Sources: RIA Novosti Tehran Times
The Iranian IRGC Navy seizes two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and is towing the vessels to the country's Bushehr port, claiming they are part of a "fuel-smuggling network". It is currently unknown what countries the vessels belong to. 2025-03-31
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Kamal Kharazi, confirms that Iran now has the capabilities to develop and build a nuclear weapon but says that "there has been no decision by Iran to build one". Kharazi also warns that Iran will "directly respond" to Israel if it is attacked. 2022-07-17
At least seven ships are burnt following an unspecified incident in the Iranian port city of Bushehr. 2020-07-15
Iran, Turkey, and the United States call for the sides to peacefully resolve their differences. 2017-06-5
President Barack Obama has sufficient support in the United States Senate to uphold a veto of the proposed congressional vote of disapproval of the nuclear deal with Iran. 2015-09-2
Four suspects are arrested in Germany for their alleged involvement in illegally providing Iran with necessary technical parts to build a nuclear reactor. 2012-08-15
Russian engineers start loading fuel into Iran's first nuclear reactor at Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. 2010-08-21
Iranian woman Sakineh Mohamamadi e Ashtiani is convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz. 2010-06-30
Iran's atomic energy chief says Iran will begin building a new nuclear reactor, and Iran will keep enriching uranium, despite UN nuclear sanctions. 2010-06-16