CBC.ca | President Obama pressured to be tougher on Iran San Francisco Chronicle From the corridors of Congress to a gathering of nearly 14000 US Jews and other supporters of Israel here this weekend, Obama is being buffeted by demands that the United States be more aggressive toward Iran and more forthright in supporting Israel in ... Israel's US supporters flock to hear Barack Obama on Iran fears Iran trumps Palestinians as top US-Israel issue |
The Guardian | Hard-liners gain in Iran's parliamentary elections San Francisco Chronicle Tehran -- - Conservative rivals of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared on course Saturday to gain firm control of parliament after elections that could embolden Iran's nuclear defiance and give the ruling clerics a clear path to ensure a loyalist ... Iran vote: Khamenei loyalists appear to do well Clerical hard-liners appear headed for big victory in Iran Iran elections strengthen Khamenei, weaken Ahmadinejad |
DAWN.com | Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline deal Pakistan not to budge to pressure: PM Frontier Post MULTAN (Agencies): Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan will take decision on Pak-Iran gas pipeline keeping in view its own interests and would not succumb to any pressure in this regard. Speaking at a ceremony after inauguration of ... No pressure to be accepted on establishment of Pak-Iran gas pipeline: Gilani |
New York Post | US officials: Iran is stepping up lethal aid to Syria Washington Post US officials say they see Iran's hand in the increasingly brutal crackdown on opposition strongholds in Syria, including evidence of Iranian military and intelligence support for government troops accused of mass executions and other atrocities in the ... US believes Iran increasing secret aid to Syria: report Gul: Iran, Russia will change toward Syria A Moscow-Iran axis |
Fars News Agency | Iranian opposition group tells US it will relocate its Iraqi camp to Jordan Washington Post PARIS — An exiled Iranian opposition group being forced to relocate from its paramilitary base in eastern Iraq proposed on Saturday to temporarily move to the Jordanian border instead of Camp Liberty near Baghdad. Last month, the Obama administration ... Iranian Opposition Group Eyes Jordan Relocation |
The Guardian | Japan and Spain Reduce Iranian Oil Imports Wall Street Journal By BENOÎT FAUCON And SUMMER SAID LONDON—Japan and Spain said this week they had reduced Iranian oil imports and switched to Saudi crude, providing the first evidence that some of Iran's largest customer nations are reducing their reliance ahead of ... Sanctions on Iran hike gas prices US oil sanctions against Iran backfires big time! Crude Oil Declines as Iran Tensions Ease: Commodities at Close |
The Local.de | Westerwelle summons Iranian ambassador The Local.de Germany's foreign ministry Saturday said it had summoned Iran's ambassador to demand the release of an Iranian-born Christian pastor whose death sentence Berlin fears will be carried out soon. and to demand his immediate release," a spokeswoman told ... Berlin summons Iran diplomat over sentenced pastor |
Press TV | 9NEWS talks with Middle East expert about threat of war with Iran 9NEWS.com DENVER - The international community believes Iran is in the process of acquiring nuclear weapons. Israel is trying to stop that and is asking America to step in and back them up. 9NEWS talked with a local Middle East expert about the threat. Only Crippling Sanctions Will Stop Iran 'Dictators afraid of Iran self-determination' Dems, GOP uniting in warning Iran about its nukes |
As in '79, Iran tensions tied to oil price jitters Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Then came the economic and political turmoil of the Iranian revolution in 1979. After the Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile and proclaimed the US to be "the Great Satan," the price of oil soared by 150% in a year's time, triggering a double-dip ... The Iranian Crisis—High Oil Prices Can Plague the Global Economy, Causing ... End the demonization of Iran |
Deseret News | Annihilation hovers over Palestine, not Israel Bangkok Post One of the claims being made to justify Israel's demand for a blank cheque to attack Iran is that the Islamic Republic poses an ''existential threat'' to the Jewish state in view of its statements about wanting to wipe Israel off the map. Iran trumps Palestinians as top US-Israel issue |