Reuters | Budget pressure unlikely to deflect Iran from nuclear goals Reuters Economic misery due to sanctions and mismanagement has been a reality for years, and while social strains in the 76 million population are deep, the clerics will seek to contain them, say experts examining Iran's budget plans for 2015. The largest drop ... Oil Price Drop, Nuclear Deal Delay Unsettle Iran's Economy Iran's Economic Nightmare Iran's Budget Woes Unlikely to Derail Nuclear Goals |
The Guardian | Family of US reporter jailed in Iran tells of 'inconceivable' five-month ordeal The Guardian Rezaian, an Iranian-American who holds dual citizenship, was arrested under dubious circumstances in July and jailed at Evin prison in Tehran, where he has been held for the past 153 days – the longest any western journalist has been detained in Iran. |
Fars News Agency | Iran warns extra-regional recon aircraft near borders Press TV Iranian armed forces have in the past issued warnings to the aircraft flying close to Iranian borders and intercepted those that had intruded into the Islamic Republic's airspace. In August, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) shot down an ... Iran warns spy planes, ahead of its large-scale military drill Iran fends off foreign spy aircraft with stern warning Iran Shooes Away Several U-2 Spy Planes |
Town Hall | Ali Shamkhani: Iran will not seek to resume diplomatic ties with US Financial Times Tehran will not seek a resumption of diplomatic ties with Washington even if a comprehensive nuclear deal helps to defuse tensions between the two, Iran's top security official has said. In his first interview to the international media, Ali Shamkhani ... From Syria and Iraq to Iran: Kurdish minorities push for autonomy Free Kurdistan and Destabilize Iran (Part VI) Istanbul protest condemns Kurdish executions in Iran |
Arutz Sheva | Iran's IRGC 'Massacring' Iraqi Sunnis It 'Saves' from ISIS Arutz Sheva In an explosive TV interview aired last week, Iraq's Grand Mufti Rafi Al-Rifa'i, the highest Sunni authority in the country, accused the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Iraqi government, and Iraqi Shiite militias of mass genocidal ... |
The Guardian (blog) | A vanishing paradise: along Iran's Khalkhal-Asalem Road The Guardian (blog) On a recent day in Loomavesht, a village up the Asalem-Khalkal road in north Iran's Gilan province, the men shear sheep, and the women clean the wool. A cool mist fills the air, and soon the cold weather will drive most of the villagers and their ... |
Jerusalem Post | Obama: Israel knows Iran's nuclear program halted The Times of Israel Despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's criticism of Washington's handling of negotiations with Iran, Israeli intelligence acknowledges that Tehran has made no advancements during the past year and a half of talks, US President Barack Obama said ... Israel acknowledges upside of diplomacy with Iran, Obama says Breaking News: Change is going to come to Cuba, 'it has to': Obama How the Iran-Nuke Crisis Was Hyped |
Wall Street Journal (blog) | US-Iran Normalization? Don't Hold Your Breath. Wall Street Journal (blog) True, Iran has cautiously welcomed the U.S.-Cuba rapprochement; and the Obama administration would welcome a similar rapprochement with Iran. But Iran is not Cuba; and unlike Cuban President Raul Castro, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ... Obama: Iran has not advanced nuclear ambitions since U.S. negotiations started Obama defends foreign policy decisions on Cuba, Russia, Iran Obama: diplomacy with Iran has restrained nuclear program |
UPI.com | Iran wary of regional oil conspiracies UPI.com Iran is trying to retool an economy stifled by Western economic sanctions and now the low price of oil, off about 45 percent from its June value. The price of oil Monday was around $61 per barrel. Iranian officials have said they are drafting a budget ... Defected Syrian Gen. Tlass says Assad 'sold Syria to Iran' Palestinian issue remains priority for Iran: Larijani Iran's Larijani Criticizes US Approach To IS, Reaffirms Support For Damascus |
Press TV | No new bans on accommodation for Afghan immigrants: Iran official Press TV Aziz Kazemi, who serves as head of the Department for Foreign Nationals and Immigrants at Iran's Interior Ministry, said Monday that the body will not introduce new bans on Afghans seeking to reside in Iran. Kazemi said plans for imposing more ... Iran Considering New Restrictions For Afghan Refugees |