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US Vice President Mike Pence, right, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrive at the second Conference for Prosperity and Security in Central America at the State Department on October 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
February 12, 2019, 12:34 pm
US presents Middle East vision in Warsaw, but no converts
European powers decline to focus on Iran at conference; Jared Kushner expected to give rare speech about Israeli-Palestinian ‘deal of the century’
By Shaun Tandon
Iranian women walk past a portrait of late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (top R) following the weekly Friday prayer in Tehran on October 13, 2017. (AFP/STR)
October 13, 2017, 9:16 pm
What’s at stake for business in Iran’s nuclear deal
Potential future sanctions could have big impact on countries and companies that have re-engaged with Tehran since 2015 accord
By AFP
An Airbus A321 bearing the logo of Iran Air is pictured on January 11, 2017 at the Airbus delivery center, in Colomiers southwestern France. (AFP PHOTO / PASCAL PAVANI)
March 11, 2017, 12:31 pm
Second post-sanctions Airbus joins Iran fleet
A330 lands in Tehran after a partial lifting of international sanctions
By AFP
Illustrative: Iranian women shop near the Hazrat Fatimah Ma'sumeh mausoleum in the holy city of Qom, 130 kilometers south of Tehran, on February 24, 2016. (AFP / ATTA KENARE)
January 10, 2017, 11:07 am
Talking Trump in Tehran: They’re certainly not panicking
Plenty of ordinary Iranians sound generally approving of the incoming president and the US political system, and some are not shy to criticize their own
By Times of Israel correspondent
A plane from the Iranian private airline, Mahan Air lands the international airport in Sanaa, Yemen, March 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
November 3, 2016, 10:40 pm
US, Europe at odds over Revolutionary Guard-backed airline
Iran’s Mahan Air, still under US terror-related sanctions, to start commercial flights to over a dozen countries
By Vivian Salama
Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2014 (AP/Vahid Salemi)
September 8, 2016, 7:02 pm
German Jews seek explanations for Iranian minister’s reported visit
Leadership queries government over media claims that intel chief, who ‘supports terror organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah,’ was invited to Berlin
By JTA
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini at EU headquarters in Brussels, May 27, 2015. (AFP/John Thys)
April 15, 2016, 5:48 pm
EU team visits Iran to seize opportunites after nuclear deal
Foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini will lead delegation seeking to boost trade and regional peace
By AFP
File: Illustrative photo of an Iran Air Boeing 747 passenger plane. (CC BY-SA/Wikimedia/Mike P)
January 24, 2016, 9:58 am
Iran to buy 114 Airbus planes this week
As sanctions lift following nuclear deal, transportation minister says Tehran looking to buy 500 planes
By AFP
An Iranian oil worker rides his bicycle near an oil refinery south of the capital, Tehran, December 22, 2014. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
January 17, 2016, 3:34 am
Multinationals ready to jump into Iran market
After nuclear accord implementation, an economy desperate to modernize is seeing global businesses eager to help
By AFP
A busy street in Tehran, November 25, 2014 (AFP/Atta Kenare)
August 27, 2015, 8:43 pm
Swiss envoy: Invest in Iran, ‘a pole of stability’
Giulio Haas tells a Zurich business conference he is certain the West will change its view of Tehran as an aggressor
By TOI staff
The UK's former ambassador to the US Christopher Meyer at the Pentagon in 2001 (Public Domain/US Government)
July 11, 2015, 1:48 pm
Ex-British envoy to US: West should ally with Iran
In opinion piece, Christopher Meyer says UK and its allies should pull out of Mideast and let Tehran sort it out
By TOI staff
A plaque outside the French Embassy of Iran in Tehran (screenshot: YouTube/Reuters)
January 18, 2015, 11:35 pm
Iran students plan demo at French Embassy over cartoon
Pupils and lawmakers from minority religions to convene outside envoy’s Tehran compound over Charlie Hebdo sketches
By AFP
A worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, Oct. 26, 2010. (AP/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour)
December 12, 2014, 8:22 pm
EU confirms new Iran nuclear talks in December
Negotiations will be at level of senior officials and will focus on technical issues
By AFP
A handout picture released by the official website of the Iranian president shows the Islamic Republic's President Hassan Rouhani (R) meeting with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) on March 9, 2014 in Tehran. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / HO / PRESIDENT.IR)
March 10, 2014, 4:10 pm
Iran raps Ashton for sitting with rights activists
Alongside meetings with president and foreign minister, EU leader made time to see former anti-regime prisoners
By Mohammad DAVARI
Tehran (photo credit: CC BY-SA/Ensie & Matthias/Flickr)
February 3, 2014, 8:08 pm
French business delegation in Iran to revive ties
As sanctions are lifted, many companies and interest groups are seeking to reconnect to markets in the Islamic republic
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
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