Bloomberg | Clinton assails Iran's nuclear enrichment program Los Angeles Times Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has condemned Iran's decision to begin uranium enrichment at a covertly built underground bunker near Qom, Iran, saying it brought Tehran “a significant step closer” to gaining the ability to produce bomb-grade ... Clinton slams Iran nuclear move, urges serious talks Iran Nuclear Weapons Charge Is No Slam Dunk: Robert Kelley Examining Iranian And North Korean Nuclear Threats |
Christian Science Monitor | Iran keeps issuing threats, US keeps saving Iranian sailors Christian Science Monitor As Iran has been promoting its naval prowess and ability to shut the Straits of Hormuz, US naval assets have been busy rescuing Iranian sailors. By Dan Murphy, Staff writer / January 10, 2012 In this photo released by the US Navy, a US sailor assigned ... US ship rescues more stranded Iranians in Persian Gulf; Clinton assails Iran ... US rescues Iranians at sea; assails nuke activity Iranian crew rescued by US Coast Guard |
Fox News | Geithner in Beijing, faces uphill struggle on Iran CBS News (AP) BEIJING — China and the United States have pledged during a visit by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to cooperate on boosting the global economic recovery, but Chinese backing for US sanctions on Iran's oil industry appeared unlikely. ... Iranian 'Bluster' May Exaggerate Risk to Hormuz Oil Shipping OIL FUTURES: Iran Tensions, Equities Lift Crude Futures Public ire one goal of Iran sanctions, US official says |
Wall Street Journal | Family of Ex-Marine in Iran Sets Defense, as Feud Builds Wall Street Journal By NATHAN HODGE and KEITH JOHNSON WASHINGTON—The family of a former US Marine sentenced to death by Iran's Revolutionary Court as a spy enlisted the aid of a high-profile international lawyer as the verdict fanned tensions between Washington and ... Video game maker linked to US prisoner in Iran US Urges Iran To Immediately Release Hekmati Family of Condemned American in Iran Hires Prominent Lawyer |
The Express Tribune | Iran cell phone firms deny blocking text messages The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's mobile phone companies have denied blocking text messages with the words dollar and currency after the Iranian rial rapidly weakened on the announcement of new US sanctions against Iran. Cell phone users had complained that ... Iran rial slides, 'dollar' text messages appear blocked |
The Associated Press | Iran leader continues to Nicaragua on LatAm trip The Associated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Daniel Ortega his "brother president" and Nicaragua a kindred revolutionary nation as he arrived Tuesday for the inauguration of the Central America leader's new term. ... Iran, Chavez Joke About Love & Nukes |
AFP | Japan Wants to Keep Importing Iranian Crude Wall Street Journal By MARI IWATA TOKYO—Japan wants to keep importing crude oil from Iran despite rising pressure from the US, its key ally, to cooperate in strengthening sanctions over the Islamic Republic's uranium enrichment program. "We are concerned about an impact ... India's HPCL to double Saudi crude oil imports amid Iran sanctions RPT-UPDATE 2-Japan asks UAE, S. Arabia for Iran oil backup Japan 'very concerned' over Iran tension |
Iran strait "keeps me awake at night" - US Navy boss Reuters The comments by Greenert follow threats by Iran last month to shut off the Strait of Hormuz -- the world's most important oil shipping lane -- if new US and EU sanctions over its nuclear program halted Iranian oil exports. The United States has said it ... |
CNBC.com | Geithner Presses China on Currency, Seeks Support on Iran BusinessWeek 11 (Bloomberg) -- US Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner will urge Asia's two biggest economies to cut Iranian oil imports and seek to narrow differences with China on trade and currency disputes on a visit to Beijing and Tokyo this week. ... China's Wen to Visit Persian Gulf as US-Iran Tensions Rise Geithner in Beijing, faces uphill struggle on Iran US promoting Iran sanctions in China |
Gulf Air extends Iran flights ban Gulf Daily News By SANDEEP SINGH GREWAL , Posted on » Wednesday, January 11, 2012 BAHRAIN'S national carrier Gulf Air has extended the suspension of flights to Iran for another two months. The resumption of services to Iraq has also been pushed back until January 31 ... |