Jim Hoagland: A package deal on Iran and Syria Washington Post His last best hope may now lie in linking the two crises in bargaining with Russia and Iran, Assad's two most important foreign backers. They risk losing everything they have invested in that country by continuing to bet that Assad — and the Syrian ... Iran may be reconsidering position on Syria CNN: Assad using Iran-made missiles |
RT | Iran: Navy Begins War Games Near Vital Waterway New York Times Iran's naval forces began six days of war games on Friday in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway considered vital to international oil tanker traffic. Accounts in the state-run news media said the war games, covering a ... Iran Starts Six-Day Hormuz Strait Drill to Show 'Readiness' Iran starts naval drill, prepares to confront Western threats Iran starts war games in Strait of Hormuz |
Aljazeera.com | US enacts anti-Iran bill for the Americas Aljazeera.com President Barack Obama has signed a law to counter Iran's alleged influence in Latin America, through a new diplomatic and political strategy to be designed by the State Department, the AFP news agency reported. Enacted on Friday, the Countering Iran ... |
Iran Conducts War Games in Strait of Hormuz Fox Business Iran Conducts War Games in Strait of Hormuz. Advertisement. Details. Description. American Islamic Forum for Democracy President Zuhdi Jasser on international concerns over Iran conducting war games. Duration 3:45; Date Dec 28, 2012. Advertisement ... |
the Diplomat | Obama's challenge, Iran's nuclear plans Financial Times As Barack Obama prepares to start his second presidential term next month, one foreign policy issue looms larger than most. His challenge is to craft a deal with Iran that can finally lay to rest the world's fears that Tehran is driving forward with ... Will America Seize the Moment on Iran? 'Iran slowed uranium enrichment, may want deal' Obama Falling for Iran Deception Again? |
Al-Monitor | NYT: Iran converted some enriched uranium to more benign form Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) -- Iran has converted some of its uranium to a more benign form, The New York Times reported. Citing U.S. and other Western officials, the paper reported on Friday that Iran began in August to convert some of its uranium enriched to 20 percent ... Iran's Slowing of Enrichment Efforts May Show It Wants a Deal, Analysts Say US sees hopeful sign in Iran pausing 20% stockpile Iran scales down uranium enrichment |
Iraq's Star Rises in OPEC as Global Embargo Hurts Iran Businessweek Iraq has become the region's second- fastest growing economy, attracting investment from Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) and OAO Lukoil in the nine years since the ouster of Saddam Hussein. Iran, stymied by a European Union and U.S. ban on oil exports, ... |
RT | Iran to relocate airport after discovering oil under the tarmac RT Iran is under pressure from international sanctions, mainly over oil exports, imposed by the UN Security Council, the US and the EU in order to curb the Islamic Republic's controversial nuclear program. Iranian oil production fell by up to 60% this ... Special Report: Inside the West's economic war with Iran Iran Sanctions Update: New Restrictive Measures In The UK And EU Iran conducts non-oil trade worth $71 bln with other countries |
The Guardian | Iranian Leader Fires Woman From Cabinet New York Times Iran's president on Thursday dismissed his health minister, the only woman to serve in the cabinet since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, after she publicly criticized the government's response to acute shortages of medicine imports, an indirect ... Iran's only female cabinet minister sacked Iran's president dismisses health minister Iran's Ahmadinejad sacks only female minister |
Iran starts navy drills in Strait of Hormuz: IRNA Yahoo! News (blog) DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran started on Friday six days of naval drills in the Strait of Hormuz, the official IRNA news agency reported, maneuvers aimed at showcasing its military capabilities in what is a vital oil and gas shipping route. Naval commander ... |