BBC News | Iran sentences British-Iranian activist Ghoncheh Ghavami over volleyball game BBC News A British-Iranian woman detained in Iran after trying to watch a men's volleyball match has been sentenced to a year in prison, her lawyer says. Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25, was found guilty of spreading anti-regime propaganda, lawyer Alizadeh Tabatabaie said. Iran jails British-Iranian woman who was detained for watching volleyball Iran Jails British-Iranian Woman Ghoncheh Ghavami Over Men's Volleyball Protest Woman in Iran Sent to Prison After Going to Sports Event |
NPR | After Acid Attacks And Execution, Iran Defends Human Rights Record NPR Iranian officials attacked the latest United Nations report on its human rights record Friday, blasting what they called efforts to impose a Western lifestyle on the Islamic republic. But for Iranians and others who hoped President Hassan Rouhani would ... The book in every Iranian home Seizing its chance, Iran seeks tourism revival |
Fox News | Obama adviser likened Iran nuclear deal to ObamaCare Fox News The remarks, made at a since-discontinued regular meeting of White House personnel and representatives of liberal interest groups, reveal the importance of a rapprochement with Iran to President Obama, who is looking to establish his legacy as his ... White House sees Iran deal as second term Obamacare |
The Economist | The revolution is over The Economist TALKS to curb Iran's nuclear programme have less than a month to run. Even now, after 12 years of sporadic argument, Iran insists that it wants civilian nuclear power and not a bomb. But nobody really believes that. If the talks break down, atomic ... Iran Foils Sabotage Attempt on Heavy Water Tanks A Higher Purpose For Apple's Sales In Iran The US-Iran non-alliance alliance against Islamic State |
Al-Arabiya | Food star Anthony Bourdain tells of a 'different Iran' than expected Al-Arabiya “It was a very different Iran than I had been led to expect or could have imagined,” he told CNN's Fareed Zakaria. As part of his show on CNN, “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown,” the author and TV personality travelled an Iran he described as ... Bourdain: Iran different from what I could have imagined |
National Review Online (blog) | Iran poised to choose poverty over nuclear disarmament Washington Post As the Nov. 24 deadline for Iran and the great powers to negotiate a comprehensive nuclear agreement approaches, both sides may be confronted with momentous choices. What happens if the decade-long search for an arms-control accord falters? Although ... The Coming Détente with Iran Kerry, Iran minister to meet ahead of deadline for atom deal Two weeks before Iran talks' deadline: Tripartite summit in hopes of breakthrough |
New York Times | Iran Blocks Inspections, Hobbling Nuclear Deal Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—Iran's government continues to stonewall United Nations weapons inspectors, complicating the Obama administration's effort to forge a nuclear agreement with Tehran by a late-November deadline, according to U.S. and U.N. officials. UN Says Iran Is Silent on Efforts for a Bomb 'Iran has stopped answering questions on possible military dimensions of its ... Israel, Gulf States Share Concerns on Iran Nuclear Intentions |
The Guardian | Analysis: US midterms and the Iran talks dynamic Jerusalem Post Efforts this year by members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, supported by Netanyahu cabinet members, to trigger new sanctions against Iran should negotiations fail were blocked by current Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada). Netanyahu's hard line on settlements costs Israel dear on Iran Is There a Tacit Obama-Iran Alliance? |
Reuters | Iranian official suggests Washington Post reporter could be released soon Washington Post Hopes that Jason Rezaian may be freed soon were bolstered Friday when Mohammad Javad Larijani, head of the human rights council of Iran's judiciary, told a New York Times reporter in Geneva that the state security service had finally prepared charges ... Iran Hints at Possible Release of Washington Post Correspondent Soon Iran hits back after West condemns its human rights record Persecution, torture, murder: Iran blasted on human rights ahead of UN hearing |
Daily Mail | Ghoncheh Ghavami jailed in Iran accused of 'propaganda against the regime' Daily Mail A British woman arrested in Iran after attending a men's volleyball match has been jailed for a year. Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25, was accused of 'propaganda against the regime'. The London graduate was detained as she and women's rights campaigners tried ... |