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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday the United Nations had abruptly withdrawn Tehran's invitation to highly anticipated peace talks on Syria "under pressure".

As Syrian peace talks in Geneva appear to flounder, President Barack Obama on Friday vowed to apply more pressure on the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Tehran, YJC. While Turkey is trying via international arbitration to get Iranian gas for less, Iran says it will agree to Turkey only if doubling export.

The United States and other foreign powers stepped up pressure on South Sudan's feuding ethnic factions to settle their differences, as Washington dispatched an envoy to the violence-wracked region.

Tehran, YJC. Iranian lawmaker says the US policy to boost its military presence against Iran is a result of the country's weapon business urge.

TEHRAN - Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has deplored U.S. president's "inability" to take a wise decision regarding Iran's "flexibility" in nuclear talks.

Tehran, YJC. Former MP says that Western schemes to bring the country to its knees through pressure on its nuclear program have failed.

The president's man in Tehran was feeling the pressure and needed reassurance. On 12 January 1979, General Robert "Dutch" Huyser wrote to Harold Brown, US secretary of defense, and General David Jones, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to make sure he knew what they wanted him to do.

Together with major Defense contractor - Raytheon, US government plans to introduce a new "non-lethal crowd control" weapon to its already rich arsenal.

Tehran, YJC. Iran has signed a gas contract worth about $100 million with an EU member.

Nick Clegg calls for investigation into claims in Andrew Rawnsley's new book about Brown's treatment of staff