The Hindu | Israel blames Iran for Bulgarian bus bombing Foreign Policy (blog) A bus bombing on Wednesday that killed up to six Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver was likely carried out by a suicide attacker with fake U.S. documents, according to Bulgaria's interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov. Dozens of people were ... PM to press US on Iran link to Bulgaria attack Holding Iran accountable for terrorist attacks Iran's War on Israel |
Iran introduces tiered exchange rates for imports Reuters DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran will introduce a three-tiered exchange rate system to purchase different classes of imports, state media reported on Saturday, in an indication that the government's stores of hard currency are coming under pressure from Western ... |
Fleeing Iran After A Fateful Gig NPR Weekends on All Things Considered continues its "Why Music Matters" series with Aria Saadi, an actor and musician originally from Iran. Saadi now lives and works in Vancouver, Canada, where he escaped after running afoul of the Iranian government. |
Olympics Weightlifting: Gold beckons for Iran's super Salimi Chicago Tribune LONDON (Reuters) - Striking a delicate balance between explosive power, speed and fluid technique, Iran's top super heavyweight weightlifter is expected to lift the equivalent of two baby elephants' worth of steel above his head to claim gold at the ... |
New York Times | As Chaos Grows in Syria, Worries Grow on the Sidelines New York Times The fall of the Assad government would remove Shiite Iran's last and most valued foothold in the Arab world, and its opening to the Mediterranean. It would give Saudi Arabia and other Sunni Arab states their long-sought goal of countering Iranian ... Iran Senses Defeat In Syria - OpEd Iran, Hezbollah Denounce Demascus Attack Hezbollah and Iran May Need Plan B After Syria Bombing |
Oil below $92 as weak demand, Iran tension weighed Timesonline.com The oil market is responding to a series of events that have raised concerns that Iran will try to block oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway in the Persian Gulf through which one-fifth of the world's oil travels every day. The ... |
Examiner.com | Iran accuses the CIA of organizing the bombing in Syria? Examiner.com According to foreign press reports a senior Iranian lawmaker has accused the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of responsibility the recent terrorist attack in Syria that killed the Syria Defense minister. “The recent terrorist attack in Damascus ... |
'Iran will attack Tel Aviv if Israel strikes' Jerusalem Post “The unfounded statements by different statesmen of the Zionist regime in connection with the accusations against Iran about its possible participation in the incident with the blown-up bus with Israeli tourists in Burgas is a familiar method of the ... |
Trend.az | US Says Iran Plans to Disrupt Oil Trade Wall Street Journal The findings come as American officials closely watch Iran for its reaction to punishing international sanctions and to a drumbeat of Israeli threats to bomb Tehran's nuclear sites, while talks aimed at preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons ... Iran says presence of foreign forces in Persian Gulf "provocative": spokesman More than half Iran parliament backs Hormuz closure bill Iran Lawmaker: Support to Close Strait of Hormuz |
Struggle over what to wear in Iran Washington Post Mandatory female covering known as hijab has been a defining element of Iran since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Although the laws regarding proper cover haven't changed, some women have grown bolder in interpreting the limits of what they can wear, ... |