Christian Science Monitor | White House presses Senate to delay new Iran sanctions Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House hosted a meeting of aides to Senate committee leaders on Thursday seeking to persuade lawmakers to hold off on a package of tough new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, a senior Senate aide said ... Report: Iran may be month from a bomb Iran halts 20-percent enrichment. Are nuclear talks working? (+video) Lawmaker Says Iran Has Halted Enrichment |
The Guardian | Iran gives Christians 80 lashes for communion wine as UN blasts human rights ... Fox News Four Iranian Christians were reportedly sentenced to 80 lashes for drinking wine for communion, a shocking punishment meted out even as a new United Nations report blasted the Islamic republic for its systematic persecution of non-Muslims. The four men ... Iran blasts 'unfair' UN human rights report Iran human rights record condemned in UN report Opposition blasts Conservatives for bias on Iran file |
New York Times | A Homely Relic on Wheels Awakens Nostalgia in Iran New York Times Abbas Ayoubi, a taxi driver, with his 1971 Paykan. Iran, where gas is still only about 50 cents a gallon, has a thriving car culture, reminiscent of Southern California in the 1960s, with young people cruising around, showing off their wheels. The ... |
UN nuclear agency chief to meet top Iran negotiator Reuters It will be followed by a new round of negotiations on November 7 and 8 in Geneva between senior officials from both sides over a stalled IAEA investigation into suspected atomic bomb research by Iran, which denies the charge. Neither Amano nor Araqchi ... |
Senior parliamentarian says Iran has halted 20 pct enrichment Reuters DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has stopped enriching uranium to 20 percent, a main demand of world powers in talks over Tehran's disputed nuclear program, a senior Iranian parliamentarian was quoted as saying. The International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, ... |
Iran extends reach into Nigeria, working with militants to undermine West Fox News Iran's influence is increasingly extending into western Africa, where its operatives in Nigeria are gathering intelligence on U.S. and European targets, according to a new analysis exclusively previewed by Fox News. The troubling development was ... |
EU may re-impose sanctions on Iran ship line despite court order Reuters BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European governments have taken preliminary steps to re-impose sanctions against Iran's main cargo shipping line, potentially complicating a new diplomatic push to settle the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program. Diplomats told ... |
New York Times | Criticism of United States' Mideast Policy Increasingly Comes From Allies New York Times During stops in Paris and London this week, Secretary of State John Kerry found himself insisting that the United States was not facing a growing rift with oil-rich Saudi Arabia, whose emissaries have described strains over American policy on Egypt ... |
Is Iran thumbing nose at US 30 years after Beirut bombing? Fox News Thirty years after the Marine Corps barracks bombing in Beirut, one of the most horrific and formative terror attacks in American history, the new Iranian government appears to be thumbing its nose at the United States by appointing one of the alleged ... |
Senior lawmaker says Iran has halted 20 percent enrichment Reuters UK DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has halted its most sensitive uranium enrichment work, a senior Iranian parliamentarian was quoted as saying, a move that would meet a main demand of world powers negotiating with Tehran over its disputed nuclear work. Any such ... |