Iran declares bankruptcy of big bank
Iran declared one of the country’s largest private banks bankrupt with its assets absorbed by the state, official media reported Saturday, in a rare move in the country grappling with international sanctions...
Iran declared one of the country’s largest private banks bankrupt with its assets absorbed by the state, official media reported Saturday, in a rare move in the country grappling with international sanctions...
Iran warned on Thursday against fresh attacks on his country, after UN nuclear watchdog chief said he fears a possible ‘renewed use of force’ if attempts at diplomacy with Tehran fail.
Iran ratified a law joining a United Nations convention against terror financing, local media reported Wednesday, in hopes it will lead to access to global banking, an easing of trade and relieving pressure on its sanctions-hit economy...
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday rebuffed claims by US president Donald Trump that the Islamic republic’s nuclear sites had been destroyed by US strikes in June...
Iran said on Saturday that it was no longer bound by restrictions on its nuclear programme as a landmark 10-year deal between it and world powers expired, though Tehran reiterated its ‘commitment to diplomacy’.
Iran on Friday condemned strikes by its arch-foe Israel on southern Lebanon, a stronghold of its close ally Hezbollah.
Iran said on Tuesday that US president Donald Trump’s call for a peace deal with Tehran was inconsistent with Washington’s actions, referring to its strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in June.
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on dozens of people, companies and ships tied to Iran’s oil sector, stepping up its campaign against a key revenue source for Tehran.
The US Treasury announced sanctions on more than 50 people, companies and ships tied to Iran’s oil sector on Thursday, stepping up its campaign against a key revenue source for Tehran...
Iran summoned envoys from European Union member states to protest the bloc’s ‘interventionist’ statements on contested islands in the Strait of Hormuz as well as the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme, local media reported Wednesday...
Iran’s parliament on Sunday approved a plan to remove four zeros from the national currency, the rial, which has sharply depreciated as the country grapples with renewed sanctions...
Iran does not plan to immediately resume nuclear talks with European nations after they reimposed sanctions, the foreign ministry said on Monday...
Iran’s top diplomat said Sunday that cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog was no longer relevant following the reimposition of international sanctions on the Islamic republic.
Iran’s judiciary said on Saturday it had executed six members of a ‘terrorist’ group convicted of waging armed attacks in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.
Iranian authorities on Wednesday approved a bill toughening penalties for those convicted of spying on behalf of Israel and the United States, months after the 12-day war between the foes...
US sanctions went into effect Monday on a major Indian port project in Iran, as president Donald Trump again showed his willingness to punish longstanding partner New Delhi in aid of his wider regional goals — in this case to pressure Tehran...
The European Union confirmed on Monday it had reimposed sweeping sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, after the United Nations reinstated its overarching measures.
Iran on Sunday condemned as ‘unjustifiable’ the reinstatement of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear programme, after the collapse of talks with Western powers and Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear sites.
Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday slammed as ‘unacceptable’ what he described as US demands that Tehran hand over its enriched uranium, as sweeping UN sanctions loomed after nuclear talks collapsed.
Iran and Russia signed a $25 billion deal to build nuclear power plants in the Islamic republic, Iranian state media reported Friday, just hours ahead of the likely return of sweeping UN sanctions on Iran.
Iran’s president repeated Wednesday that his country is not seeking nuclear weapons, after military strikes by Israel and the United States earlier this year, and impending sanctions triggered by European powers.
Once a symbol of cultural prestige, Iran’s handmade rugs are no longer selling as fast as they once did, as sanctions weigh on an already troubled economy and buyers’ tastes change.
Iran has executed at least 1,000 people so far in 2025, an NGO said on Tuesday, denouncing a ‘mass killing campaign’ in prisons in the Islamic republic.
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, said Monday that diplomatic efforts to resolve the dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme were at a ‘difficult juncture’ but dialogue would continue.
Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday that he put forward a ‘fair and balanced’ nuclear proposal to European powers to prevent the return of UN sanctions on the Islamic republic.
Iran on Wednesday dismissed as ‘nonsense’ US secretary of state Marco Rubio’s criticism this week of the Islamic republic’s missile programme as an ‘unacceptable risk’...
A total of 23 vice-president candidates bagged less than 10 votes each in Tuesday’s Dhaka University Central Students’ Union elections...
Iran’s new cooperation framework with the UN nuclear watchdog includes ‘all facilities and installations’ in the Islamic republic, the agency’s head said Wednesday — though Iran said the agreement itself ‘does not create access’...
Chinese president Xi Jinping on Monday proposed the global governance initiative for advancing toward a community with a shared future for humanity...
Russia and Belarus presidents joined two dozen Eurasian leaders on Monday at a ceremony hosted by China’s Xi Jinping, on the final day of a showpiece summit aimed at putting Beijing front and centre of regional relations...