Los Angeles Times | AP: Drone crashed in Iran on CIA mission USA Today WASHINGTON (AP) – US officials say a drone that crashed inside Iran over the weekend was one of a fleet of stealth aircraft that have spied on Iran for years from a US air base in Afghanistan. They say the CIA stealth-version of the RQ-170 unmanned ... Drone that crashed in Iran may give away US secrets US Made Covert Plan to Retrieve Iran Drone Iran's downing of US drone rattles Washington |
AFP | US Opens 'Virtual Embassy' for Iran Voice of America December 06, 2011 US Opens 'Virtual Embassy' for Iran David Gollust | The State Department The United States Tuesday officially opened the “Virtual US Embassy Tehran,” an interactive website aimed at providing services and information to Iranians ... US opens 'virtual embassy' to enter Iran Iran Promises Better Protection for Embassies Time to add carrots to Iran policy menu |
Global Security Newswire | Oil Trades Near Three-Week High on U.S. Stockpile Drop, Possible Iran Ban Bloomberg Oil traded near a three-week high in New York as investors speculated global supplies will shrink after the European Union indicated it may ban imports of Iranian crude and US stockpiles declined. ... Exclusive: EU thinks twice about Iran oil ban Low inventory and Iran's nuclear ambitions to keep oil prices high Oil rises, weighs EU summit prospects, Iran |
The Guardian | Pearl Harbor, Iran and North Korea Wall Street Journal Yet a nuclear-obsessed Iran, an emerging China and Russia, along with smaller rogue actors are enough of a threat to justify a vigilant and even aggressive guard. Add to this the weariness of two prolonged wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the ... Lessons never learned |
Christian Science Monitor | Why Iran might be worried by Hillary Clinton's meeting with Syria exiles Christian Science Monitor But the group's leader has been warning Iran a post-Assad Syria could be far less friendly. By Howard LaFranchi, Staff writer / December 6, 2011 With concern mounting over the crisis in Syria and President Bashar Assad's crackdown on dissent, ... In Syria crisis, Turkey is caught between Iran and a hard place Syrians wave Ahwaz flag to protest Iran's support to Assad regime Is the Syria-Iran-Hezbollah Axis Coming to an End? |
AFP | Administration pushes to weaken Iran bank sanction eTaiwan News AP The Obama">Obama administration is pressuring Congress to ease the potential impact of crippling sanctions on Iran's Central Bank, arguing that the restrictions will drive up oil prices and wind up being a boon for Tehran and its ... US senators resist watered-down Iran sanctions US gov't wants softer Iran sanctions - senator Will Iran sanctions bill be watered down at Obama administration's request? |
Moneycontrol.com | Oil rises, weighs EU summit prospects, Iran Reuters By Gene Ramos NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crude futures rose in light trading on Tuesday as investors shifted focus from a fading threat of supply disruptions from Iran to prospects that a European Union summit on Friday would produce a workable agreement to ... Iran, Facing New Sanctions, Warns of Oil at $250 a Barrel Iran warns that fines may drive oil prices up Iran not likely to get high-tech oil help |
The Atlantic | Australia expands sanctions against Iran Jewish Telegraphic Agency SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) -- Australia imposed expanded sanctions on Iran as concerns escalated over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program. Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said Tuesday that the new measures restrict business with the petroleum and financial ... Prepare for War: The Insane Plan to Outlaw Diplomacy with Iran Ex-inspector rejects Iran bomb test chamber claim Nuclear experts reject IAEA Iran report |
AFP | Romney blasts Obama on Israel, Iran AFP WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney blasted President Barack Obama's approach to Israel, charging he has "immeasurably" damaged Middle East peace prospects and failed to confront Iran. The former Massachusetts governor, ... Republican Candidates Aim at Obama Foreign Policy Obama's policies foster Middle East wars |
Fox News | UN Urges Iraq Not to Close Iranian Dissident Camp Voice of America December 06, 2011 UN Urges Iraq Not to Close Iranian Dissident Camp Margaret Besheer | United Nations The UN's top envoy for Iraq is asking Baghdad not to close a camp for Iranian dissidents by the end of this year. Martin Kobler told the UN Security ... UN Wants Iraq to Extend Iranian Dissidents' Camp Deadline |