The growing rift between Iran and the United States took me back to my days at the United Nations(UN) in New York last year. I ...
01:42 PM, May 17, 2012
Dubai: Iran has hanged a man it said was an agent for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad whom it convicted of killing one of its nuclear scientists in 2010, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday. Twenty-four year old Majid Jamali Fashi was hanged at Tehran's Evin Prison after being sentenced to death in August last year for the murder of Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, Iran's state news agency quoted the central prosecutor's office...
02:14 PM, May 15, 2012
Dubai: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Iran would not agree to world powers imposing pre-conditions ahead of the resumption of nuclear talks later this week, Iranian media reported on Monday. "Setting conditions before the meeting means drawing conclusions, which is completely meaningless and none of the parties will accept conditions set before the talks," the Iranian parliamentary news agency quoted him as saying. US officials say that getting...
05:07 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Washington: The US is in touch with several countries including India and Turkey to how to "significantly reduce" their dependence on Iranian oil to avoid American sanctions in this regard, a State Department official said. "We are working hard with India to see if we can help with regard to reducing the country's dependence and the dependence of any of the other countries on Iranian crude, and looking at alternative...
08:26 AM, Mar 23, 2012
Mumbai: Makers of the upcoming 'Agent Vinod' today refuted the claim made by an Iranian music band, which said that there are similarities between film's 'Pungi Baja De' and their number 'Soosan Khanoom'. Barobax Corp, a music company, founded by three Iranian nationals, has slapped a legal notice against the makers of the soon-to-be-released Bollywood action-spy movie, 'Agent Vinod', for allegedly infringing their copyright over the prelude used in the...
07:27 PM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: While Agent Vinods song Pyaar Ki Pungi rides high on the popularity wave " the hype around the film is just getting escalated. As the news goes " the music director and the distributors are now facing a copyright violation for the song from an Iranian band. The Iranian band " Barobax Corp " has slapped a legal notice on music director Pritam Chakraborty and distributors for the...
01:25 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Mumbai: Just as the song 'Pyaar Ki Pungi' from Saif Ali Khan's spy thriller Agent Vinod is gaining popularity, an Iranian music band has slapped a legal notice on music director Pritam Chakraborty and distributors for alleged copyright violation. The music band Barobax Corp was founded in 2003 by three Iranian nationals Kashayar Haghgoo, Kevian Haghgoo and Hamid Farouzmand. According to the legal notice issued by law firm Vidhii Partners,...
11:23 AM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Thursday confirmed Iranian link to the Israel Embassy car attack case. The Delhi Police has identified 3 Iranians who were allegedly involved in the terror attack that left a diplomat's wife injured. A court has issued non-bailable warrants against them. Meanwhile, the only person to be detained, Indian journalist Syed Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi is said to have been a part of the conspiracy since...
09:41 AM, Mar 15, 2012
Washington: The United States is having "very intense and very blunt" conversations with India, China and Turkey on reducing their dependence on Iranian oil, the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told lawmakers. Clinton, testifying before a Congressional committee on Tuesday, said the US is asking these countries to take specific measures that would reduce their dependence on Iranian oil adding. But, without naming one, she did acknowledge that this...
11:19 AM, Feb 29, 2012
Washington: The United States is pressuring the European Union and a global electronic banking system to expel Iranian banks from a network used to transfer money, another step in Western efforts to deprive Tehran of funds needed to develop nuclear weapons. Kicking Iranian banks out of the Belgium-based SWIFT, or Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, would cut off one of the only remaining avenues for Iran to transact business...
07:19 AM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: Iranian Ambassador to India Mehdi Nabizadeh on Wednesday denied Iran's role behind the Israel embassy car attack. "We are denying this. I hope the case will be verified. India and Iran always had a good relation. Definitely both governments will collaborate with each other," he said. He said, "It happened in India and if Indian security says something like this, we have to verify. We hope that India...
02:07 PM, Feb 15, 2012
Editor-in-Chief of the Thai-ASEAN News Network Chandaporn Lin and Indian Ambassador to Thailand Anil Wadhwa talk to CNN-IBN. ...
06:11 PM, Feb 14, 2012
Bangkok: An Iranian man carrying explosives blew off his own legs and wounded four other people in two blasts on Tuesday in Bangkok, Thai authorities said. Security forces found more explosives in the assailant's rented house in the Thai capital, but it was not known what targets they might have been meant for, Police Gen. Pansiri Prapawat said. A day earlier, an Israeli diplomatic car was bombed in New Delhi,...
06:03 PM, Feb 14, 2012
Washington: US-Iran ties hit a new low on Monday as the Obama administration ordered blocking of Iranian government properties and financial institutions in America. Obama said that additional sanctions are needed due to the "deceptive practices" by Iran's banks including the Central Bank to conceal transactions. The US has accused Iran of pursuing a nuclear weapons programme against stiff world opposition. Meanwhile, US banks have been given new powers to...
07:06 AM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: An Israeli website has suggested that India has agreed to pay Iran in gold for oil purchases, but Indian authorities have called the report "speculative". In an "exclusive report" on Jan 23 this year, the website, debka.com, quoted Iranian sources as saying that "India is the first buyer of Iranian oil to agree to pay for its purchases in gold instead of US dollars". However, Indian government officials...
03:52 PM, Jan 26, 2012
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