Wall Street Journal | US Raises Monitoring of Iranian Reactor Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—The U.S. has significantly stepped up spying operations on Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor over the past two months, American officials said, driven by heightened concerns about the security of weapons-grade plutonium after Tehran ... White House opposes new Iran sanctions Israeli war threats against Iran worthless claims: Vahidi Iran says nuclear fuel removed from plant because of debris, shutdown part of ... |
AFP | Report: Iran's president urges parliament to abandon possible election rule ... Washington Post TEHRAN, Iran — A news agency reports Iran's president is urging parliament to abandon possible revisions in laws governing presidential elections. The call appears part of widening political battles before June's election to pick Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's ... Iran's president promotes controversial confidant Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives new job to aide seen as possible heir Iran's president promotes controversial aide widely viewed as his preferred ... |
The Daily Star | Iran pushes out Afghans as regional power-play heats up Reuters India But hostility to the U.S. role in Afghanistan, regional ambitions and an economy choked by Western sanctions have persuaded Iran to cast out Afghan migrants, to the dismay of those forced home and their government. In May, Iran threatened to expel ... FEATURE-Iran pushes out Afghans as regional power-play heats up |
AFP | Report: Iran plans to increase crude oil production, up to 5.2 million barrels ... Washington Post TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's oil minister has said the country plans to increase its oil production capacity to up to 5.2 million barrels per day by early 2016. A Sunday report by state TV quotes Rostam Ghasemi as saying this requires some $300 billion ... Sri Lanka to buy Iraqi oil after US sanctions on Iran Nations May Keep Sanctions Exemption for Cutting Iran Oil Turkey Importing Oil from Iran |
ABC News | Iran stations defense staff at North Korean site Jerusalem Post TOKYO - Iran has stationed defense staff in North Korea since late October apparently to strengthen cooperation in missile and nuclear development, Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported on Sunday, citing a Western diplomatic source. The report came as ... Iran deploys defence staff in North Korea |
Press TV | Iran establishes cyber HQ as shadow war continues Jerusalem Post The joint chiefs of staff of Iran's armed forces have established a new 'soft war' headquarters to counter threats from Israel and the US, particularly in cyberspace, the Iranian media reported on Saturday. The Deputy Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed ... West cannot brook dissent, Iran MP on attack against Press TV, Al-Alam |
TIME | What Iran and Pakistan Want from the Afghans: Water TIME Water is a critical issue in Afghanistan—and for countries like Iran and Pakistan that are dependent on four of the five river basins that flow out of Afghanistan to irrigate their territories. Meanwhile, though the Afghans currently have enough water ... |
Wall Street Journal | Snake Tale: How Venom Binds US, Iran Wall Street Journal Medical guidance issued by U.S. Central Command says drugs made by Iran's Razi Vaccine & Serum Research Institute "should be the first line of antivenin therapy" because they counter venoms of the most-common Afghan snakes, said a U.S. officer who ... |
Business Recorder | Iran police official reportedly fired over Sattar Beheshti death Los Angeles Times BEIRUT — The chief of the Tehran police unit charged with investigating online crime has been fired for "negligence and insufficient supervision" of subordinates in the incendiary case of a dissident Iranian blogger who died in police custody, Iranian ... Iran fires cyber police chief over blogger who died in custody Iran sacks cyber police chief over custodial death of blogger Iran fires cyber police chief over blogger's death |
AFP | Iran's death sentence against Canadian in question Add to ... Globe and Mail Reports that Iran has suspended the death sentence of Canadian Saeed Malekpour have not been officially confirmed, and his family remain concerned for his fate, an activist close to the family says. The lawyer for Mr. Malekpour, on death row since 2010 ... Iran suspends computer programmer's death sentence: report Saeed Malekpour: Lawyer says Canadian resident's death sentence suspended ... Iran suspends computer programmer's death sentence |