Voice of America | Iran importing gold to evade economic sanctions, Turkish official says CNN Istanbul (CNN) -- Over the last six months, Iran has evaded U.S. sanctions by importing Turkish gold to pay for billions of dollars worth of energy sales to Turkey. Turkey's deputy prime minister has described what amounts to a gold-for-oil barter system. Senators push for new round of sanctions on Iran in shipping, energy sectors New US Sanctions Proposed for Iranian Energy, Shipping Senate set to consider broader economic sanctions on Iran |
The Guardian | AP's dangerous Iran hoax demands an accounting and explanation The Guardian It's important to return to the story about AP's nuclear Iran "exclusive" which I wrote about yesterday. Although it was intuitively obvious that the graph trumpeted by AP as scary and incriminating of Iran's nuclear program was actually a farce, there ... UN nuclear chief expresses concerns for inspectors of Iran programs US gives Iran until March to cooperate with IAEA US sets Iran nuclear talks deadline |
Fars News Agency | DM: Iranian Experts Able to Design, Produce, Overhaul Military Equipment Fars News Agency Vahidi referred to the joining of two hovercrafts and two Ghadir-class submarines to Iran's Navy on Wednesday, and said the Iranian experts have succeeded to design, produce and repair advanced military equipment. He told the Islamic republic news ... Gazans thank Iran for help in battling Israel Iran shows new submarines and warships, touts self-sufficiency in defense Iran's New Warship Launched Near Strait Of Hormuz |
Asian buyers of Iran oil to secure US sanctions waiver extension Reuters Korea, China and India crude imports from Iran fall sharply. * US decision on sanctions waivers due early December. * Iran's oil exports more than halved by sanctions. By Meeyoung Cho and Nidhi Verma. SEOUL/NEW DELHI, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Asia's top ... |
Iran woos Azerbaijan as Israel moves closer Jerusalem Post In recent weeks, Iran has made several gestures to Baku, including an offer to act as a mediator to help Azerbaijan settle its 20-year conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and a proposal to create a new customs checkpoint on the Iranian- Azeri border to ... |
Al-Arabiya | Assailants pelt Iranian embassy in Berlin with paint, stones; German FM voices ... Washington Post BERLIN — Police say a group of assailants pelted the Iranian Embassy in Berlin with stones and paint and pulled down an Iranian flag — prompting Germany's foreign minister to express regret to his counterpart in Tehran. Berlin police said about 30 ... Without Iran's support, Assad regime will collapse: report German police culpable in attack on Iran Embassy: Ambassador Iran Demands Probe into Attack Against Embassy in Berlin |
Eurasia Review | Iran blogger's death in prison sets off blame game Los Angeles Times BEIRUT — The mysterious death of a dissident blogger while in Iranian police custody this month has generated a rare torrent of criticism from officials apparently embarrassed by a case that has drawn international condemnation and again shined a ... Iran blogger's death in prison reportedly sets off blame game among authorities |
Haaretz | Is Hamas Really a 'Surrogate' of Iran? The Atlantic Is Hamas a puppet of the Iranian regime? An affirmative answer to this question is, from the point of view of Bibi Netanyahu, a dual-use rhetorical technology: (1) It helps justify the recent bombardment of Gaza (since one goal of the operation was to ... Gazans thank Iran for help in recent fighting against Israel Gazans say 'Thank you Iran', for missiles used against Israel Billboards in Gaza thank Iran for help in conflict |
Globe and Mail | Israeli Defense Chief Sounds Ready to Hit Iran, Thanks in Part to Iron Dome Wired Israel's retiring defense chief thinks Iran needs to be “coerced” in 2013 from building an atom bomb, despite any U.S. hopes that sanctions will bring Tehran to the negotiating table. And the recent success of his new, U.S.-funded missile defenses ... U.S. to honor Israel's Barak, outgoing architect of Iran policy |
American charged in plot to smuggle airliners to Iran Sydney Morning Herald FOR anyone - let alone a middle-aged aircraft mechanic from Texas - the plan to smuggle seven jetliners into Iran was audacious and risky. It also failed. It involved planes in China, Swiss funds and a blacklisted Iranian airline. US federal ... Plan to smuggle jets into Iran busted |