Wall Street Journal | How Iran Went Nuclear Wall Street Journal It has been more than three years since President Obama revealed the existence of the secret Iranian nuclear facility at Fordo—a uranium-enrichment plant buried deep inside a mountain and surrounded by missile silos and anti-aircraft batteries. Is the ... Blocking Medicine to Iran Exclusive: Chinese trader accused of busting Iran missile embargo Can diplomacy prevail with Iran? |
The Guardian | Apologists for Iran Have Trouble With Facts Daily Beast Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett's "Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms With the Islamic Republic of Iran" is a long and elaborate promotional brochure designed to sell Americans on the mullahs and their nuclear program. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review |
New York Times | As Negotiators Ease Demands on Iran, More Nuclear Talks Are Set New York Times ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Two days of talks between six world powers and Iran over its nuclear program ended on Wednesday with specific agreement for further meetings in March and April over a proposal that would sharply constrain Iran's stockpile of the ... Iran hails turning point in nuclear talks Iran nuclear talks end on upbeat note West offers Iran deal, drops demand to close plant |
Washington Post (blog) | Influencing Iran and Obama Washington Post (blog) This is a recipe for either a phony deal that really doesn't halt Iran's program or no deal at all as the mullahs push for more and more concessions. (The Post editorial board similarly concludes: “That raises the possibility that the regime will ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Exclusive: Glencore bartered with firm linked to Iran nuclear program Reuters The previously undisclosed barter arrangement between Glencore, the world's biggest commodities trader, and the Iranian Aluminum Company (Iralco) illustrates how difficult it is for Western powers to curb Iran's ability to trade with the rest of the world. Commodity giant Glencore under spotlight over Iran Glencore May Have Aided Iran Nuclear Program — Reuters Glencore delays closing of Xstrata merger, faces claims of aiding Iran nuclear ... |
DAWN.com (blog) | Pakistan to Iran, a detour from Bangladesh DAWN.com (blog) If you happen to be in Lahore these days, you will empathise with my lost sense of direction. Almost all the important roads are dug up to clear the way for the Turkish bus transport system; your knowledge of the narrow Lahori side streets is a life ... |
BBC News | Argentina: Congress Supports Deal With Iran to Investigate 1994 Blast New York Times Congress on Thursday approved an accord with Iran to create a fact-finding commission of foreign legal experts to investigate the bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center in 1994. The agreement was approved over the protests of Jewish leaders and some ... Argentina's bedeviled pact with Iran An Unhealthy Nexus : Iran and Argentina CFK defends AMIA deal with Iran |
BBC News | Pakistan-Iran pipeline work 'to begin on 11 March' BBC News Work on a gas pipeline between Iran and Pakistan will begin on 11 March, Pakistani officials say. The project has led US officials to warn that it may fall foul of sanctions on Iran's nuclear programme. The long-delayed project is seen in Pakistan as a ... Iran pipeline work to begin March 11: Pakistan officials Iran-Pakistan pipeline project to get under way next week Iran tells Zardari pipeline must advance despite US opposition |
The Guardian (blog) | The beauty obsession feeding Iran's voracious cosmetic surgery industry The Guardian (blog) Iran has the highest rate of nose surgery in the world. According to a report in the conservative Etemad newspaper, as many as 200,000 Iranians, mostly women, go to cosmetic surgeons each year to reduce the size of their nose and make the tip point ... Iran has highest rate of nose jobs in world Addicted To Beauty: Iran Tops International Nose Job Rates |
The Hindu | Obama, Putin discuss Syria, Iran, set June meeting U.S. News & World Report WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has phoned Russian President Vladimir Putin, welcoming Russian cooperation on international efforts to confront Iran's nuclear ambitions. The White House says the two men also discussed the ongoing ... White House Says Obama Welcomes Putin Cooperation on Iran |