Yahoo! News (blog) | EU suggests Iran delaying new nuclear talks by changing venues, setting ... Washington Post BRUSSELS — The European Union rebuked Iran on Wednesday in unusually direct language, suggesting it was willfully delaying new nuclear talks with six world powers by changing venues and setting preconditions on how the negotiations should be ... Iran Is Accused of Delaying Resumption of Nuclear Talks EU Says Iran Stalling on Nuclear Talks Expert: Iran Sanctions Near End of Effectiveness |
Iran: Release human rights lawyer for good Amnesty International A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer was returned to prison on Monday, unexpectedly curtailing a three-day temporary leave to visit her family, which was expected to be extended. Nasrin Sotoudeh, who has been serving a six-year prison sentence since ... |
The Guardian (blog) | Iran's morality police crack down on coffee shops The Guardian (blog) From the ninth century, the Iranian coffeehouse was a place that poets, artists and dervishes could gather without fear of harassment by royal deputies or local authorities. In the modern era, dissident café culture in Tehran stretches back some 85 ... Caffeine Crisis: Iran Cracks Down On Purveyor Of Dissent… Coffee Shops As the June presidential election in Iran draws near, authorities have |
Yahoo! News (blog) | Iran suggests Cairo as venue for next nuclear talks Yahoo! News (blog) Reuters/Reuters - Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi speaks during a news conference following his meeting with Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed el-Tayeb, Egyptian Imam of al-Azhar Mosque, in Cairo January 10, 2013. …more REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El ... |
Iranian Guard asserts power over Strait of Hormuz MiamiHerald.com TEHRAN, Iran -- The top commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard insists his force controls shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, gateway for one fifth of the world's oil. Sanctions over Iran's nuclear program have battered its economy and ... |
Novartis Draws U.S. Investigation Into Sales to Iran Bloomberg Novartis AG (NOVN), Europe's biggest drugmaker by sales, said its Alcon eye-care unit is under U.S. government investigation related to the export of products to Iran and other countries subject to trade sanctions. Alcon was notified last year that the ... Novartis says US investigates export of Alcon products to Iran Novartis: U.S. Probing Export of Alcon Products to Iran, Other Trade-Sanction ... |
Yahoo! News (blog) | Russia warns Israel, West against attack on Iran Yahoo! News (blog) Speaking at his annual news conference, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov mixed words of caution over isolating Iran or attacking it with a gentle nudge to Tehran over the inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency. "Attempts to prepare ... |
Arutz Sheva | Russian Foreign Minister Warns Against Strike in Iran Arutz Sheva The remarks were made after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, in a speech given after he was reelected for a third term, said that one of the principles of his new coalition would be preventing Iran from getting a nuclear bomb. “Attempts to prepare ... Russia urges Iran to speed up cooperation on nuclear talks Russia says idea of isolating Iran is futile Russia Says confident new nuclear talks with Iran will be held |
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | Iran Denies Access To Slovak Accused Of Spying RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Slovakia's Foreign Ministry says it is being denied access to one of its citizens arrested in Iran on charges of spying for the United States. Foreign Ministry spokesman Boris Gandel said on January 22 that attempts to visit 26-year-old Matej Valuch ... |
Christian Science Monitor | Election takes Israel's finger off trigger for war with Iran Christian Science Monitor A more centered Israel, one that can now work more closely with the Obama administration, could be a force for resolving some of the region's problems. Most of all, the lessening of the possibility of an Israel-Iran war is just what the Middle East ... Israel election cuts Iran risk Israel's Netanyahu turns focus to Iran after narrow election win Israel's top priority is stopping Iran gaining nuclear weapons says Netanyahu |