Britain has cut off all ties between its financial sector and Iranian banks, with coordinated U.S. and Canadian sanctions expected to follow, as Western powers look to boost pressure on the country over its secretive nuclear program.
Photographer Abbas Atilay of RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service visited the markets of Tabriz and Orumieh (Urmia) in northwestern Iran’s mainly ethnic Azeri provinces. These bazaars are not only the commercial hearts of the cities; they are also the political centers that have spawned recent protest movements.
The chief of Iran's official IRNA news agency, who is also press adviser to the president, has been sentenced by a Tehran court to one year in prison on charges of "publishing materials contrary to Islamic norms."
The Iranian state news agency IRNA reports that the country's leading reformist newspaper has been banned for two months for "spreading lies."
A relative of the top Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps commander killed in a mysterious blast last week has told Iranian news agencies that his brother died while testing an intercontinental missile.
The UN General Assembly has condemned an alleged plot, blamed by U.S. authorities on Iranian agents, to kill Saudi Arabia's envoy to the United States and urged Iran to obey international law.
The White House says Iran is facing an unprecedented degree of isolation, with major world powers united in their opposition to Tehran getting a nuclear weapon.
The UN's nuclear watchdog has approved a new resolution aimed at increasing international pressure on Iran to address growing worries about its controversial nuclear program.
The UN's nuclear watchdog has passed a new resolution expressing deep concern over Iran's nuclear program, sparking calls for additional sanctions against Tehran. But the success of those measures could depend on Turkey, one of Iran's last major trading partners.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has said he will raise American concerns about the unintended consequences of any military action against Iran during talks with his Israeli counterpart. Panetta said a strike on Iran could harm the world economy, and he pointed to a U.S. analysis that a strike on Iran would set back its nuclear program, which Iran says is only for peaceful purposes, by one or two years at most.
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog says he wants to send a delegation to Iran to investigate whether the country is developing nuclear weapons. The request came as world powers reached rare agreement on a draft IAEA resolution aimed at pressuring Iran to address "deep and increasing concern" about its controversial nuclear program.
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