Economic Times | Obama administration releases to lawmakers Iran nuclear deal text Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON – Facing congressional demands for more details, the Obama administration Thursday released to lawmakers the nine-page text of world powers' latest nuclear deal with Iran. It sent the document, which lays out how the group will carry out a ... Administration accused of keeping text of Iran nuclear deal 'secret' Nuke Deal Reversible in 'One Day' Some supporters of the Iran deal doubt there will be a long-term pact |
Aljazeera.com | Iran's culture minister under fire Aljazeera.com An Iranian newspaper, the Iran Pulse, also reported that according to Ejehi, Jannati felt that his comments were distorted by Al Jazeera. But while Ejehi has allegedly called for the minister to publicly admit allegations of distortion and poor ... |
RT (blog) | Iran and Putin Outwit America Daily Beast Historians will look back at the present moment with astonishment that Iran so skillfully outwitted the West. They will note the breathtaking naiveté of American and European officials who let a brutal theocracy undermine Western interests throughout ... Russia Says Iran Essential for Finding Syria Peace Russia's Lavrov Says Iran Key to Syria Peace Efforts 'US should stop contradicting itself, send Geneva 2 invitation to Iran' |
New York Times (blog) | Youth in Iran: Inside and Out New York Times (blog) If Iranian youth culture was portrayed in a BBC drama, it might be called “Inside, Outside,” or even “Righteous, Raucous.” That is the duality present in Hossein Fatemi's “An Iranian Journey,” a series that shows young people's public modesty and piety ... |
Jon Stewart explains what's weird about Congress's Iran sanctions push Washington Post (blog) Sometimes it takes a satirist to state things plainly, and "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart did that Wednesday night with his segment on many U.S. senators' push for new Iran sanctions. The senators, a coalition of 59 that includes a number of Democrats ... Jon Stewart On Iran Sanctions: 'Congress Is The Justin Bieber Of Our Government' Punchlines: Bieber, Iran and a nuclear deal? |
Al Jazeera America | US proponents of sanctions on Iran won't like consequences – Iranian FM to RT RT US sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program produced no positive outcomes, and if hardline lawmakers manage to impose more of those, despite President Obama's position, they will not like the consequences, warned Iranian FM Javad Zarif. Obama makes case on why Congress should not add sanctions on Iran Senate should stop sabotaging peace with Iran Tough Talks Ahead on Iran's Nuclear Program |
The Atlantic | The Iran Vote: This Really Matters, and You Should Let Your Senators Know The Atlantic The Obama Administration, along with some of the usual U.S. allies—the U.K., France, Germany—and such non-allied parties as Russia and China, has taken steps with the potential of peacefully ending Iran's 35-year estrangement from most of the rest of ... |
Amnesty International | Amnesty: Iran Has Executed 40 People So Far This Year TIME The human-rights organization released a statement Thursday detailing 21 executions acknowledged by Iranian officials, and another 19 that were “reported through reliable sources.” Public hangings in Iran are typically a show of force: a crane is used ... Iran Hangs 40 People in Two Weeks Iran hangs 40 people in two weeks amid surge in executions |
NBCNews.com (blog) | Iran action plan is no step forward CNN (blog) Obama administration officials have been preening since the announcement that the November 2013 “Joint Plan of Action” (JPA) deal with Iran will be implemented beginning January 20. But the credibility of the deal – and the negotiators that struck it ... Is Rouhani right? Iran now poised to become Alpha Dog of Middle East Iran's president slams opponents of nuclear deal Iran: US and others 'surrendered before the great Iranian nation' in nuclear deal |
BBC News | Gates: New Iran sanctions would be a 'serious mistake' BBC News Former US defence secretary Robert Gates has told HARDtalk it would be a "serious mistake" to impose additional sanctions on Iran while negotiations over the country's nuclear programme were ongoing. He was responding to a question over whether it ... |