Tag: Iran

Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 - 06:39 UTC
Capriles pledges support for peace talks in Colombia and distance from Iran

Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles pledged to help Colombia in its peace talks with rebels and distance himself from Iran should he defeat President Hugo Chávez in an increasingly tight race ahead of Sunday's election.
Friday, September 28th 2012 - 05:58 UTC
Argentina and Iran begin talks on the bombings of 1992 1994; next round Geneva

Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman met with his Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi at the United Nations headquarters in New York, and announced that they decided to continue negotiations through government officials from both ministries in Geneva next month.
Wednesday, September 26th 2012 - 06:55 UTC
Argentina and Iran to discuss bombings in Buenos Aires in the nineties

President Cristina Fernández announced that Argentina and Iran will meet to discuss the two bombings of Jewish targets in the 1990's, attacks in which Iran was accused by Argentine courts of playing a role.
Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 04:35 UTC
The endless war: Saudi Arabia goes on the offensive against Iran

Saudi Arabia has gone on the offensive against Iran to protect its interests. Their involvement in Syria is the first battle in what is going to be a long bloody conflict that will know no frontiers or limits.
Wednesday, August 8th 2012 - 19:41 UTC
In carefully worded statement British bank rejects money laundering claims by US regulator

As British bank denies accusations it hid 250 billion dollars in transactions with Iranian banks, its share price falls sharply. Standard Chartered has rejected a US regulator's claim that it hid 250 billion dollars in transactions with Iranian banks in violation of US sanctions.
Tuesday, August 7th 2012 - 08:19 UTC
US regulator claims Standard Chartered bank laundered 250bn dollars for Iran

Standard Chartered bank illegally “schemed” with Iran to launder as much as 250bn dollars for nearly a decade, a US regulator says. The New York State Department of Financial Services said that the bank hid 60.000 secret transactions for “Iranian financial institutions” that were subject to US economic sanctions.
Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 08:04 UTC
Israel links attack in Bulgaria to ‘Iranian terror’ and AMIA anniversary in Buenos Aires

Six people were killed in a bomb attack on a bus carrying Israeli tourists at a Bulgarian airport on Wednesday and Israel accused Tehran of carrying out the attack, promising a strong response to “Iranian terror”.
Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 06:08 UTC
Iranian president meets with Bolivia’s Morales reinforce cooperation deals

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stopped in Bolivia Tuesday en route to the Rio+20 summit in Brazil, to court support from another Latin American nation which has tense ties with the United States.
Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 05:59 UTC
Jewish centre asks for arrest of Iranian terrorist-suspects if they attend Rio+20

The Simon Wiesenthal Centre has requested the Brazilian government “to arrest and extradite” any Iranian officials with pending arrest warrants from Interpol because of their links with a terrorist attack in Argentina, if they arrive in Brazil for the Rio+20 conference as members of the official delegation from Teheran.
Tuesday, May 8th 2012 - 22:37 UTC
China buying oil from Iran using the Yuan, reveals Teheran ambassador in UAE

China is buying crude oil from Iran using its currency the Yuan, an Iranian diplomat has said. Oil transactions are usually settled in dollars but US sanctions make it difficult for Iran to accept payments in the US currency.