Iran
April 09, 2012
TEHRAN--Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama accused the International Atomic Energy Agency of having “double standards,” an Iranian presidential website said, in a report...
April 07, 2012
MANAMA, Bahrain--Bahrain and five other Persian Gulf nations will finalize plans to deploy a U.S. missile defense system in June, Bahrain’s foreign minister told The Asahi...
April 07, 2012
TEHRAN -- Iran plans to more than double power generation from wind and other renewable energies in a year, although sanctions over its nuclear program could delay the...
April 06, 2012
BEIJING -- A senior Chinese diplomat said on April 6 an attack on Iran would invite devastating retaliation that would envelop the region and destabilize the global economic...
April 05, 2012
Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is planning to visit Iran for talks with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, despite barely disguised exasperation with his freelance diplomacy...
March 24, 2012
BRUSSELS -- The European Union agreed on March 23 to exempt until July 1 some insurance on Iranian oil shipments headed for destinations other than Europe from its embargo on...
March 22, 2012
Three months of intensive negotiations kept Japan off a U.S. list of countries subject to sanctions for continuing oil purchases from Iran, avoiding a nightmare scenario in...
March 21, 2012
WASHINGTON -- The United States on March 20 exempted Japan and 10 EU nations from financial sanctions because they have significantly cut purchases of Iranian crude oil, but...
March 19, 2012
SEOUL--North Korea, from the mid-1960s through 1981, sent military personnel to Iran, Syria and elsewhere and took in thousands of guerrillas and rebel elements from dozens of...
March 19, 2012
KARAJ, Iran--Thousands of women in Iran have been learning the way of the ninja, but they are far from stealthy killers, according to a top trainer in the country.
March 14, 2012
The government announced March 13 that it will freeze the assets in Japan of Bank Tejarat, a major Iranian bank.
March 10, 2012
VIENNA -- The U.N. nuclear watchdog does not rule out that Iran may be trying to remove evidence from a military site that inspectors want to visit as part of an inquiry into...
March 10, 2012
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said March 9 that the United States and South Korea were making progress in discussions on the implementation of new U.S....
March 06, 2012
Japan should dispatch the Self-Defense Forces to the Strait of Hormuz if armed conflict or other contingencies erupt over Iran's nuclear development program, a special adviser...
March 06, 2012
BEIJING -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on March 6 repeated a warning that Beijing is opposed to Iran possessing nuclear weapons, but defended Tehran's right to...
March 05, 2012
Japan and the United States are close to an agreement on cuts in Japanese imports of Iranian oil that will allow Tokyo to avoid U.S. sanctions, and may conclude a deal this...
March 02, 2012
Japanese buyers of Iran crude may ask Tehran to include a force majeure clause in contracts if they are unable to pay Iran or lift Iranian oil due to lack of insurance cover...
February 29, 2012
Japan will likely avoid U.S. sanctions against Iran as it is continuing to reduce imports of Iranian oil, Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba said on Feb. 29.
February 25, 2012
NEW YORK -- Brent crude futures settled near a 10-month high above $125 a barrel on Feb. 24, posting a fifth straight weekly gain as heightened concerns over tensions with Iran ...
February 25, 2012
VIENNA- Iran has sharply stepped up its controversial uranium enrichment drive, the U.N. nuclear agency said on Feb. 24 in a report that will further inflame Israeli fears the...