…
Oil prices drop 5%
Oil prices fell over 5 per cent as Israeli airstrikes on Iran over the weekend avoided key crude infrastructure,…
Gold prices rebound amid Middle East tensions
Gold prices rebounded on Thursday, snapping a five-day losing streak.
Gold prices surge on Fed rate cut hopes
Gold prices reached a two-week high on Thursday following Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's hint at possible…
UAE, Iran rare economic commission set to convene in Abu Dhabi
A rare joint economic commission between the United Arab Emirates and Iran will convene in Abu Dhabi from Tuesday…
Russia launches an Iranian satellite
Russia launched successfully a missile on Tuesday that carried an Iranian satellite into space, as Moscow and…
U.S. sanctions Iran’s central bank, fund after Saudi oil attack
The United States on Friday imposed another round of sanctions on Tehran, including on Iran’s central bank and a…
U.S. threatens action against Iran after Russia U.N. veto
The United States threatened unilateral action against Iran on Monday after Russia vetoed a western bid for the…
Protests hit Iran, two demonstrators reported killed
Street protests hit Iran for a third day running on Saturday, spreading to the capital Tehran with crowds…
Kuwait detains 12 over ties to Iran, Hezbollah
Kuwaiti authorities arrested on Saturday 12 convicted members of a "terrorist cell" with ties to Iran and Lebanon's…
Iran launches projectiles into eastern Syria, targets ISIS
Iran's military said Sunday that it has launched several missiles into eastern Syria, targeting Islamic State…
Passenger trains collide in Iran, 44 killed
Forty-four people were killed and 103 injured when one Iranian passenger train collided with another at a station…
Egypt denies oil minister’s Tehran visit plans, says he’s in ADIPEC now
Egypt’s Oil Minister Tarek el-Molla has not visited and is not planning to visit Tehran to sign oil deals with…
GOP slams Obama after explanation of $400M payment to Iran
The Obama administration is facing a storm of Republican criticism after acknowledging that a $400 million cash…
Iran, US Boeing reach deal on purchase of 100 planes
Iran and US aerospace giant Boeing have reached an agreement for the purchase of 100 aircraft to renew the…
Iran billionaire tycoon Zanjani sentenced to death for corruption
Iran's billionaire tycoon Babak Zanjani has been sentenced to death for corruption, a judicial official said…
Rouhani allies win most Tehran seats in clerical body
President Hassan Rouhani and his allies won 15 out of the 16 Tehran seats in the Assembly of Experts, final…
Iran mulls buying over100 Boeing planes
Iran is interested in buying over 100 aircraft from Boeing, deputy transport minister Asghar Fakhrieh Kashan told…
U.S. ‘hopes’ Saudi Arabia may reopen Tehran embassy
The United States hopes that Saudi Arabia may restore diplomatic ties with Iran, a senior State Department official…
Arab League slams Iran over spat with Saudi Arabia
The Arab League Sunday supported Saudi Arabia in its continuing diplomatic spat with Iran, triggered by the…
Iran: Saudi Arabia cannot cover up ‘crime’ by cutting ties
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday Saudi Arabia could not hide its "crime" of executing a Shi'ite…
Kerry calls Iranian, Saudi FM to urge calm
US Secretary of State John Kerry called the Iranian and Saudi Arabian foreign ministers on Monday to urge calm…
Egypt comments on Saudi Arabia decision to cut ties with Iran
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that the decision taken by Saudi Arabia to cut ties with Iran "meet…
Iran says Saudi Arabia looking for an excuse to fuel tensions
Saudi Arabia used an attack on its embassy in Tehran as a pretext to fuel tensions, Iran's foreign ministry said on…
Saudi Arabia cuts ties with Iran amid attack on embassy
Saudi Arabia cut ties with Iran on Sunday, responding to the storming of its embassy in Tehran in an escalating row…
Iranian protesters attack Saudi embassy in Tehran
Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi Embassy in Tehran early on Sunday as Shi'ite Muslim Iran reacted with fury to…
Saudi Arabia to pay ‘high price’ for executing Shia cleric: Iran
Saudi Arabia will pay "a high price" for executing prominent Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr on Saturday, Iran's foreign…
Iran ships uranium to Russia under nuclear deal
Iran shipped 25,000 pounds of low-enriched uranium to Russia on Monday, the United States said, hailing a key step…
Iranian president condemns US ‘terrorism’ after Trump remarks
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States Wednesday of having "created terrorism" as he reacted to…
Putin says eyes trade boost with Iran
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday he wants to boost trade ties with Iran after meeting with leaders of…
Iran’s Rouhani urges end to Saudi ‘intrusions’ in Mideast
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani called Monday on Saudi Arabia to end what he called the kingdom's "intrusions" in…
Saudi Arabia, Hungary sign nuclear pact
Oil giant Saudi Arabia, which is trying to diversify its energy sources, has signed an agreement Monday with…
Iran expels second-ranking Bahraini diplomat in Tehran
Iran's Foreign Ministry has declared Bahrain's second-ranking diplomat in Tehran persona non grata and given him…
Iran says finds unexpectedly high uranium reserve
Iran has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium and will soon begin extracting the radioactive…
Britain, Iran to reopen embassies on Sunday
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said he would reopen the UK's embassy in Iran on Sunday, four years on since it…
Japan, Iran to discuss investment pact after sanctions end: Nikkei
Japan and Iran will start negotiations on an investment accord once sanctions are lifted following last month's…
Switzerland lifts sanctions against Iran
Neutral Switzerland will officially lift on Thursday sanctions against Iran that had been suspended since January…
Iran says UN resolution not linked to ballistic missiles
Iran said its ballistic missile programme was not connected to the UN Security Council resolution adopted Monday…
North Korea says no interest in Iran-style nuclear deal
North Korea said Tuesday it had no interest whatsoever in following Iran down the path of nuclear dialogue,…