NPR (blog) | Why Western business eyeing Iran is a good thing CNN (blog) Editor's note: Cornelius Adebahr is an associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and author of Tehran Calling: Understanding a New Iranian Leadership. He taught political science at the University of Tehran in Iran from 2012 to 2013. Iran, World Powers Focus In on Final Deal Sales of Iranian Crude Oil Rose in January West aims to minimize nuclear bomb risk in Iran talks |
Times of India | Austrian airlines to resume flights to Iran in March Al-Arabiya The sanctions contributed to the nosedive last year of the Iranian rial, which however has begun to recover since the administration of relatively moderate President Hassan Rowhani clinched a historic nuclear deal with major world powers in November. Iran's Mixed Messages Ahead Of P5+1 Talks Iran, world powers aim for final nuclear deal Iran opens 'center for nuclear emergencies' at Natanz |
The Times of Israel | Iran general says US is heading for collapse The Times of Israel The commander of Iran's Army ground forces on Sunday declared that the US is heading for collapse. Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan was quoted by the Iranian Fars news agency warning Washington against any military action against Iran, and ... Jazayeri: Iran's Deterrent Power Dissuades US from Military Action Commander Sees Iran's Power as Key Deterrent Factor against US Attack |
RT | Iran: Homemade air defense system to be ready in 2 yrs, 'better than S-300' RT Iran's top air defense commander has announced that the country will launch its Bavar-373 ('Belief-373') missile defense system, Iran's version of Russia's S-300 long-range system, in the next two years. Technical problems hampering construction of ... Iran says powerful air defense system to be ready in 2015 Iran to produce own S-300 anti-aircraft system by 2015, official says Iran to complete Bavar-373 missile system by 2016 |
Senior al-Qaeda figure leaves Iran amid a series of departures by terrorist ... Washington Post A senior al-Qaeda figure with close ties to the terrorist group's current leader has left Iran, where he had lived for years after fleeing American forces in Afghanistan in 2001, according to former and current U.S. intelligence officials. Thirwat ... |
Christian Science Monitor | Rouhani's campaign of hope and change collides with Iran's reality (+video) Christian Science Monitor Tehran, Iran. President Hassan Rouhani swept to election victory last year on the slogan "prudence and hope" and a wave of high expectations for cultural and political change in Iran. Skip to next paragraph ... Tehran Film Festival: Joyful tide sweeps Iran's cinema Rouhani's campaign of hope and change collides with Iran's reality Some Iranians skeptical US has given up hopes for regime change |
Is Iran winning or losing? Al-Arabiya This past Monday morning, as I walked out of class and waited in the bitter cold for the train back to Brooklyn, I received a call from a news channel. “Have you heard,” they asked me, “that Iranian warships are headed towards America's maritime ... |
CNN International | This Valentine's Day, bring human rights into the conversation with Iran CNN International But in Iran, Valentine's Day has come to mark another occasion as well—the anniversary of the house arrest of Iran's leading opposition figures Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Zahra Rahnavard. On February 14, 2011, Iranian authorities placed ... US Calls For Musavi, Karrubi Releases |
The Weekly Standard | New US Syria policy should engage Iran Al-Monitor As with the talks on a comprehensive agreement on Iran's nuclear program, which begin this week in Vienna, the US should put Iran to the test on terrorism, which is directly related to the Syria war. The alarming proliferation of al-Qaeda and ... Complex double game: Iran supporting Assad AND al-Qaeda? McCain chides Russia, Iran for destabilizing Middle East Iran's the Problem |
The Guardian | Iran touts launch of new missiles; US says it's watching closely CNN The Iranian Defense Ministry said the new missiles include a laser-guided surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missile as well as a new long-range ballistic missile that can carry multiple warheads, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported ... Iran test-fires long-range missile: minister Rouhani critics step up opposition to Iranian nuclear deal Iran's Islamic republic at 35: Poised for change and a less isolated existence |