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Saudi Arabia and Kuwait sign off on a 50-year program to explore the Arash gas field, which is located on the maritime border between the two countries and also extends into Iranian waters. Iran says that the deal is illegal.
2022-03-26

Iran reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant with more than 10 people detected in Mashhad.
2021-06-29

Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education reports the highest daily death toll to date from COVID-19, recording 163 deaths. Iran's cases reach 240,438 while the deaths jump to 11,571.
2020-07-5

Hassan Rouhani, President-elect of Iran, criticizes the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) over its news censorship of the Syrian civil war and the 2009–10 election protests. He also says Iran needs a cautious approach in its foreign policy.
2013-06-30

German Nobel laureate Günter Grass's poem, that accuses Israel of plotting to "wipe out" Iran, generates controversy.
2012-04-4

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to make an "important nuclear announcement" within days.
2012-02-11

Iran has turned down the United States request to return a RQ-170 that was captured recently by Iranian forces after it crash landed in the country. Iranian officials report that they are extracting data from the aircraft. Iranian officials stated the drone was brought down by a cyber attack.
2011-12-13

Six world powers and Iran meet in Istanbul to talk about Iran's nuclear programme; Iran denies allegations it is developing nuclear weapons.
2011-01-21

Nigeria reports Iran to the United Nations Security Council over the seizure of a shipment of weapons.
2010-11-16