CNN | Iran reaches out on Twitter at Christmas CNN (CNN) -- Another sign of new rapprochement with Western culture, or a cynical public relations ploy? Iran's top leaders used Twitter to send Christmas greetings that praised Jesus, continuing a new era of social media outreach by a government ... Iran's president Hassan Rouhani sends Christmas message to Pope Francis on ... Iran's president Hassan Rouhani visited families of Iran-Iraq war martyrs Iran's President Congratulates Bolivia on New Year |
BBC News | Iran dissidents 'killed in Iraq missile attack' BBC News A rocket attack has killed three members of an Iranian opposition group in Iraq, the group and its parent organisation say. They say a number of people from the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) group were injured at Camp Liberty in Baghdad. Baghdad has in the ... Iran exiles say camp struck by rockets near Baghdad airport |
CNN | Iran lawmakers draft uranium-enrichment bill CNN (CNN) -- Iranian lawmakers have drafted a bill that would force the government to enrich uranium up to 60% if new sanctions are imposed, state media reported Wednesday. The move comes less than a week after bipartisan legislation was introduced in the ... Merck tests ground for Iran partnership Iran lawmakers threaten nuclear speed-up if Congress adds sanctions Iran's Delays and Deceptions |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Iran's Turkish Gold Rush Foreign Policy (blog) Research conducted in May 2013 by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Roubini Global Economics revealed the bank exploited a "golden loophole" in the U.S.-led financial sanctions regime designed to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions. Here's how ... Turkey's gold banking facilitated money laundering |
The New Auteur of Iran: Asghar Farhadi Reinvents Domestic Drama With 'The Past' Daily Beast What is it with Iran? I'm speaking, of course, about its role at the vanguard of postmodern cinema. Just take measure of its masters: Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, and Jafar Panahi. Their films' bare, neorealistic adornments are only matched by ... |
Washington Post | In sending goods to Iran, Dubai weighs competing interests Washington Post DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — After suffering steep declines in trade starting in 2012, seaborne transfer of goods between Iran and Dubai is picking up again, highlighting the U.A.E.'s delicate balancing act in maintaining important commercial ties ... |
No halt to executions while EU delegation visits Iran UPI.com LONDON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Last week a European Parliament delegation returned from a six-day visit to Tehran, the first official visit to Iran in more than six years. The five-member delegation was led by the chairwoman of European Parliament's ... Iran's Stock Market Has Been Booming Outside View: No halt to executions while EU delegation visits Iran |
Aljazeera.com | Iran mulls plan to move capital from Tehran Aljazeera.com Iran's official news agency IRNA said on Tuesday that politicians had accepted outlines of the proposal with 110 out of 214 present lawmakers supporting it. The chamber has 290 seats. Under the plan, a council would be set up and spend two years ... Iran considers plan to move capital from Tehran Iran Parliament Mulls Changing Country's Capital Iran to Consider Relocating Its Capital From Tehran |
The Times of Israel | Iran develops new generation of uranium centrifuges The Times of Israel The head of Iran's atomic energy organization on Thursday said that the Islamic Republic has designed a new generation of uranium centrifuges, that that they are ready to be manufactured after testing. Ali Akbar Salehi, the Iranian Atomic Energy ... Iran Developing 'New Generation' of Centrifuges Iran building new generation of centrifuges: AEOI chief Iran to build specialized radiotherapy hospital | Tehran Times |
ThinkProgress | Iranian MPs Propose Bill To Enrich Near Weapons-Grade Uranium After ... ThinkProgress Nearly 100 hard-line members of Iran's parliament declared their support for a new bill this week requiring the government to enrich uranium to near bomb-grade levels in what some say is a direct response to a group of U.S. senators pushing legislation ... |