Iran

Iran

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  New UN, international efforts to engage Iran

  International officials pursued a two-pronged effort Wednesday to engage Iran over concerns the country may have worked on nuclear weapons, with a U.N 

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  OPEC keeps output target on hold amid weak economy

  OPEC ministers agreed to keep their daily crude production target unchanged at a meeting Wednesday. But in a sign of internal rivalries, they failed ... 

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  US defends $1.9B deal with British banking giant

  American authorities on Tuesday cited "astonishing" dysfunction at the British bank HSBC and said that it had helped Mexican drug traffickers, Iran, ... 

• Iran arrests 28 over links to religious networks

  Tehran's chief prosecutor says authorities have arrested 28 Iranians for alleged links to foreign-based TV networks advocating the Baha'i religion, ... 

• Record number of reporters jailed globally: group

  More journalists than ever are languishing in prisons across the world as countries like Turkey, Iran and China step up terror and other anti-state ... 

• Iran closes down consulate in Herat, Afghanistan

  Iran's official news agency is reporting the country has closed its consular section in the western Afghan city of Herat, after anti-Iranian protests ... 

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  HSBC to pay $1.9B to settle money-laundering probe

  HSBC, the British banking giant, said Tuesday it will pay $1.9 billion to settle a money-laundering probe by federal and state authorities in the ... 

• Iran says it decoded data from captured CIA drone

  Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Monday said it has decoded all of the data from an advanced CIA spy drone captured last year. The Guard's aerospace ... 

• Sanctions hit Iranian manufacturing hard

  A conservative Iranian news website says the number of manufacturing companies in the country facing financial crisis has increased four-fold over the ... 

• Iran police confiscate over 11 tons of narcotics

  Iran's state TV says the country's border police have confiscated over 11 tons of narcotics after fierce clashes with drug traffickers in southeastern ... 

• Iran commander claims sanctions are helpful

  A senior commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard claimed Friday that Western sanctions are helpful because they promote Iranian ... 

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  Hamas chief's Gaza visit sign of regional embrace

  The supreme Hamas leader's first-ever visit to the Gaza Strip this weekend signals growing regional acceptance of the Islamic militant movement in ... 

• Standard Chartered expects $330m US fines

  Standard Chartered bank says it expects to pay $330 million in fines to U.S. agencies to settle charges of violating sanctions against Iran. The bank ... 

• Death toll in latest Iran quake rises to 6

  Iran's state TV says the death toll from an earthquake near the border with Afghanistan has risen to six. The report also says 14 people were injured ... 

• Lawmaker: Iran dissident ends her hunger strike

  A lawmaker says a jailed Iranian dissident has ended a hunger strike to protest prison conditions and a ban on visits by her family. Lawmaker Mohammad ... 

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  Official: Iran has evidence it captured US drone

  Iran has material evidence to prove that it has captured an American unmanned aircraft, a prominent lawmaker in Tehran said Wednesday, rejecting U.S. 

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  Iran claims US drone capture; Navy denies loss

  Iran claimed Tuesday it had taken another prize in a growing showdown with Washington over drone surveillance, displaying a purported U.S. 

• UN rights chief urges Iran to ease up on dissident

  The U.N.'s top human rights official is urging Iran to improve conditions for a jailed human rights activist who has been on hunger strike since ... 

• Swedish man charged for violating Iran sanctions

  A Swedish man has been charged with breaking international sanctions against Iran after allegedly trying to export advanced technical material ... 

• Iran says blogger who died in custody was beaten

  Iran's state prosecutor has confirmed for the first time that a blogger who died in police custody last month had been beaten. Prosecutor Gholam ... 

• Iran hints direct talks with US are possible

  Direct talks between Iran and the United States are possible, but any such breakthrough would have to be approved by the country's Supreme Leader ... 

• Iran says nuclear fuel removed because of debris

  Iran's nuclear chief says fuel was removed from the country's sole nuclear reactor in October because debris had been left behind during its ...