New York Times | In Iran, two muggers caught on video are hanged Los Angeles Times TEHRAN — A pair of thieves caught in the act on a video posted to YouTube were executed at dawn on a residential street Sunday by a method dating back beyond medieval times: hanging. The handcuffed men, convicted of the crime of moharebeh (waging ... Iran Resorts to Hangings in Public to Cut Crime Iran: Guard Criticizes Storming of British Embassy Iran hangs two men for attack posted on YouTube |
ABC News | Iran, Palestinians low on list of issues in Israel election Washington Post JERUSALEM — Of all the issues at stake in Israel's election Tuesday, Iran's nuclear program might have been expected to be high on the agenda, with the vote serving as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's stance toward Iran, a subject ... Israel Leader Says Iran Key Issue, Not Settlements Israel's Netanyahu says Iran's nuclear program is the problem, not settlements Netanyahu says 'nuclear Iran' world's problem, not Israel settlements |
The Guardian (blog) | Iran's Obama billboard: what it really means The Guardian (blog) For connoisseurs of political symbolism, Tehran – a city whose best billboard real estate is devoted to Islamist ideology – is a feast. Government-sanctioned murals of ayatollahs and "martyrs" of the Iran-Iraq war are visible around every third or ... Why is President Obama Depicted on a Huge Billboard in Tehran? |
Press TV | Assad's overthrow "red line" for Iran: supreme leader's aide Reuters DUBAI (Reuters) - A senior aide to Iran's supreme leader warned against the overthrow of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, saying his fate was a "red line", in one of the Islamic state's strongest messages of support for the Damascus government. Iran ... Bashar Assad, Iran's red line: Velayati 'Iran will not ignore Syrian people's right to determine their destiny' |
Times of India | Iran could begin feeling a further squeeze on its oil income soon Washington Post Ever since European seaports closed their gates to Iranian oil tankers last summer, Iran has looked to the East to keep its economy afloat. Countries such as China, India and South Korea — some of them critics of Western sanctions — have offered Iran ... India hesitant to implement US, EU sanctions on Iran: Report US sanction to bar transfer of oil import payment to Iran India's euro payments for Iran oil imports may stop |
A timely reminder: Iran wants the bomb Power Line (blog) Ahmad Hashemi worked for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an English, Turkish and occasionally Arabic interpreter. He is now a refugee from the regime. The Times of Israel has posted Hashemi's testimony regarding the aims of the regime under ... |
New Europe | All eyes on Iran New Europe On 16 January, world oil markets were monitoring talks between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)and Iran for any signs as to whether Tehran, facing intensifying sanctions pressure, and the IAEA may be prepared to reach an agreement to ... US-engineered sanctions against Iran, futile: Lebanese MP |
Press TV | Iran courts restart of nuke talks, but snubs UN USA TODAY DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has floated specific dates for reopening talks with the U.S. and other world powers about its nuclear program. At the same time, Tehran has left U.N. nuclear inspectors empty-handed when it comes to addressing ... 'US-led sanctions against Iran cruel, unjustifiable' Iran: We won't stop enrichment 'for a second' 'Talks between Iran, Europe could pave the way for increased cooperation' |
Daily Mail | US calls on Iran to release American-Iranian pastor Jerusalem Post BERLIN – The US government on Friday urged Iran to release American-Iranian pastor Saeed Abedini from Tehran's notorious Evin Prison. The 32-year-old father of two young children is believed to have been arrested because of his Christian beliefs, and ... Religious liberty activists pray for jailed Christian Pastor Saeed in Iran |
Press TV | Iran Space Monkey: Iranians To Try Again To Put Primates Into Outer Space ... Huffington Post Iranian space officials announced they will make another attempt to launch a live monkey into space within the next month, according to news reports. "Testing phase of these living capsules has ended and monkeys to be sent to space are now in ... Iran to send humans for short space missions in 4 years |