The West Australian | IAEA reports no progress on access to Iran nuclear facilities Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency acknowledged Thursday that inspectors had made no progress in a yearlong effort to determine whether Iran had conducted research needed to build an atomic bomb. Inspectors ... UN nuclear chief: Alleged weapons testing site was probably sanitized by Iran Senate letter urges Obama to toughen demands on Iran nuclear deal |
Economic Times | New Iran sanctions measure to 'lock up' oil earnings-US official Reuters Buyers must hold payments for Iran oil starting Feb 6. * Funds can be used only for permissible bilateral trade. * Provision to shackle Iran's oil revenues-Treasury's Cohen. By Roberta Rampton. WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The United States has ... US set to extend waivers on Iran oil sanctions Exclusive - US seen extending Iran sanction waivers US seen extending Iran sanction waivers to India |
ABC News | Not the 'Wild West': Talking Cyber Ops at Iran's Backdoor ABC News Robert Clark, the operational attorney for U.S. Cyber Command, stood in a grand ballroom with gold flaked ceilings and sparkling chandeliers to address an audience that included men in flowing white robes and veiled women and tried to hammer home a ... |
Iran Oil Export Delays Seen Worsening as Sanctions Hinder Trade Bloomberg Iran is reliant on NITC ships because EU sanctions imposed in July barred about 95 percent of the global tanker fleet from carrying the nation's crude. NITC has renamed vessels, switched their flag states and signaled inaccurate information about where ... |
Mother Jones | What Can Washington Do About Iran? Mother Jones Despite all the fear, loathing, threats, and lies in that billionaire's circus of a campaign season, Americans were nonetheless offered virtually nothing substantial about Iran, although its (non-existent) WMDs were relentlessly hawked as the top US ... About that US Drone Allegedly Captured by Iran Nuclear Deal with Iran May Hinge on European Sanctions Relief Iran says it has evidence of captured US drone, countering Navy's claims that ... |
New York Times | Standard Chartered to Pay Additional $330 Million in Iran Settlement Wall Street Journal LONDON—Standard Chartered PLC said it expects to pay an additional $330 million to settle with U.S. authorities over past transactions with Iranian clients that may have violated U.S. sanctions, putting its total bill at around $670 million. StanChart to pay $330m Iran settlement Standard Chartered to Pay $330 Million to Settle Iran Money Transfer Claims Standard Chartered sees $330m Iran settlement |
Saudi Gazette | Death Toll in Latest Iran Quake Rises to 6 ABC News Iran's state TV says the death toll from an earthquake near the border with Afghanistan has risen to six. The report also says 14 people were injured in the 5.5-magnitude quake that hit South Khorasan province late Wednesday. Thursday's TV broadcast ... Iran Earthquake: Six Dead As Buildings Flattened Quake toll rises to six in eastern Iran 8 dead in quake in eastern Iran |
Lure of illegal profits from Iran ensnares SC businessman McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The shadowy world of illicit trade with Iran could come into sharper focus with a North Charleston, S.C., businessman's guilty plea to charges surrounding illegal exports to the Middle Eastern country. Businessman Markos Baghdasarian's ... |
Daily Beast | A Victorious Hunger Strike Daily Beast For 49 days, jailed Iranian human-rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh went on a life-threatening hunger strike. Her goal: to force Iranian authorities to stop harassing her family and remove a travel ban on her 12-year-old daughter. Drinking nothing but ... Nasrin Sotoudeh: Jailed Iran lawyer 'ends hunger strike' Lawmaker: Iran Dissident Ends Her Hunger Strike IRAN: Attorney Sotoudeh stops hunger strike as daughter's travel is allowed |
Standard Chartered sees $330 million Iran fine, profit hit Reuters HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) - Standard Chartered expects to pay $330 million to settle a case with U.S. regulators for breaking sanctions on Iran, the Asian-focused bank said on Thursday, a second such penalty which could almost wipe out its profit ... |