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Emirati Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash in an interview with AFP at his office in Dubai on June 7, 2017. (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP)
November 7, 2018, 1:09 pm
UAE minister scolds Hamas over its ‘solidarity’ with Iran
The Gaza-ruling terror group had condemned renewed US sanctions against Tehran, saying they aim ‘to destabilize security’ in the region
By Adam Rasgon
A woman seeking to buy US dollars, bottom right, speaks with The Associated Press in downtown Tehran, Iran, October 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
October 27, 2018, 5:21 pm
Trump faces complaints that new Iran sanctions are too weak
Lawmakers worried Tehran may be able to stay connected to international bank transfer system, bypassing punitive measures
By SUSANNAH GEORGE and Matthew Lee
Abbas Araghchi (C), Iran's chief nuclear negotiator arrives at the Austria Center Vienna after another rounds of talks between the EU 5+1 on May 16, 2014 in Vienna. (photo credit: AFP/DIETER NAGL/file)
September 29, 2018, 7:18 pm
Iran says it expects EU to set up mechanism to bypass US sanctions by November
Since Trump’s pullout from nuclear accord, European countries have begun working on payment system to allow oil companies and businesses to continue trading with Tehran
By TOI staff and Agencies
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani addresses the nation in a televised speech in Tehran, Iran, August 6, 2018 (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
September 23, 2018, 11:20 am
Rouhani accuses US ally in parade attack, blasts American ‘aggressiveness’
On his way to the UN, Iranian president slams Arab ‘puppet countries,’ promises a response to shooting that killed 29
By TOI staff
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrives to attend the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran on September 22, 2018. (AFP/ STRINGER)
September 23, 2018, 4:50 am
Iran dresses down European envoys over military parade attack
Tehran accuses Dutch, Danish and British of harboring members of terror group responsible, fumes over spokesman for Ahvazi separatist group getting screen time on UK-based channel
By Agencies
Still from the Iranian film No Date, No Signature (YouTube)
September 19, 2018, 11:21 pm
Iran film for Oscars stirs debate on home front
Conservatives propose an alternative nomination to ‘No Date, No Signature’ — of movie funded by Revolutionary Guards on ‘battle against jihadists in Syria’
By Marc Jourdier
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a national ceremony to pay tribute to the victims of terrorism, in Paris, on September 19, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Ludovic MARIN)
September 19, 2018, 9:19 pm
Macron to meet Trump, Iran’s Rouhani at UN in New York
Meetings come as French president and other European leaders try to salvage landmark 2015 accord to curb Tehran’s nuclear program
By AFP and TOI staff
Computers litter the pavement outside the Iranian Embassy in the French capital Paris on September 14, 2018. (AFP / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN)
September 16, 2018, 1:12 am
Tehran complains after Paris embassy attacked by ‘extremists’
Iran says French police were slow to arrive and no arrests were made after unknown assailants throw objects and smash windows at mission
By AP
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies during a hearing before Senate Foreign Relations Committee July 25, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
September 15, 2018, 2:02 am
Pompeo: US studying potential Iran sanction waivers
At the same time, secretary of state stresses Trump administration’s firm position toward Tehran
By AFP
In this September 6, 2018, photo, an Iranian salesman stands in his stall at the Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 13, 2018, 11:56 am
Unease and anger in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, Iran’s beating heart
Many accuse regime of exacerbating economic crisis, citing poor ties with West: ‘90% of our problems are because of infighting,’ says vendor. ‘Only 10%-5% is because of America’
By Jon Gambrell
Illustrative image taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, university students attend a protest inside Tehran University while anti-riot Iranian police prevent them to join other protestors, in Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2017. (AP Photo)
August 27, 2018, 6:53 pm
Iran student gets 7 years for taking part in university protest
Lawyer says 21-year-old convicted of ‘assembly with the intention of acting against national security’ was demonstrating over such issues as dormitory opening hours
By AFP
Destroyed houses in Khorramshahr, Iran during the Iran-Iraq War (YouTube screenshot)
August 18, 2018, 9:26 pm
Tehran museum lionizes 1980s war in which Iran took on ‘whole world’
State-of-the-art facility glorifies nation’s steadfastness in face of adversity during Iran-Iraq War, makes no mention of Israel’s military support against Saddam
By Marc Jourdier
FILE -- Iranian soccer fans follow a qualifying match with Uzbekistan in their Asia Group A, 2018 Russia World Cup at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran, June 12, 2017 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 11, 2018, 9:18 am
Iran TV accused of muting ‘Death to the dictator’ stadium chants at soccer game
Sports commentators for the state broadcaster tell viewers low volume is due to ‘network disruption’
By AFP
Illustrative: A Fateh-110 ballistic missile, displayed at an Iranian armed forces parade in 2012. (military.ir/Wikimedia Commons)
August 11, 2018, 4:03 am
Iran said to test ballistic missile for first time in more than a year
US officials say Fateh-110 was fired during a military exercise last weekend, held as Trump reintroduced economic sanctions on Tehran
By TOI staff
A group of protesters chant slogans at the old grand bazaar in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 25, 2018. Protesters in the Iranian capital swarmed its historic Grand Bazaar on Monday, news agencies reported, and forced shopkeepers to close their stalls in apparent anger over the Islamic Republic's troubled economy, months after similar demonstrations rocked the country. (Iranian Labor News Agency via AP)
August 4, 2018, 12:47 pm
Iranian protesters blame their government, not US, for failing economy
Religious school attacked near Tehran as opponents slam regime; rial has slipped to record lows ahead of sanctions restarting Monday after Washington pulled out of nuke deal
By TOI staff and Agencies
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