President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says request made on February 26, two days before US and Israel launched war on Iran.
Countries and companies have been negotiating with the Iranian authorities to secure passage. Some patterns are emerging.
A six-time karate champion and action film star, Norris was hospitalised in Hawaii on Thursday for unknown causes.
Some of the proposed sales, valued at more than $23 billion, were under review, while others were never sent to Congress. The administration is pushing them through without congressional approval.
Residents of Tehran exchange new year's wishes as US and Israeli attacks continue through the spring equinox.
How Iran’s power structure was built, and how it survives its architect.
Harvard University has rejected the complaint as 'another pretextual and retaliatory action' from the Trump White House.
An explosion struck Jerusalem’s Old City seconds after sirens warned of an incoming Iranian missile.
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has remained out of the public’s sight since assuming the post, amid reports that he was badly wounded.
The proposal envisions a phased process, in which the militant group would hand over its weapons and Israeli troops would withdraw. Hamas is expected to respond in the coming days.