DTN News: Iran Top Stories / Headlines News Dated February 24, 2012
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EU mulls expelling Iran from SWIFT
Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:32PM
Member states of the European Union may agree in coming weeks to stop the global electronic money transfer system, SWIFT, from doing business with Iranian banks.
Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:25PM
A reporters’ rights association in Azerbaijan has condemned the recent arrest of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) employees in the capital city of Baku.
Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:14PM
An informed source in Iran’s Supreme Court says the Court has not handed down its final verdict in the case of an Iranian-born convert to Christianity, Yousef Nadarkhani, Press TV reports.
Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:46PM
Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has expressed Tehran’s readiness to continue cooperative negotiations with the nuclear body.
Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:44PM
Western oil experts believe that the European Union ban on Iranian oil to increase pressure on Tehran over its peaceful nuclear program may breathe new life into the country's ageing oil fields.
Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:24PM
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued its new report on Iran's nuclear program claiming that the country has stepped up uranium enrichment.
Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:8PM
A senior Iranian official has announced that the country is in possession of the technological know-how to design and build small turbofan engines used in various types of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV).
Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:0PM
Turkey’s Energy Minister Taner Yildiz has once again reiterated that his country will not abide by EU and US sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:21PM
Several Malaysian human rights organizations and civil society members have condemned US and Israeli threats against the Islamic Republic of Iran, Press TV reports.
Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:29PM
An Energy Ministry official says after starting power generation using natural gas from Forouz B gas field, Iran will be able to sell USD 1.5-2 billion worth of electricity to Oman, Qatar, and the UAE.
Globe and Mail - VIENNA— AP Iran has rapidly ramped up production of higher-grade enriched uranium over the past few months, the UN nuclear agency said Friday, in a confidential report that feeds concerns about how quickly the Islamic republic could produce an atomic ... |
CBC.ca - Oil prices closed above $109 US a barrel Friday on fresh concerns about Iran's nuclear program and despite evidence that demand remains weak. |
Tehelka - The diplomatic conundrum confronting India on Iran isn't quite rocket science. That Iran is an important country for India is a no-brainer. |
Reuters India - Brent crude surged to over $125 a barrel after the United Nation's nuclear watchdog issued a report flagging the potential military nature of Iran's nuclear program, following an aborted UN inspection mission to Iran this week. |
Wall Street Journal - By BENOIT FAUCON LUANDA, Angola—Angola's Sonangol is pulling out of a $7.5 billion natural-gas project inIran due to sanctions, a top executive with the African state-oil giant said Friday, as Western pressure on African ties with Tehran scored its ... |
Forbes - (Kitco News) - Higher gold prices are possible next week as tensions with Iran continue to escalate, market watchers said. Prices were lower on Friday, but up on the week. |
Washington Post - EL PASO, Texas - A retired British businessman accused of plotting to sell missile components to Iran headed to the United States Friday to face charges after failing to overturn an extradition order. |
Aljazeera.com - A United Nations nuclear watchdog report says Iran continues with its uranium enrichment drive, a move certain to further fuel Western alarm about Tehran's atomic ambitions. |
Pakistan Daily Times - ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will export one million tonnes of wheat to Iran under barter trade system and, in exchange, import fertilizer and iron ore from Iran. This was discussed and finalised during a meeting held between Federal Minister for Water and ... |
IBNLive.com - New Delhi: India's export guarantee agency has not stopped giving insurance cover to shipments to Iran and has only tightened criteria as part of a more cautious approach, official sources said on Friday, as western sanctions make trade with Tehran ... |
Ahram Online - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, listens during an interview with editorial staff from the Associated Press on Thursday, Sept. |
CTV.ca - (Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS) OTTAWA - A former Israeli security adviser and spy says Prime Minister Harper has offered an "eloquent" assessment of the threat posed by a nuclear-armed Iran. Harper has faced some criticism for amplifying the ... |
Written by  Huffington Post - A strike on Iran would be a "disaster" for the Middle East's burgeoning democracies, said Wadah Khanfar, the former director general of Al Jazeera, in an interview with The Huffington Post this week. |
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