India is 'free to take its decisions' on importing oil from Iran despite economic sanctions by the US to thwart Tehran's alleged military nuclear programme, Petroleum Minister Jaipal Reddy said on Thu

Unwilling to capitulate entirely to US pressure to reduce its oil imports from Iran, India has once again affirmed that Iran is a 'key country' for its energy needs.

It has also said that where Iran

The United States is sending a team of energy experts to help India reduce its dependence on Iranian oil, while acknowledging that New Delhi has cut back its oil imports from Tehran.

"We are working

Resisting US pressure to further scale down oil imports from sanction-hit Iran, India on Tuesday made it clear that it has to look at the issue involved beyond the energy trade as it has ‘vital’ secur

Half the purpose of US secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s visit may have been served even before she sets foot in New Delhi — Iran is no longer the second-largest supplier of oil to India.

Having

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday urged India to do ‘even more’ to cut its purchases of oil from sanctions-hit Iran to keep pressure on that country to to prove its nuclear programme is

The United States will seek assurances that India will reduce its purchases of oil from sanctions-hit Iran during a visit by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the South Asian giant this week, a se

India will walk a diplomatic tightrope next week as it plays host to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the same time as a large Iranian trade delegation visits seeking to circumvent tough U.S

A senior Iranian official has said that Israel's undeclared nuclear weapons pose the greatest threat to Mideast peace and accused the United States and other nuclear powers of hypocritically ignoring

The former head of Israel's Shin Bet security agency has accused the country's political leaders of exaggerating the effectiveness of a possible military attack on Iran, in a striking indication of Is