BEIJING - China said Thursday that EU sanctions on Iran announced this week in response to Tehran's suspected nuclear drive were "not constructive", echoing Russia's reaction to the measures.

The European Union has imposed an embargo on Iranian oil supplies over Iran's controversial nuclear program, the Council of the European Union said in a press statement on Monday. "Given the EU's serious and deepening concerns over the Iranian nuclear program, the Council today broadened the EU's restrictive measures against that country. Today's decisions target the sources of finance for the ...

China said Thursday that EU sanctions on Iran announced this week in response to Tehran's suspected nuclear drive were "not constructive", echoing Russia's reaction to the measures.

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran on Wednesday renewed its warning to America against keeping a US navy presence in the oil-rich Gulf, underlining a threat that Washington has dismissed as a sign of "weakness" from Tehran.

Worried that U.S. troops could stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014, Iran is mounting an aggressive campaign to fuel anti-American sentiment in Afghanistan and convince Afghan leaders that a robust, long-term security partnership with Washington would be counterproductive, Afghan officials and analysts say.

European Union foreign ministers imposed fresh sanctions on Iran Monday, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said. The sanctions come because of Iran's "defiance of six U.N. Security Council resolutions and its refusal to enter negotiations over i...

China has consistently opposed the use of sanctions, and advocates resolving disputes through "dialogue and consultation" instead.

TEHRAN: Iran on Wednesday reinforced its warning to America against keeping a US navy presence in the oil-rich Gulf, adding steel to a threat that Washington had dismissed as a sign of “weakness” from Tehran.

Omani fisherman in a harbor along the Strait of Hormuz. Photo by Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images. In the salons of foreign policy wonks in Washington and New York, a fast and furious debate is raging over whether the United States or its allies should launch a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. Even short of pre-emptive action, there is growing talk in these quarters that the United ...

Iran on Wednesday renewed its warning to America against keeping a US navy presence in the oil-rich Gulf, underlining a threat that Washington has dismissed as a sign of "weakness" from Tehran.