San Francisco Chronicle | Strict New Procedures for Iran Currency Trading After Protest New York Times TEHRAN — Iranian police officers moved to arrest unlicensed currency dealers and increase patrols in the center of the capital on Monday to prevent unofficial trading from disrupting new government-imposed rates of exchange for the national currency ... Embargo Iran Analysis: Iran government likely to win battle of wills over currency Iran's Rial Holding After Slight Weekend Rebound |
WND.com | Think tank says Iran could make enough weapons-grade uranium for a nuke ... Washington Post VIENNA — Iran could produce enough weapons-grade uranium to arm a nuclear bomb within two to four months but would still face serious “engineering challenges” — and much longer delays — before it succeeds in making the other components needed ... Iran oil company blames cyberattack on China, Israel Iran Raises Rhetoric on Israel US Institute: Iran Could Produce Enough Uranium for Bomb in 2 Months |
Ynetnews | Iran ready to 'offer an exchange' if enrichment right recognized: FM Tehran Times In an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel, Salehi said that if Iran's right to nuclear enrichment is recognized Tehran is ready to “offer an exchange”. “If our right to enrichment is recognized, we are prepared to offer an exchange. We would ... Iran minister shrugs off tougher sanctions Rebels delay Iran hostages execution |
Iran Oil Sanctions Boosting Returns for Nordic American: Freight Businessweek European sanctions on buying oil from Iran are turning into a windfall for owners of Suezmax tankers, shipping the most cargoes in at least nine years as Saudi Arabia and Iraq increase supply. Rates for the vessels, which can sail fully loaded with 1 ... |
Examiner.com | Fact Check: Was Obama 'silent' on Iran 2009 protests? CNN (CNN) -- In what his campaign billed as a "major foreign policy speech" Monday, lasting about 20 minutes, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney took on President Obama's handling of protests in Iran after disputed elections three years ago. Romney: Arms for Syria, More Sanctions On Iran Wanted: A Truly Credible Military Threat to Iran - by David Rothkopf Romney attacks Obama on foreign policy Middle East, Iran and Israel |
Haaretz | Drone flight shows Israel is vulnerable: Iran military official Reuters Jamaluddin Aberoumand, deputy coordinator for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said the incident indicated that Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile defense system "does not work and lacks the necessary capacity", Fars news agency reported. The ... Iran military official: Drone incursion shows Israel is vulnerable Israel Suspects It Shot Down An Iranian Drone Probing Its Weaknesses Israeli jets fly mock raids over Lebanon |
eWeek | Cisco ends ZTE partnership over Iran probe CBS News Cisco Systems has washed its hands of Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE, Reuters reports, after Cisco determined that ZTE was selling Cisco-branded networking equipment to Iran. This year, the China-based firm had been reported as selling restricted ... Cisco Systems Cuts Ties to China's ZTE After Iran Probe Cisco Ending Relationship With ZTE in Light of Iran Claims Cisco cuts ties with ZTE after Iran sales |
Iran government reads RAND: The risks of confrontation and the Strait of Hormuz Washington Post (blog) Last week, the RAND Corp.'s Alireza Nader wrote that Iran's continued threats to close the Strait of Hormuz are ”a pivotal part of a military strategy based on psychological and asymmetric warfare.” Blocking the strait would cut off 90 percent of the ... |
Iran, Syria and the Balance of Power in the Middle East CounterPunch THE ARAB SPRING AT A CROSSROADS — Esam Al-Amin surveys the new Middle East, from the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, to the aftermath of the overthrow of Qaddafi and the civil war in Syria, and outlines the economic and political challenges ... |
The Nation | Israel versus America versus Iran The Nation 0Israel's concern about the spectre of a nuclear Iran has now degenerated into a crisis of confidence concerning the United States. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has embarked on a campaign to force President Barack Obama to set a red line that Iran ... Cohen: Iran is war 'whose time has not yet come' Iran shifts enriched uranium to reactor fuel stock in 'confidence' show for West How Netanyahu's "Bomb Iran" Ploy Failed |