Pakistan wants Iran to finance gas pipeline: minister

Pakistan has asked Iran for $2 billion in financing to build its side of a controversial gas pipeline that has drawn threats of US sanctions, Islamabad's petroleum minister said Tuesday.

Iran Says Nuclear Plan Can’t Be Slowed as Facilities Open

Iran, celebrating its annual National Nuclear Technology Day amid pressure to curb its program, said it opened a uranium processing facility in the central Yazd province.

Iran president: Sanctions fight requires oil shift

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday Iran must move away from dependence on oil revenue to overcome Western sanctions that have slowed the economy and disrupted foreign trade.

Iran oil exports down 40% in 9 months: Minister Story Comments

TEHRAN: Iran's oil exports have been slashed 40 per cent in the past nine months because of tough Western sanctions, Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi was quoted as saying on Monday, in a reversal of his previous denials of any decline at all.

Iran can make nuclear weapons - but won't, says top politician

Iran has the technological capability to produce nuclear weapons but will never do so, a prominent politician in the Islamic republic has said.