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  • British Court Ruling Threatens Iran Sanctions

    LONDON Western government sanctions against Iran suffered a big setback on Wednesday when Britain's top court ruled that the government was wrong to have imposed sanctions on the biggest Iranian private bank over alleged links to Tehran's nuclear program. The Bank Mellat case and 50 more like it pending at the European Union's General Court have cast a cloud over the future of EU ...

  • PM congratulates President-elect Rowhani of Iran

    The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has congratulated President-elect Hasssan Rowhani of Iran on his election. Dr. Singh in his congratulatory message said India and Iran enjoy deep historical and civilizational links, which have provided a strong foundation for our broad-based and mutually beneficial relationship. "We look forward to strengthening this relationship further and ...

  • Analysts Assess Impact of Military Attack on Iran

    The United States and the European Union believe Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons, but Tehran says its program is for peaceful, civilian purposes. The international community has been trying for years to persuade Iran to end its uranium-enrichment program, but to no avail. Low-enriched uranium can be used for civilian nuclear-power plants, but highly enriched uranium is an ...

  • NRI lawyer wins Iran bank case in British Supreme Court

    Mumbai-born Parsi lawyer Sarosh Zaiwala Wednesday notched a remarkable success in a bank case in the British Supreme Court, with major ramifications on the international banking system, an official said. By the court verdict, the British government's sanctions on Iran's largest private bank, Bank Mellat, were lifted after the its security service's "Secret Court" failed to produce significant ...

  • British High Court Quashes Sanctions On Private Iranian Bank

    Britain's Supreme Court has ruled that sanctions should not have been imposed on Iran’s biggest private bank over its alleged links to Iran's nuclear weapons program. The court ruled that Bank Mellat had been arbitrarily, irrationally, and disproportionately singled out for punishment and that the sanctions should be quashed. The ruling means that the bank can now sue the ...

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  • What Does It Mean That Irans President-Elect Is A Moderate

    The man elected to be Iran's new president has been consistently described as moderate. In the days since the election, many have come to question what that means -- especially when it comes to the country's nuclear program and its relations with the U.S. Steve Inskeep talks to one of the president-elect's long-time deputies, Hossein ...

  • India welcomes election of Hassan Rouhani as President of Iran

    NRI News: "It's an outcome of Iranian democracy. Iranian democracy has evolved over the years," India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, who is on a two day visit to Iraq, which is bordering Iran ...

  • Russia calls for holding full-fledged round of Sextet-Iran talks as soon as possible

    ST PETERSBURG, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - Russia calls for holding the full-fledged round of talks between the Sextet and Iran on Tehran’s nuclear dossier as soon as possible, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Rossiya 24 TV Channel on Thursday. The minister stressed that after the presidential elections in Iran "we call for holding the full-fledged talks between the Sextet and ...

  • Report Irans Rohani tied to AMIA 1994 bombing

    'Washington Free Beacon' cites indictment by the Argentine government prosecutor accusing the Iranian government of directing the bombing; says Iranian president-elect connected to decision to launch ...

  • Iran springs a promising surprise

    /enpproperty--> The victory of moderate leader Hassan Rouhani in the June 15 presidential election in Iran - in which he routed hard-line conservatives by garnering more than 50 percent of the votes - reflects Iranian people's strong desire for change. The United Nations and the world's major powers, including the United States and the European Union, have responded ...

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