Voice of America | Turkey Aids Iran Through Gold Trade Voice of America "Gold sales [to Iran] have been diversified through Switzerland and Abu Dhabi, but the annualized total for last year is something like $11 billion, most of it financed through the gold stock of Turkish people," Yesilada said. "This gold has become ... |
Wall Street Journal | Kerry Backs Away From Wars, but Warns Iran Wall Street Journal Sen. John Kerry, in his confirmation hearing for secretary of state, vowed to do what is necessary in the Mideast and elsewhere, singling out Iran's suspected push to develop nuclear weapons. Sara Murray reports on Lunch Break. Photo: AP. Kerry says Iran must come clean on nuclear program Kerry tackles questions on Iran, Syria, Hagel Kerry: Iran Must Comply With Nuclear Inspections |
WND.com | Christian pastor held in Iran missing from jail, says family Fox News Iranian jailers turned away the family of an American pastor on trial Iran for his Christian family, telling them Saeed Abedini is not in the infamous Tehran prison where he's been held for several months. The development was the latest disappointment ... American pastor jailed in Iran now missing American Pastor Jailed in Iran May Be Missing Pastor Saeed Removed From Iran's Evin Prison, Whereabouts Unknown |
TIME | The Aftermath of an Acid Attack in Iran TIME These days, Mehri and Rana spend their time traveling between hospitals in Tehran and their home in Hemmatabad, a small village in southeastern Iran, near the city of Bam. (The older daughter Nazanin was injured less severely.) They have both endured ... |
TIME | Economists gather in Davos, eyes on Iran Fox News DAVOS, Switzerland – The world's top economists are gathered in Davos, Switzerland, but much of their focus is global security and in that category Iran figures prominently. The annual economic forum opened this week with an overview not just of the ... Iran's Agenda: Why Tehran Plays Hard to Get on Nuclear Diplomacy Peres, Barak: Keep Iran Attack Option on the Table EU suggests Iran delaying new nuclear talks by changing venues, setting ... |
The Guardian | Iran creates fake blogs in smear campaign against journalists in exile The Guardian Iran has been conducting a smear campaign designed to intimidate Iranian journalists living in exile, including apparent death threats. Cyber-activists linked to the Islamic republic have fabricated news, duplicated Facebook accounts and spread false ... |
John Mundy, Canada's last ambassador to Iran, warns of nuclear crisis Regina Leader-Post REGINA -- John Mundy doesn't think Canada should be abandoning its diplomatic relations with Iran because it sends the wrong message to the international community - that political dialogue with the country is “futile.” Mundy, 60, a federal civil ... |
Daily Beast | The Next Israeli Government And Iran Daily Beast One of the most curious features of Israel's just-passed elections was the utter absence of the issue which for two years has dominated Israel's interactions with much of the outside world: Iran. Wrangling over the coalition only begins now, but ... Elections Unlikely to Change Israel's Iran Strategy No War against Iran: the Israeli and US-American elections Netanyahu looks to Iran |
Human Rights Watch | Iran: Stop Execution of Ahwazi Arab Political Prisoners Human Rights Watch (London) – Iran's judiciary should quash death sentences against five members of Iran's Ahwazi Arab minority and immediately cancel their execution, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The sentences were handed down by a ... Rights groups to Iran: Stop executing Arab activists |
BBC News | Davos 2013: Kissinger says Iran nuclear crisis close BBC News "If Iran acts as a nation and not as a revolutionary cause, there is no reason for America or other permanent members of the UNSC to be in conflict with it, nor any countries in the region. On that basis I would hope that a negotiated solution would be ... "Nuclear Iran" is "approaching": Kissinger |