- 13:27 25/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 25 (RIA Novosti)
A fresh round of talks on Iran's disputed nuclear program will be held in Moscow next month, Russia's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Friday.
- 15:02 24/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti)
Iran and the group of international negotiators (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) have started their third round of talks in Baghdad on Thursday afternoon, the Fars news agency reported.
- 13:53 23/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow expects Tehran to cooperate with the “Group of Six” global negotiators on the Iranian nuclear program and urges the U.S. White House against supporting new sanctions against the Islamic Republic, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
- 11:39 22/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti)
The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved a bill imposing a raft of new economic sanctions against Iran in a renewed bid to force it to halt its controversial nuclear program, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
- 13:04 15/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 15 (RIA Novosti)
Iranian authorities executed on Tuesday a young man convicted of killing an Iranian nuclear scientist in 2010, IRNA news agency reported.
- 06:13 15/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 15 (RIA Novosti)
Some of Iran’s activities are not consistent with peaceful research, the U.S. State Department said.
- 15:23 14/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 14 (RIA Novosti)
Russia remains opposed to new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program and is not considering them at present, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Monday.
- 14:20 14/05/2012 YUZHNO-URALSK, May 14 (RIA Novosti)
Bushehr, Iran’s first nuclear power plant, will start commercial energy production by the end of 2012, the plant's General Designer Valery Limarenko said on Monday.
- 14:47 04/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 4 (RIA Novosti)
A nuclear-armed Iran, Pakistan and North Korea could potentially trigger regional chain reactions that ultimately threaten Russia's security, the former director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, Vyacheslav Trubnikov, said.
- 19:12 03/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 3 (RIA Novosti)
Bushehr, Iran’s first nuclear power plant, will start switching to full capacity from May 23, Atomstroyexport, part of Russia's civilian nuclear power corporation Rosatom, said on Thursday.
- 11:21 28/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 28 (RIA Novosti)
U.S. authorities may allow Iran to enrich uranium in exchange for some concessions. The Obama administration is considering the possibility of allowing Tehran to enrich uranium up to a concentration of five percent if Iran agrees to let international inspectors carry out sustained and comprehensive control over their nuclear program, Los Angeles Times reported.
- 18:12 17/04/2012
Israel has hinted in recent months it may carry out a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. The United States has also refused to rule out force.
- 13:39 17/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 17 (RIA Novosti)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned on Tuesday against “third parties” becoming involved in the Syrian conflict.
- 13:30 14/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 14 (RIA Novosti)
Six world powers and Iran are meeting in Istanbul on Saturday in a bid to end the deadlock over the country's nuclear program.
- 19:53 10/04/2012 Biweekly column by Sam Barden
On April 15, Iran will meet with the 5+1 group of Nations, comprising the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany, in Istanbul to discuss Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Economic sanctions are the current weapon of choice against Iran for the U.S. and European Union, who believe Iran is building a nuclear weapon. The U.S. and EU are exerting an enormous amount of pressure on nations not to trade with Iran.
- 12:43 10/04/2012 ANKARA, April 10 (RIA Novosti)
The Group of Six nations negotiating Iran’s nuclear program will meet for another round of talks in Istanbul on April 14, the Turkish foreign minister said on Tuesday.
- 15:29 06/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 6 (RIA Novosti)
A U.S.-backed plan to build a missile defense shield within the Gulf States may signal preparation for a military strike on Iran, Chairman of the State Duma International Affairs Committee Alexei Pushkov said on Friday.
- 23:50 05/04/2012 WASHINGTON, April 5 (RIA Novosti)
Iran must not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons, the U.S. Department of Defense said on Thursday.
- 00:00 05/04/2012 RIA Novosti political commentator Dmitry Kosyrev
If someone wanted to back out of the April 13-14 meeting between Iran and the P5+1 group of international mediators to discuss Iran’s nuclear program, here is an excuse – Tehran has suddenly asked to move the venue from Istanbul to Baghdad.
- 19:47 02/04/2012 YEREVAN, April 2 (RIA Novosti)
More IAEA inspectors should be send to Iran, Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov said on Monday during his visit to Armenia.
- 10:22 31/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 31 (RIA Novosti)
U.S. President Barack Obama has approved the introduction of new sanctions against Iran, saying there is sufficient oil in the world market to allow countries to cut Iranian crude imports, al Jazeera television reported.
- 07:16 30/03/2012 LONDON, March 30 (RIA Novosti)
Six world powers are hoping to reach a breakthrough in upcoming talks with Iran over its controversial nuclear program and expect Tehran to fully cooperate on the issue, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said.
- 22:50 29/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 29 (RIA Novosti)
A possible attack on Iran by Israel or the United States could push Tehran toward creation of a nuclear weapon, former Russian prime minister Yevgeny Primakov said on Thursday.
- 16:33 23/03/2012 BRUSSELS, March 23 (RIA Novosti)
The foreign ministers of the 27-member European Union on Friday approved broadened sanctions against Iran, a source with the EU press service said.
- 14:35 22/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 22 (RIA Novosti)
A meeting of the six-party group on Iran's nuclear program will likely be held in April, the Russian Foreign Ministry's Depty Head Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday.
- 22:35 20/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 20 (RIA Novosti)
An aggressive stance against Iran only threatens nuclear non-proliferation instead of supporting it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
- 13:27 14/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 14 (RIA Novosti)
The United States has warned that the six-nation negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program in April would be the last chance for Tehran to prevent a U.S. attack, the Kommersant daily newspaper said on Wednesday.
- 13:49 13/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 13 (RIA Novosti)
Iran will meet for talks with "six party" representatives over its nuclear activities in the "nearest future" Iran's IRNA agency reported on Tuesday, quoting foreign ministry official Ramin Mekhmanparsat.
- 21:06 11/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 11 (RIA Novosti)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday rejected Western threats against his country, as well as Washington's statement that "all options are on the table" to deal with Iran, the state run Press TV reported.
- 09:43 09/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 9 (RIA Novosti)
The United States may use a new 13,600-kilogram bunker-buster bomb against Iran, DefenseNews.com reported on Thursday quoting the U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Herbert Carlisle as saying.
- 22:24 08/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 8 (RIA Novosti)
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany on Thursday expressed their readiness to resume comprehensive talks with Iran, Press TV reported.
- 01:23 07/03/2012 WASHINGTON, March 7 (RIA Novosti)
U.S. President Barack Obama has called on his Republican rivals to end “casual” talk on the possible war with Iraq
- 17:45 06/03/2012 BRUSSELS, March 6 (RIA Novosti)
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has accepted Tehran’s offer to resume negotiations with the Iran Six amid growing international concerns over the Islamic Republic’s controversial nuclear activities.
- 13:01 06/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 6 (RIA Novosti)
Russia will push for talks to scrap unilateral sanctions against Iran if it allows the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to control Iranian nuclear activity, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday.
- 22:29 02/03/2012 Sergei Markedonov for RIA Novosti
At a meeting with editors of leading Western newspapers Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Russia will do all it can to prevent war in Iran. But is this war already inevitable?
- 14:32 27/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 27 (RIA Novosti)
Russia expects Iran to answer all existing questions from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over its controversial nuclear program, which will confirm its right to peaceful atomic energy generation, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
- 12:08 25/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 25 (RIA Novosti)
The U.S. plans to strengthen its defenses in the Persian Gulf to repel any attempt by Iran to block the Strait of Hormuz.
- 21:30 24/02/2012 SAROV, February 24 (RIA Novosti)
The West is using a nonproliferation campaign as a blind for bringing about regime change in Iran, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
- 12:44 23/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 23 (RIA Novosti)
The U.S. ambassador in Russia Michael McFaul denied on Thursday that the U.S. base in Kyrgyzstan would be used in case of a military conflict with Iran.
- 18:21 22/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 22 (RIA Novosti, Anastasia Markitan)
As experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) return home after unsuccessful attempts to inspect Iranian Parchin military facility, Russian analysts are unanimous that there are no diplomatic means that would convince Tehran to quit its atomic plans.
- 16:11 22/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 22 (RIA Novosti)
The UN’s atomic watchdog said on Wednesday it failed to gain access to a key Iranian military site.
- 20:20 20/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 20 (RIA Novosti)
Iran launched on Monday four-day air defense drills to train protection of important national facilities, primarily nuclear facilities, Iran’s Fars news agency reported.
- 15:16 20/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 20 (RIA Novosti)
Between 90 and 100 kilograms of uranium have been enriched to 20 percent at a facility in the Iranian city of Natanz, the country’s news agency ISNA reported on Monday.
- 13:33 20/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 20 (RIA Novosti)
A high-level delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in the Iranian capital Tehran on Monday for talks on further cooperation.
- 17:46 19/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 19 (RIA Novosti)
Iran has stopped oil exports to British and French companies, the Islamic republic's oil ministry said on Sunday.
- 19:58 17/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 17 (RIA Novosti)
Pakistan will not provide any support to U.S. forces if the United States attacks Iran, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said in Islamabad at a press conference with the presidents of Afghanistan and Iran following a trilateral summit on Friday.
- 06:19 17/02/2012 WASHINGTON, February 17 (RIA Novosti)
The United States on Thursday extended its sanctions against Iran, the State Department reported.
- 18:54 16/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 16 (RIA Novosti)
Israel supports the use of all possible ways to stop Iran’s nuclear program, the country's ambassador to Russia Dorit Golender said on Thursday at a press conference.
- 13:05 16/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 16 (RIA Novosti)
Iran will counter any Western military action against it, Iran’s ambassador to Moscow said on Thursday.
- 23:06 15/02/2012 TEHRAN, February 15 (RIA Novosti, Marc Bennetts)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad trumpeted on Wednesday major advances in the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, in a move likely to further raise the stakes in its tense stand-off with the West.
- 19:53 15/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 15 (RIA Novosti)
Russia has ruled out backing Western sanctions against Iran, saying they are aimed at regime change in Tehran.
- 19:30 15/02/2012 TEHRAN, February 15 (RIA Novosti)
Iran has launched “a cascade of domestically-made uranium enrichment centrifuges” of the latest generation at a nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, Fars news agency reported on Wednesday, citing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
- 17:49 15/02/2012 TEHRAN, February 18 (RIA Novosti)
The Iranian Petroleum Ministry on Wednesday rejected media reports that Iran had stopped oil supplies to six European countries in response to the latest sanctions imposed by the EU against its energy and banking sectors.
- 16:58 15/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 15 (RIA Novosti)
Iran has stopped oil supplies to six European countries in response to the latest sanctions imposed by the European Union against its energy and banking sectors, Iran's state-run Press TV reported on Wednesday.
- 16:51 15/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 15 (RIA Novosti)
Iran has inserted its first homemade nuclear fuel rods into a research reactor in Tehran, Iranian state-run Press TV reported on Wednesday.
- 20:00 14/02/2012 TEHRAN, February 14 (RIA Novosti, Marc Bennetts)
Iran will insert its first domestically-produced nuclear fuel rods into a research reactor in Tehran on Wednesday, a top Iranian official told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
- 19:37 14/02/2012 TEHRAN, February 14 (RIA Novosti)
Iran will insert the first nuclear fuel rods produced in the country into a research reactor in Tehran on Wednesday, a top Iranian official told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
- 13:31 14/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 14 (RIA Novosti)
The situation surrounding Iran's controversial nuclear program is likely to come to a head by the summer, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Nikolai Makarov said.
- 18:56 13/02/2012 Marc Bennetts, RIA Novosti
The streets of Tehran were as bustling as ever on Monday, betraying little sign of mounting international tensions over Iran’s disputed nuclear program. But Iranians were split on whether the Islamic Republic was on the brink of war.
- 15:34 13/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 13 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow has called to use non-military means for solving the Iranian nuclear issue, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
- 10:30 13/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 13 (RIA Novosti)
The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned Azerbaijan’s ambassador on Sunday, accusing the country of colluding with the Israeli intelligence in the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist last month.
- 14:35 11/02/2012 TEHRAN, February 11 (Marc Bennetts, RIA Novosti)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday the West should cease speaking to Iran “in the language of force” if it wants to resolve the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program.
- 19:26 10/02/2012 NEW DELHI, February 10 (RIA Novosti)
The European Union has asked New Delhi to use its influence to draw Iran back into talks over its disputed nuclear ambitions, Indian TV channels said on Friday.
- 22:52 07/02/2012 Vladimir Yevseyev for RIA Novosti, from Herzliya (Israel) and Moscow
The Iranian problem is no longer confined to its nuclear program due to broader developments in the region. Saudi Arabia, Iran and Turkey are vying for regional leadership. Egypt is becoming increasingly destabilized, and the role of the United States in the region is waning.
- 19:09 07/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 7 (RIA Novosti)
The Iranian parliament said on Tuesday it could pass legislation to stop oil exports to some EU states in response to their efforts to enforce sanctions against Iran, Press TV reported.
- 14:15 06/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 6 (RIA Novosti)
Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Haled al-Halifa on Monday dismissed rumors that the United States plans to attack Iran over its controversial nuclear program.
- 06:16 06/02/2012 WASHINGTON, February 6 (RIA Novosti)
In an interview with NBC on Sunday night, U.S. President Barack Obama said he saw no grounds for rumors that Iran may be planning an attack on the United States.
- 13:38 05/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 5 (RIA Novosti)
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in south Iran, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its website on Sunday.
- 04:10 04/02/2012 WASHINGTON, February 4 (RIA Novosti)
The United States believes there is still time to pursue diplomacy and economic sanctions in search for ways to stop Iran from developing its nuclear program, U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said.
- 11:27 03/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 3 (RIA Novosti)
There is a growing possibility that Israel may attack Iranian nuclear facilities over the next few months, U.S. media reported.
- 18:48 02/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 2 (RIA Novosti)
Iran’s budget for the new fiscal year starting on March 20 should be cut by 5.6 percent and defense spending more than doubled, the Mehr news agency cited the Islamic Republic’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying.
- 18:38 02/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 2 (RIA Novosti)
The European parliament on Thursday called on Russia and China to back UN Security Council sanctions against Iran and cease assisting its nuclear activities.
- 17:51 02/02/2012 TEL AVIV, February 2 (RIA Novosti)
Iran has four tons of 20 percent enriched uranium, enough to make four crude nuclear bombs in a year, Israeli Military Intelligence head, Maj.Gen. Aviv Kochavi said on Thursday.
- 17:19 02/02/2012 RIA Novosti political commentator Dmitry Kosyrev
Those who hoped that the IAEA visit to Iran would open the door to resuming talks on Tehran’s nuclear programs must be disappointed. Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency spent three days in Iran, whose news agency published only a few short notices about their visit.
- 14:21 30/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 30 (RIA Novosti)
Iranian specialists plan to use domestically-produced fuel rods for a research reactor in the capital Tehran in just a few months, Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Sunday.
- 15:30 29/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 29 (RIA Novosti)
An EU embargo on oil imports from Iran may push world oil prices to $150 per barrel, the head of Iran’s state oil company said on Sunday.
- 08:52 29/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 29 (RIA Novosti)
A delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in Iran to discuss the Islamic Republic’s controversial nuclear program, the Iranian media reported on Sunday.
- 22:55 28/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 28 (RIA Novosti)
The Iranian government may ban imports of all products from Europe as an answer for the European Union which voted against oil imports this week, Iranian Press TV channel reported on Saturday.
- 13:19 28/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 28 (RIA Novosti)
Pentagon is stepping up efforts to make a bomb capable of destroying Iran's most heavily fortified underground facilities, the Wall Street Journal said on Saturday referring to U.S. officials briefed on the plan.
- 09:34 28/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 28 (RIA Novosti)
The Pentagon is going to send a large floating base to the Middle East, The Washington Post said.
- 12:20 27/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 27 (RIA Novosti, Howard Gethin)
The European Union agreed this week to introduce a ban on Iranian oil imports to the EU. Iran’s response was unequivocal.
- 10:51 26/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 26 (RIA Novosti)
Sanctions on Iran by the OECD states could push oil prices up 20-30 percent to $140 per barrel unless alternative supplies from developing countries come on line, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday.
- 07:11 25/01/2012 WASHINGTON, January 25 (RIA Novosti)
The United States will use all available options to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, President Barack Obama said in his State of the Union address on Tuesday.
- 05:32 24/01/2012 WASHINGTON, January 24 (RIA Novosti)
The United States will continue to impose sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear program, U.S. President Barack Obama said.
- 19:37 23/01/2012 BRUSSELS, January 23 (RIA Novosti)
The European Union slapped an embargo on Iranian oil supplies on Monday, the Council of the European Union said in a press statement.
- 07:53 21/01/2012 WASHINGTON, January 21 (RIA Novosti)
The United States expect the European Union to take steps to pressure Iran back into negotiations on its controversial nuclear activity, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said.
- 16:56 20/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 20 (RIA Novosti)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday urged “more decisive” sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program but warned that time was running out to avoid military intervention.
- 13:04 20/01/2012 RIA Novosti military commentator Konstantin Bogdanov
The United States has been massing naval forces off Iran’s shores. Since November the media has been filled with rumors about an imminent military strike on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.
- 10:51 20/01/2012
A second Iranian uranium enrichment plant has opened near the city of Qom
- 15:09 19/01/2012 ANKARA, January 19 (RIA Novosti)
Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Thursday urged the West to think twice before introducing an oil embargo against his country over the situation around the Strait of Hormuz.
- 19:18 18/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 18 (Marc Bennetts for RIA Novosti)
Russia warned that an attack on Iran would be a "catastrophe" for the region and said world powers should adopt a policy of non-intervention in the Middle East and North Africa.
- 17:05 18/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 18 (Marc Bennetts for RIA Novosti)
An attack on Iran by Western powers could cause an unpredictable “chain reaction” throughout the region, Russia’s foreign minister warned.
- 20:23 16/01/2012
The United States and the United Kingdom continue to build up their regional military presence in the wake of Iranian statements about the possibility of blocking the Strait of Hormuz.
- 18:40 16/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 16 (RIA Novosti)
Iran has arrested several people in the killing of a nuclear scientist last week that Tehran blames on Israel and the United States, parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani told state Al-Alam TV, Tehran Times daily said on Monday.
- 13:52 16/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 16 (RIA Novosti)
Iran has received and is studying a letter from the U.S. on a potential dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, the key waterway that Tehran has threatened to close in response to sanctions, Iran’s Fars News Agency said on Monday, citing a Foreign Ministry spokesman.
- 18:33 13/01/2012 Political commentator Andrei Murtazin specially for RIA Novosti
Japan is supporting the European Union's intention to impose an embargo on Iranian crude oil imports, Japan’s Finance Minister Jun Azumi said on Thursday.
- 03:12 13/01/2012 WASHINGTON, January 13 (RIA Novosti)
The United States has unilaterally imposed sanctions on three foreign energy firms involved in the provision of refined petroleum products to Iran
- 02:04 13/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 13 (RIA Novosti)
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused the U.S. and Israeli intelligence services of the involvement in the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist
- 15:36 12/01/2012 Weekly column by Fyodor Lukyanov
The January/February 2012 issue of the magazine Foreign Affairs features an article with the shocking title: Time to Attack Iran: Why a Strike Is the Least Bad Option. It is indicative of the current mood and may set the tone for the rest of the year.
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