Foreign Relations of Iran

3 Jul 2012

Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...

ICAC's new chief faces the media

7:09PM

China, Russia state support for Iran, Syria

7 Jun 2012

In high-level talks yesterday, leaders of China and Russia jointly opposed imposing unilateral sanctions on Iran, while expressing opposition to foreign intervention in Syria.

4:54PM

Regime change in Iran is Israel's true target

9 Mar 2012

The last time US President Barack Obama met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it was obvious that the two men distrusted and despised each other.

9:35AM

China and US in close contact over Syria, Iran

7 Mar 2012

Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi says China and the United States have maintained close contact over Syria and Iran, despite their disagreements on how to handle both crises.

9:23AM

Transfer of nuclear technology a time bomb

11 Nov 2011

The panic button on Iran is being pressed again. A report by the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), suggests that Iran has taken more significant steps towards...

12:26AM

It's all just a matter of business for HK merchants

18 Jan 2011

Despite the fact Hong Kong companies have played a key role in helping Iran's state-owned shipping line evade UN sanctions, the city's government has yet to say when it will enact legislation...

10:34AM

Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

3:33AM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

3:35AM

Can Israel attack Iran without US backing?

As the likelihood of an American attack on Iran recedes with the fading of the Bush presidency, Israel is coming to grips with the possibility of having to attack Iran's nuclear facilities on its...

6:57PM

A different light

China and Russia are wary of backing US moves to tighten international sanctions on Iran. But China, a big oil and gas importer, and Russia, a major energy exporter, also appear to have divergent...

9:52AM

Captive audience

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's gift to celebrate the Prophet Mohammed's birthday, in releasing the 15 captured Royal Navy crew, was greeted with relief and joy.

12:54AM

Diplomacy cannot start until sailors are freed

Iran's unreasonable detention of British sailors and marines amid obstinacy about its nuclear programme is solidifying the country's international image as that of a pariah state.

12:26AM

Good and evil

American negotiators will sit down at talks with North Korea, Iran and Syria next week. It would be nice to think that all the rhetoric from US President George W. Bush's administration in the...

8:02PM

Cometh the hour...

Many people listen to the White House these days and conclude that a US attack on Iran is imminent: 'To be quite honest, I'm a little concerned that it's Iraq again,' as Senator John Rockefeller...

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