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Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho during their meeting in the capital Tehran on August 7, 2018. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
March 12, 2019, 12:43 pm
UN probing North Korea sanctions violations in 20 countries, including Iran
According to 66-page report, Pyongyang has held banned military cooperation with Syria, Libya and Sudan, and nuclear talks with China
By Edith M. Lederer
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho during their meeting in the capital Tehran on August 7, 2018. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
August 7, 2018, 5:17 pm
North Korean foreign minister visits Iran as US sanctions take effect
Trip by Ri Yong Ho comes as both Tehran and Pyongyang face American pressure over their nuclear programs
By AFP
In this Jauary 25, 2017 photo, former North Korean deputy ambassador to the UK, Thae Yong-Ho, center, speaks with media at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Seoul, South Korea. (Ed Jones, Pool Photo via AP)
July 9, 2018, 12:34 pm
North Korea offered Israel a halt to its missile sales to Iran for $1b — report
According to a new book by a Pyongyang defector, Israel refused the 1999 proposal, suggested sending aid instead
By TOI staff
Iranian protesters burn a representation of the US flag in their annual anti-Israeli Al-Quds, Jerusalem, Day rally in Tehran, Iran, June 8, 2018. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
June 10, 2018, 4:29 pm
Iran, spurned by US, angrily watches Trump-North Korea talks
Iranians were let down when Washington pulled out of the nuclear deal; now they stand to lose even more
By Nasser Karimi
Transportation and Intelligence Minister Israel Katz arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on April 11, 2018. (Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Pool/Flash90)
April 28, 2018, 8:27 am
Israeli minister: Korean pledge for denuclearization will help revamp Iran deal
Israel Katz says Trump is now better positioned to convince EU to tighten screws on Iran nuclear accord; accuses Pyongyang and Tehran of missile cooperation
By TOI staff and Agencies
Iran showed footage on Saturday, September 23, 2017, of a missile test (Screenshot/PressTV)
September 25, 2017, 6:53 pm
Iran says Trump’s claims it works with N. Korea on missiles are ‘nonsense’
Newly tested Khoramshahr rocket, capable of reaching Israel, is entirely homegrown, officials insist
By AFP
In this July 28, 2017, file photo distributed by the North Korean government on Saturday, July 29, 2017, shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
September 10, 2017, 6:16 pm
North Korea nukes came with help from Iran or Russia – report
Senior British officials quoted saying Pyongyang could not have made such rapid progress alone
By TOI staff and AFP
People watch a television news screen showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul on August 29, 2017. (AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)
August 30, 2017, 10:49 pm
In renegade North Korea, some see a potential precursor of nuclear Iran
Israeli and US experts say Pyongyang can no longer be reined in, but there’s still a chance to thwart Tehran’s atomic ambitions
By Judah Ari Gross
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a press-conference following a meeting with his Swiss counterpart in the capital Tehran, on February 27, 2016. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
May 2, 2016, 6:08 pm
Iran urges nuclear weapon-free Korean peninsula
In meeting with South Korean counterpart, Rouhani says ‘our demand is a world free of weapons of mass destruction’
By AP
North Korean army officers and soldiers attend a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, in February. (photo credit: AP/Jon Chol Jin)
July 21, 2015, 11:16 am
N. Korea says no interest in Iran-style nuclear deal
Pyongyang says it’s ‘illogical’ to compare Iran and North Korea, which already possesses atomic weapons
By AFP
Illustrative: North Korea's Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launch pad in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, in 2012. (AP/KCNA, File)
May 28, 2015, 12:14 pm
North Koreans in Iran to advance missile program, dissidents say
Exiled opposition group says Pyongyang delegation of arms experts making frequent visits to Tehran military research facility
By Tamar Pileggi
Outgoing president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, delivers the official seal of approval of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, to give to President Hassan Rouhani, right, in an official endorsement ceremony, in Tehran, Iran, August 3, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)
August 4, 2013, 11:14 am
Report: Iran’s Rouhani says US wants confrontation
Western nations ‘seeking excuse,’ Iran’s new president says; American-educated businessman appointed chief of staff
By AP and TOI staff
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un uses binoculars to view South Korean territory from an observation post on Jangjae Islet, in March 2013. (photo credit: AP/KCNA via KNS)
From the WebApril 1, 2013, 7:59 am
North Korean secrecy on bomb test fuels speculation on nuclear advances
Possible use of uranium-based technology deepens concerns over Pyongyang’s cooperation with Tehran, reports Washington Post
An Iranian Shahab-3 missile launched during military exercises outside the city of Qom, Iran, in June 2011. (AP/ISNA/Ruhollah Vahdati)
February 17, 2013, 5:22 am
‘Iranian nuke chief was in N. Korea for atomic test’
Apparently successful detonation indicates both countries on the cusp of ability to assemble atomic warhead, Sunday Times reports
By TOI staff
South Koreans watch the 2009 launch of a North Korean missile on TV (photo credit: AP/Ahn Young-joon)
February 6, 2013, 5:23 am
Living with hope in the shadow of the bomb
Like Israel with Iran, South Korea faces a hostile neighbor closing in on nuclear weapons. Unlike Israel, however, it’s not talking about military intervention
By Raphael Ahren
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