Tag: Iran

• 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.

• Sunday, April 1st 2012 - 08:45 UTC

  Sanctions on Iran force Uruguay to propose Teheran rice for oil barter deal

  

  Uruguay will consult with Iran the possibility of exporting rice in exchange for oil, the government of President Jose Mujica said on Friday.

• Saturday, March 17th 2012 - 06:07 UTC

  Argentina/Israel honour victims of 1992 terrorist attack and accuse Iran

  

  Argentina and Israel gathered on Friday to honour the 29 victims of the 1992 terrorist car bombing at the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, the first of two deadly attacks against Jewish interests in Argentina. The second in July 1994 against the Jewish community organization AMIA claimed 85 lives.