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Iranian dairy company unveils five-ton ice cream tub to break world record
An Iranian dairy company unveiled a five-ton tub of chocolate ice cream in Tehran on Monday in a bid to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records. The company, Choopan, put the giant tub, which is more than two metres (6.5 feet) wide and 1.60 metres (5.2 feet)…
Iran confirms plans for 3,000 modern centrifuges
AFP – Iran’s atomic chief said on Sunday that Tehran planned to install 3,000 new generation centrifuges at one of its nuclear plants, confirming what the UN nuclear watchdog reported in February. “The production line of these centrifuges has been completed,” Fereydoon Abbasi Davani was quoted as saying by the…
U.S. tightens sanctions on Iran over nuclear program
The United States on Wednesday tightened sanctions on Iran to further choke off its oil income, saying it was necessary to increase pressure on Tehran over its suspected nuclear weapons program. It also set sanctions against Iranian media organizations and Tehran’s Cyber Police for what it called human rights abuses…
Iran jury finds Reuters news agency guilty of ‘propaganda against the regime’ over ninja report
A Tehran jury on Sunday found the international news agency Reuters guilty of the crime of “propaganda against the regime” for a report mischaracterising female ninja students as assassins, Iranian media said. Reuters was also found guilty of “publishing false information in an effort to disturb public opinion” over the…
If Iran builds bomb, U.S. has a year to act: Panetta
WASHINGTON — The United States would have about a year to take action if Iran decided to build a nuclear weapon, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday, despite urgent warnings from Israel that time is running out to prevent Tehran from getting the bomb. The Pentagon chief told “CBS This…
Canada breaks off relations with Iran
Canada has closed its Tehran embassy and ordered Iranian diplomats expelled, in a damning severance of ties in which it accused the Islamic Republic of being the biggest threat to world peace. Canada did not cite a specific incident that caused the breakdown, but issued a strongly worded attack on…
U.S. imposes new sanctions on Iran oil sector
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama on Tuesday imposed new economic sanctions on Iran’s oil export sector and on a pair of Chinese and Iraqi banks accused of doing business with Tehran. In a statement released by the White House, Obama said the new measures underlined the United States’ determination…
Iran opens new talks with UN nuclear watchdog
The UN nuclear watchdog was holding fresh talks with Iran Friday in Vienna, where it was expected to push for access to a suspected testing site near Tehran. The agency’s chief inspector Herman Nackaerts and deputy director general Rafael Grossi were meeting Iran’s envoy to the agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh,…
U.S. demands ‘actions’ from Iran in nuclear talks
WASHINGTON — The United States Wednesday rebuffed an Iranian warning that new nuclear talks would fail if they were used to exert pressure, demanding assurances Tehran was not building an atomic bomb. “We will demand that Iran live up to its international obligations — that it provide verifiable assurances it…
EU slaps oil embargo on Iran
The EU agreed an embargo on Iran’s oil exports Monday as well as financial sanctions as the West ramped up pressure on Tehran’s suspect nuclear drive to press it to return to the negotiating table. “This is an important decision. It will be a major strengthening of the sanctions applied on Iran,”…
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