A military attack on Iran would destabilize the region while new sanctions against Tehran would "stifle" the Iranian economy and hurt its population, Russia's foreign minister said Wednesday.

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A military attack on Iran would trigger a "chain reaction" that destabilizes the world, while new sanctions against Tehran would "stifle" the Iranian economy and hurt its people, Russia's foreign minister warned Wednesday.

Iran warned Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to rethink an offer to make up for oil lost to world markets as a result of threatened curbs on its exports as diplomats said an EU embargo may be in force by July.

Iran's government on Tuesday hailed the weekend win by Iranian movie "A Separation" at the US Golden Globes awards -- overlooking its initial efforts to halt the film being made.

The squeeze is already beginning on Iran’s oil exports — and guess which nation quietly reduced its purchases from Tehran this month. Why, that would be China , Iran’s supposed protector. The Chinese cut their imports from Iran roughly in half for January, trimming 285,000 barrels per day from their average last year of about 550,000 barrels per day, according to Nat Kern, the publisher of ...

Russia signaled renewed aversion to tighter sanctions on Iran on Wednesday and Israel said a decision on a possible attack was “very far off.”

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it was open to discuss "any issues" in rare talks this month with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, which wants Tehran to address mounting concerns that it may be trying to develop nuclear weapons capability. With the Islamic state facing intensifying sanctions aimed at its oil exports, a senior Iranian official said a high-level team from the U.N. International ...

Any decision by Israel on whether to launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities remains "very far away," Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday as tension mounted between Iran and the West.

Japan's finance minister expressed concern Wednesday about the effectiveness of U.S. sanctions on Iran and their potential impact on Japanese banks.