ABC News | Jailed Iran hiker's family speaks out CBS News A February 2011 photo released by Iran's state-run Press TV shows US hikers Shane Bauer (left) and Josh Fattal during their trial at the Tehran Revolutionary Court. (AFP/Getty Images) The news is not good for the families of two American hikers ... Iran Is Said to Sentence 2 Hikers to 8 Years in Jail Iran sentences 2 American men to 8 years in jail American hikers sentenced in Iran share love of travel |
Atlanta Journal Constitution | Iran sentences 2 American men to 8 years in jail Washington Post Two American men already held for two years in Tehran have been sentenced to 8 years each in prison on charges of espionage and illegal entry into Iran, state TV reported Saturday. (Aug. 20) (/The Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: AP source: ... Iran's state TV says 2 Americans detained in Iran have been sentenced to 8 ... |
New York Times | Clair George, Spy and Iran-Contra Figure, Dies at 81 New York Times Clair E. George, a consummate spymaster who moved the chess pieces in the Central Intelligence Agency's clandestine games of intrigue before being convicted of lying to Congress about the Iran-contra affair, died Aug. ... |
Eurasia Review | 'Tehran should see if Moscow will use veto right in Iran's favor' Tehran Times TEHRAN - MP Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh says Iran should negotiate with Russia over whether or not Moscow will use its right of veto when it agrees with Tehran on a certain point. Falahatpisheh, who is the Majlis Foreign Policy Committee chairman, ... Iran Eyes Russia's Veto Right in Face of Western Pressure Will Russia be Iran's saviour? Can Russian Plan Kick-Start Stalled Nuclear Talks With Iran? |
Iran's economic reforms CNN (blog) But there's one group that has glowing words of praise for Iran's President - and it's based not in Tehran, but in Washington. The International Monetary Fund's latest report paints a pretty picture of Iran's economy. It says growth has hit 3.2%, ... India to clear oil debts to Iran by August end: official Turkish Deputy PM Stresses Further Cooperation with Iran India pays oil bill, Iran ducks sanctions |
Telegraph.co.uk | 9/11 conspiracy theories: 'Iran and Saudi Arabia helped Al-Qaeda' Daily Mail As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, two authors who've analysed thousands of documents relating to the attack conclude that both Iran and Saudi Arabia helped Al-Qaeda carry it out. In the aftermath, both countries publicly ... Iran, Saudi Arabia helped carry out 9/11 attacks: Book 9/11: al-Qaeda didn't act alone |
AFP | Iran Top State Terror Sponsor in '10, State Dept. Says New York Daily News (blog) Iran remained the world's top state sponsor of terrorism in 2010, waging proxy wars against the US and Israel from the Mediterranean to Afghanistan, according to an annual State Department review. Funding and outfitting Hamas and ... State Department: Iran the 'most active state sponsor of terrorism' US keeps Iran, Syria, Sudan, Cuba on terror blacklist Blacklisted Cuba says US shelters 'terrorists' |
DAWN.com | Zardari mediating between S. Arabia, Iran? DAWN.com The formula that the President has been carrying with him during these trips, according to an official source, is that Iran ends interference in Bahrain; Manama addresses the political grievances of the majority Shia community; and Riyadh and Tehran ... |
gulfnews.com | Dubai-Iran trade grows in goods exempt from UN sanctions gulfnews.com It is facilities such as this that make Dubai the region's distribution hub and why Dubai's exports and especially re-exports to Iran have increased. Dubai: UN sanctions on Iran have not had a major impact on trade and financial links between the ... |
Globe and Mail | Iran Denounces Israel's Air Raids On Palestinians Bernama TEHRAN, Aug 20 (Bernama) -- Iran denounced the air attacks waged by the Israeli forces against civilians in the Gaza Strip, Fars News Agency (FNA) reported. In a statement, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast strongly condemned Israel's new ... Popular Resistance Committee: Iran's “Terror Sub-Contractor” in the Gaza Strip Israel seeking answers following deadly attacks Gaza crisis |