Government of Iran

Chavez praises Carlos the Jackal

Hugo Chavez has defended the alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was an important "revolutionary fighter" who supported the cause of the Palestinians.

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Iran refinery to issue bonds worth $250 million

Iran's largest refinery will start issuing bonds on Sunday worth a total of 2.5 trillion rials (about $250 million) to help finance expansion of gasoline production, state broadcaster IRIB reported on Saturday. Iran is the...

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Iran: $4B For Yadavaran Jofeir Development

The Iranian government approved the development of Yadavaran and Jofeir oilfields as buy-back schemes worth $4.071 billion by China's Sinopec and Belarusian Belarusneft in order to produce 110,000 barrels of oil per day.

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UN Calls on Iran to Address Serious Human Rights Violations

Deputy Spokesman Wood (Nov. 20): "The United States welcomes the resolution passed today by the United Nations calling upon the Government of Iran to respect its human rights obligations fully. In addition, to longstanding...

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Piaget Building Could Go to Auction

Real Estate in Recovery: What Can Be Done to Prepare for a Turnaround Presented By: Schulte Roth & Zabel and GlobeSt.com The troubled real estate market has created a buyers’ market for mortgage loan portfolios, RMBS and CMBS,...

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ElBaradei urges Iran to agree fuel deal by year end

BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief urged Iran on Friday to accept an offer to process its enriched uranium abroad by the end of 2009, and advised Western powers not to impose further sanctions on Tehran.

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U.N. Calls on Iran to Address Serious Human Rights Violations

U.S. welcomes U.N. resolution against Iran’s human rights practices U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman STATEMENT BY ROBERT WOOD, DEPUTY SPOKESMAN U.N. Calls on Iran to Address Serious Human Rights Violations The...

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Israel seeks to check Iranian inroads in South America

BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Israel is seeking to check Iranian diplomatic and trade advances in South America, a region where it has enjoyed sympathy and support since its founding, but a fuller picture of shifting alliances...

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Iran's president calls for expansion of trade ties with Turkey

TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday called for the expansion of trade ties between Iran and Turkey, the official IRNA news agency reported. "Iran and Turkey can be each other's major...

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Iran looking for missing oil revenue

TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The missing $1 billion from the oil coffers in the Iranian treasury must be investigated, said the head of the Iranian energy committee. A state audit from earlier this year found the Iranian Oil...

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